point math [was: Re: Pass A URL w/Javascript]

[Mark Brownell]

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 06:14  AM, Robert Brenstein wrote:

> I think that once you put a point into a variable, you need to do math 
> on it as items since parsing order changes.
>
> add 10 to item 1 of var
> add 10 to item 2 of var
>
> Robert

Yep, found this under thread "location math":

> get the loc of stack <main stack name>
> subtract 150 from item 1 of it
> subtract 120 from item 2 of it
> set the loc of palette <palette name> to it

and

> Other people have pointed out how to script the position of your
> palette using "the loc" i.e. the center of the stack. The other
> property which you might find useful is "the topLeft".


On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 06:21  AM, Klaus Major wrote:

>  put the loc of this stack into var
> ## i am not sure if "...of stack me" is valid syntax!!!
>
> add 20 to item 1 of var ## x location
> add 30 to item 2 of var  ## y location
> set the loc of this stack to var
>
> Regards
>
> Klaus Major

"put the location of stack me" I got it in the docs somewhere but I 
can't re-find its location. It works in the message window.

> You get the picture...
>
>> me
>
> you :-)

Yep!

>> me
>
> you

> you
>
>> me

>>> me
>>
>> you
>
>> you
>>
>>> me

Now we're dancing :-)

Mark