<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Global Settings</title> </head> <body> <a href="contents.html"><img src="images/xfig-title.png" alt="XFIG Users Manual" border=0></a> <hr> <h1><a name="global-settings">Global Settings</a></h1> <blockquote> <img src="images/global-settings.png" alt="[Global Settings]"> </blockquote> <p> This panel, which may be popped up with the <i>Global Settings</i> menu item in the <a href="main_menus.html#edit-menu">Edit menu</a> or the keyboard accelerator <TT>Meta-G</TT>, allows the user to change various settings in <b>xfig</b>. <dl> <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Track mouse in rulers <dd> This option will cause <b>xfig</b> to show triangular pointers in the rulers which indicate where the mouse is pointing on the canvas. <br> The initial setting can be set by <a href="options.html#com-other">-track / -notrack</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-other">trackCursor</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Show depth manager <dd> Display or hide the depth manager panel on the right-side of the xfig window. See <a href="layers.html#depth_panel">Depth Panel</a> for details. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Show page borders <dd> <b>Xfig</b> will draw a border on the canvas showing the size of the current page setting (see <A HREF="printing.html#export">Export</A> or <A HREF="printing.html#print">Print</A>) if this option is checked. <br> The initial setting can be set by <a href="options.html#com-other">-showpageborder / -dontshowpageborder</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-other">showpageborder</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Show info balloons. delay(ms) <dd> If this option is checked, <b>xfig</b> pops up a <a href="miscellaneous.html#balloons">"balloon"</a> with information as the mouse passes over buttons or other areas of <b>xfig</b>. E.g.: <br> <img src="images/balloons-example.png" alt="[ Balloon message ]"> <br> The delay tells <b>xfig</b> how long to wait (in milliseconds) after the mouse is positioned on an area before popping up the balloon. The default is 500 ms. <br> The initial setting of <i>Show info balloon</i> can be set by <a href="options.html#res-other">showballoons</a> resource, and initial setting of <i>Delay (ms)</i> can be set by <a href="options.html#com-other">-balloons_delay</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-other">balloon_delay</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Show lengths on lines <dd> If this is checked, <b>xfig</b> will show the lengths of lines as they are being drawn, thus: <br> <img src="images/show-lengths.png" alt="[ Show length ]"> <br> This option may also be turned on or off with the <a href="options.html#showlengths">-showlength/-dontshowlength</a> command-line option or <a href="options.html#res-other">showlength</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Show vertex numbers <dd> If this is checked, <b>xfig</b> will show the number of each vertex of objects on the canvas thus: <br> <img src="images/show-vertex.png" alt="[ Show vertex ]"> <br> For arcs, it also shows the center point. This is probably only useful for debugging of Fig files. This option may also be turned on or off with the <a href="options.html#showvertex">-shownums/-dontshownums</a> command-line option or <a href="options.html#res-other">shownums</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Allow negative coords <dd> If checked (the default), <b>xfig</b> will allow panning to negative x and y coordinates. This also turns off the query about shifting a figure with negative coordinates when loading a figure. <br> The initial setting can be set by <a href="options.html#com-modes">-allownegcoords / -dontallownegcoords</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-modes">allownegcoords</a> resouce. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Draw axis lines <dd> If checked (the default), <b>xfig</b> will draw X and Y axis lines through 0,0 on the canvas <br> The initial setting can be set by <a href="options.html#com-modes">-showaxislines / -dontshowaxislines</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-modes">showaxislines</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Freehand drawing resolution <dd> When drawing either a polygon or polyline in freehand mode (middle mouse button), <b>xfig</b> uses this resolution to decide when the mouse has moved enough to be considered a new point in the polygon/line. The units are Fig units (1/1200 inch) and the default is 25 (roughly 0.02 inches or 0.53 mm). <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Recently used files <dd> This spinner entry lets the user set the number of recently used files that are kept in the <b>File</b> menu. This is also updated in the user's <b>.xfigrc</b> file in the user's home directory, as are the file names themselves. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Max image colors <dd> This sets the maximum number of colors <b>xfig</b> will attempt to use for <a href="drawing.html#picture">imported images</a>. <br> The default is <b>64</b> and may also be set with the <a href="options.html#max_image_colors">-max_image_colors</a> command-line option or <a href="options.html#res-other">max_image_colors</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Image editor <dd> This is the external program used when the <a href="editing.html#edit-pict-panel"><i>Edit Image</i> button</a> is pressed in the import picture editor. The default is <a href="http://www.trilon.com/xv/"><b>xv</b></a> . You may use this program to crop/rotate/change colors in etc. your imported image. When you exit from this program <b>xfig</b> will re-import the image. <br> The initial setting can be set by <a href="options.html#max_image_colors">-image_editor</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-other">image_editor</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Spelling checker <dd> This is the external spelling check program which will be called when you use the spell check feature in <b>xfig</b> (<i>Spell Check...</i> in the <a href="main_menus.html#edit-menu">Edit menu</a>, or <tt>Meta-K</tt> accelerator). <br> The default is "<tt>spell %f</tt>", but it can be changed with <a href="options.html#com-other">-spellcheckcommand</a> option or <a href="options.html#res-other">spellcheckcommand</a> resource. The <b>%f</b> is necessary to tell <b>xfig</b> to insert the filename into the spell command. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> HTML Browser <dd> This is the external web (HTML) browser that <b>xfig</b> will call to view help files. <br> The default is "<tt>netscape -remote 'openFile(%f)' || netscape %f</tt>", it says to look for a running <b>Netscape</b> and open the pages in that. If none is running, a new one will start. The <b>%f</b> is necessary to tell <b>xfig</b> to insert the filename into the browser command. This can be set by <a href="options.html#res-other">browser</a> resource. <dt> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> PDF Viewer <dd> This is the external PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer that <b>xfig</b> will call to view the <b>xfig</b> tutorial. <br> The default is "<tt>acroread %f</tt>", which will invoke <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/"><b>Acrobat Reader</b></a>. The <b>%f</b> is necessary to tell <b>xfig</b> to insert the filename into the viewer command. This can be set by <a href="options.html#res-other">pdfviewer</a> resource. </dl> <hr> [ <a href="contents.html">Contents</a> | <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a> | <a href="authors.html">Credits</a> ] </body> </html>
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