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General Visual
The following !set keywords affect general visual attributes of
Xic.
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- FullWinCursor
Value: boolean.
When this variable is set, the default cursor consists of horizontal
and vertical lines that extend completely across the drawing window.
The lines intersect at the nearest snap point in the current window.
The supplied fullcursor script, which should appear in the User Menu, can be used to conveniently toggle this variable.
- CellThreshold
Value: integer >= 0.
This sets the size threshold in pixels for subcells to be shown in the
display. If not set, the value is effectively 4. Subcells that are
smaller than this size in the display are either shown as a bounding
box, or not shown at all, depending on the setting of the Tiny
Boxes button in the Attributes Menu. If set to 0, all detail
is drawn, which can significantly increase rendering time. This
applies to hard copy output as well as to on-screen rendering.
- LayerTable
Value: string, ``compact'' or ``tiny''.
The presentation of the layer table can be altered to squeeze more
visible entries into available space by setting this variable to one
of the keywords indicated (actually, only the first character of the
keyword is significant). If ``compact'', the size of the entry
is reduced. If ``tiny'', the size is further reduced, and two
rows are presented.
- MaxPrpLabelLen
Value: integer >= 6.
This variable sets the maximum width, in default-sized character
cells, of a displayed property label. If the label exceeds this
width, it is not shown, and a small box at the text origin is shown
instead. The default is 256 (32 in releases prior to 2.5.66).
- NoPixmapStore
Value: boolean.
In normal operation, the screen refreshes are buffered through an
in-core pixel map. The geometry is rendered in the map, and when
finished the map is copied to the screen. This is generally faster
than drawing directly to the screen. When this variable is set, all
drawing is direct to the screen. This is intended only for debugging
purposes.
- NoDisplayCache
Value: boolean.
In normal operation, boxes are cached during rendering, and displayed
with a multiple object rendering call. This should be faster than
rendering the boxes individually. When this variable is set, the
caching is disabled. This is intended only for debugging purposes.
- PhysGridOrigin
Value: two floating-point numbers.
This will set the origin of the displayed grid in physical-mode
windows. The value consists of two floating-point numbers, which are
taken as the x and y grid origin location in microns. This applies
only to the displayed grid, and specifically not to the grid/snap used
when creating or locating objects.
When an offset is active, the word "PhGridOffs" will be
displayed in the status area.
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Stephen R. Whiteley
2006-10-23