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Re: [ECS] Re-Aligning ECS Items in Groups Ingo Dean Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:35:55 -0500

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And can you also make it so that you can tab between the item windows left to
right, top to bottom like in the olden days?

gbailey wrote:

> No, we were referring to a quick way to align the child windows after
> editing their contents, icon selections and size.
> If one could turn on a grid setting, (other than the default 1 pixel) it
> would be easier and faster to get a clean looking arrangement on screen.
>
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> Garnet Bailey              gbailey@attcanada.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:49 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Re-Aligning ECS Items in Groups
>
> I'm lost Garnet - did you not say that you were editing
> ECS.CFG Group defs manually with a text editor ?
>
> gbailey wrote:
> >
> > How about a "snap to" grid that can be turned on or off? It would force
> all
> > values to be a multiple of 5 or 10 or whatever. Alignment would then be
> much
> > easier and quicker. Most drawing programs and CAD programs do this.
> >
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> > Garnet Bailey              gbailey@attcanada.net
> > ICQ# 23436806    www.attcanada.net/~gbailey
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 9:06 AM
> > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] Re-Aligning ECS Items in Groups
> >
> > Sorry Bob, there is no "easy way".
> > The applicable parsing logic in ECS is "dumb"
> > (strict column alignment), as I figured that
> > very few would edit group definitions manually.
> >
> > bob.terfruchte@amd.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Guys,
> > > >
> > > > Is there an EASY way to re-align items in groups once I have mucked
> > around
> > > > with them and gotten them all out of alignment? If not, wouldn't it be
> a
> > > > swell feature?  (I'm using the Winduhs version of ECS.)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Bob
> >
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> > omnip@usit.net
> > http://www.usit.com/omnip
>
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> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> omnip@usit.net
> http://www.usit.com/omnip

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