Using SCAD with multiple screens
Hi,
I usually work with CAD and rendering software using two monitor screens.
OpenSCAD offers a preference under "advanced" to enable undocking of the
editor and console.
However there seem to be limitations.
The Editor which is launched does not seem to be a fully configured window,
it always stays ontop with respect to the console window from where it was
undocked and in addition the header bar does not react to the usual right
click ( I am working on linux UBUNTU ) which would normally result in a
pop-up offering options like "move to workspace left" which is how I would
usually send it to a different monitor.
I can send the main console to a different workspace but then the editor
follows it so I am still not achieving the desired result of having editor
on one monitor screen and the console ( with customiser hidden ) occupying
the screen of my second monitor.
I wondered if anyone had any views or knowledge on this, for instance could
QT the gui used for openScad offer the kind of full child window
independence required to offer twin monitor support and ability to bring one
window infront of the other etc.
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Could I just tack onto this a related issue please?
Under Windows 10 64-bit, OpenSCAD doesn't seem to respect the taskbar being
at the top of the screen (as it should always have been and was originally
intended, fight me J !)
Here you can see it behaving correctly under Windows 7 (but not always) but
sometimes when maximised the title bar disappears behind the taskbar, often
leaving a taskbar sized gap at the bottom of the screen. No doubt this is
not OpenSCAD specific but may be a bug in QT or whatever is used for the
window manager. any hints and tips to force the correct behaviour, I'd be
grateful!!
Kind regards,
Alex Gibson
admg consulting
edumaker limited
. Project management
. Operations & Process improvement
. 3D Printing
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Subject: [OpenSCAD] Using SCAD with multiple screens
Hi,
I usually work with CAD and rendering software using two monitor screens.
OpenSCAD offers a preference under "advanced" to enable undocking of the
editor and console.
However there seem to be limitations.
The Editor which is launched does not seem to be a fully configured window,
it always stays ontop with respect to the console window from where it was
undocked and in addition the header bar does not react to the usual right
click ( I am working on linux UBUNTU ) which would normally result in a
pop-up offering options like "move to workspace left" which is how I would
usually send it to a different monitor.
I can send the main console to a different workspace but then the editor
follows it so I am still not achieving the desired result of having editor
on one monitor screen and the console ( with customiser hidden ) occupying
the screen of my second monitor.
I wondered if anyone had any views or knowledge on this, for instance could
QT the gui used for openScad offer the kind of full child window
independence required to offer twin monitor support and ability to bring one
window infront of the other etc.
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Another related issue: The one panel I feel would be useful to undock when
working with multimonitor setups is the 3D view, and it's the one panel I
can't undock.
My ideal setup would be one window with the editor, console, customizer and
animation bar, and a window on the secondary screen with just the 3D view.
Sure, I can undock everything, but then I get a bunch of loose windows,
which is a hassle.
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I haven't used SCAD in a while, but I use vim as an editor. When you save
the file SCAD detects that the file is changed.
Of course you can put it in whichever window you want.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 5:33 AM Troberg troberg.anders@gmail.com wrote:
Another related issue: The one panel I feel would be useful to undock when
working with multimonitor setups is the 3D view, and it's the one panel I
can't undock.
My ideal setup would be one window with the editor, console, customizer and
animation bar, and a window on the secondary screen with just the 3D view.
Sure, I can undock everything, but then I get a bunch of loose windows,
which is a hassle.
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tsingi wrote
I haven't used SCAD in a while, but I use vim as an editor. When you save
the file SCAD detects that the file is changed.
Of course you can put it in whichever window you want.
True, and I sometimes do similar things when I have programs which generate
OpenSCAD code, but it's not really an answer here. You use an external
editor because the internal is lacking, and the long term solution should be
to fix the internal editor so more people use it (though, in my opinion,
it's quite good enough for my use).
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I don't use the internal editor because I use an external editor I wrote
myself, which also does my source control. It stores my code in an XML
database on GoogleDrive so I can see any version of anything
instantaneously from anywhere. The actual editor component is a much older
version of Scintilla that is not configured for OpenSCAD, so doesn't syntax
hilite, etc, but the integrated source control means I prefer it.
On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 09:06, Troberg troberg.anders@gmail.com wrote:
tsingi wrote
I haven't used SCAD in a while, but I use vim as an editor. When you
save
the file SCAD detects that the file is changed.
Of course you can put it in whichever window you want.
True, and I sometimes do similar things when I have programs which generate
OpenSCAD code, but it's not really an answer here. You use an external
editor because the internal is lacking, and the long term solution should
be
to fix the internal editor so more people use it (though, in my opinion,
it's quite good enough for my use).
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The extra internal editor most just needs formatting capability, brace
matching and possibly git integrstion. (Or textpad style macros). Being
able to connect to an openscad language server would be cool.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 17:06 Troberg troberg.anders@gmail.com wrote:
tsingi wrote
I haven't used SCAD in a while, but I use vim as an editor. When you
save
the file SCAD detects that the file is changed.
Of course you can put it in whichever window you want.
True, and I sometimes do similar things when I have programs which generate
OpenSCAD code, but it's not really an answer here. You use an external
editor because the internal is lacking, and the long term solution should
be
to fix the internal editor so more people use it (though, in my opinion,
it's quite good enough for my use).
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On 11/16/2020 3:17 AM, Tim Hawkins wrote:
The extra internal editor most just needs formatting capability, brace
matching and possibly git integrstion. (Or textpad style macros).
Being able to connect to an openscad language server would be cool.
It does automatic indentation and highlights matching braces, brackets,
and parentheses. What else were you looking for in terms of formatting?
It does not seem to allow you to format a file, or a block, I have started
using the openscad mode in intelij so that I can get my files formated
correctly without having to do a load of manual reformatting.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 23:53 Jordan Brown openscad@jordan.maileater.net
wrote:
On 11/16/2020 3:17 AM, Tim Hawkins wrote:
The extra internal editor most just needs formatting capability, brace
matching and possibly git integrstion. (Or textpad style macros). Being
able to connect to an openscad language server would be cool.
It does automatic indentation and highlights matching braces, brackets,
and parentheses. What else were you looking for in terms of formatting?
On 11/16/2020 3:44 PM, Tim Hawkins wrote:
It does not seem to allow you to format a file, or a block, I have
started using the openscad mode in intelij so that I can get my files
formated correctly without having to do a load of manual reformatting.
Ah, reformatting, rather than just as-you-type formatting.
You can at least do block indent/outdent, but I agree you can't just
throw a block at it and say "fix this".