SlateDoc.tioga
Copyright Ó 1991, by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved
Created by Christian Jacobi, April 1, 1991 2:16:24 pm PST
Christian Jacobi, July 2, 1993 3:27 pm PDT
Summary
A simple "pen" drawing tool for Liveboards and ParcPads.
Mouse commands
Use control panel for pen width, color font and similar commands.
Tip of pen (left button) to draw
Right button to set input focus
Right button double click to get X selection
Middle button to erase
Note that this is a unusual button assignment for Cedar programs. It has been selected so that working with a pen is easier.
Control pannel commands
I think these commands are more or less obvious.
For color and pen with the buttons act like radio buttons.
The font button shows a pop up menu.
Commander Commands
Slate
Creates a new slate instance with a new private bitmap.
options:
-session session-name
-display x-server-name
SlateSessions
List the slate sessions.
Multi-user features
The "SharedTool" button creates another instance of this tool which shares the bitmap painted on. The other instance may migrate to another X server using standard migration methods. Once two tools share a bitmap, both users have full control. There is no further protection of any users painting.
Note that unless a user did create a shared tool, his bitmap is inaccessible from other users.