Message Box woes & editing Revolution

[Sarah]

Hi Bill,

Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble. I'm sure that between us 
on this list we can find solutions to a lot of them.

1. Message box: Try pressing Enter instead of Return. That way it will 
work if you are in single line or multi line mode (the mode is show as 
part of the message box window title). Test it with something really 
simple like "put 1 + 2". This will separate the message box test from 
any development you are doing and let you see if it really is the box 
or if something else is going wrong. Also, reboot Rev and try using the 
message box before opening any stacks.

2. Editing: there are numerous shortcuts for editing. Test them out and 
use the one that suits you. Obviously using the inspector's popup menu 
is not right for your workflow. The other options are: Command-E (Mac) 
or Control-E (Windows)
Command-option hover (Mac) or Control-alt hover (Win)
The Script button in the toolbar
The contextual menu that pops up when you right-click or control-click 
on an object.

3. Editing an object in a group: you don't have to be in edit group 
mode. Turn on "Select Grouped Controls" in the Edit menu, or toggle 
"Select Grouped" in the toolbar and you can select grouped objects 
directly.

4. Toolbar: if you resent the space it takes up, then turn it off. In 
the View menu there are two option: "Toolbar text" and "Toolbar icons". 
Unchecking both of these turns off the bar completely but you may fine 
that leaving just text on gives you enough room. All the toolbar 
functions are available from the menus so you wont lose anything.

In an environment like Rev, there are nearly always multiple ways of 
doing everything whether while scripting or designing. If you don't 
like the way things are happening, there is very likely to be at least 
one alternative. Check the shortcuts section of the Docs for some more 
ideas.

I wrote a function key plugin - FunKey.rev can be downloaded from my 
web page http://www.troz.net/Rev/ - which allows you to assign scripts 
to the function keys. I use this to speed up my workflow and make 
frequent used commands and menu items into a single keystroke.

Cheers,
Sarah
sarahr at genesearch.com.au
http://www.troz.net/Rev/

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 12:39  am, WIlliam Griffin wrote:

> Typing a command and hitting return in Message box results in no 
> action.
> Whats the deal?
>
> Also how do I move the "Edit script" submenu item to a button on the 
> inspector palette?
> I spend much time editing scripts which ammounts to
> 1. select object
> 2. edit group
> 3. find inspector under some other window
> 4. hold down drop down menu
> 5. select edit script
> 6. find script window under other windows.
>
> There must be a way of making this app intuitive and to do things I 
> expect it to do.
>
> Revolution is moving my windows around to make room for that toolbar
> at the top of the screen. I've spent a lot of time adjusting my 
> interface for my users sake,
> this revolution "move your interface"  glitch is not welcome.
>
>
> Thanks.
> Bill Griffin
> info at igame3d.com
> www.igame3d.com
>