Re: Default menus for fltk backend

[Kai Habel]

 On 14.12.2010 21:24, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> 2010/12/14 Kai Habel<address@hidden>:
> >   Hello Jordi,
> >
> > On 14.12.2010 05:04, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> > > Hi, Kai.
> > >
> > > On 13 December 2010 13:28, Kai Habel<address@hidden>    wrote:
> > > > O.k. I have pushed this change now. Please give it a try and report any
> > > > issues you see.
> > > I see that the default mode for 3d plots is now pan, which undoes an
> > > old change of mine to make rotation the default. Was this intentional?
> > I don't see this. For me rotate still is the default mode.
> Huh, how very strange. At my 11363:456752abad08 changeset, I see this
> behaviour again. I pulled this morning, so perhaps it was a temporary
> burp in a past changeset.
>
> > > I also see you created a GUI mode option whose utility I don't see
> > > immediately. Shouldn't it be the data's job to know if it's 2d or 3d,
> > > not the user's?
> > No. I think the user should be in ultimate control. Automatisms are fine,
> > but if the user decides differently the software should respect that.
> I don't understand why you would want a manual mode at all. Does
> anyone really want to rotate 2d plots 3-dimensionally? I suppose it's
> no harm to make the functionality available...
>
> - Jordi G. H.
Because, then the plot looks like the 'other' 3d-plot for instance. What 
about the other case of panning 3d-plots. It is simply annoying you want 
the 'pan/zoom' mode but your computer switches automatically to rotate 
every time you change the plot. I would say as soon as the user changes 
the mode manually the computer should not switch the mode back.

Kai