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defano / wyldcard

A clone of Apple's HyperCard and HyperTalk scripting language.
https://github.com/defano/wyldcard/wiki
MIT License
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Missing modifier keys functionality #81

Open gingerbeardman opened 3 years ago

gingerbeardman commented 3 years ago

Thanks for helping me get this built! It's really great.

First thing I did was jump into paint mode and try some drawing.

I notice it is lacking the modifier keys that allowed you to do really cool stuff whilst painting. Such as tighten the selection to only the drawn pixels within the selection.

I do see that double-clicking the tools is there, so you have a good eye for UI details.

Anyway, thought you might like to know.

In some manuals it's listed as "Dragging with modifier keys" and surrounding pages

https://vintageapple.org/macbooks/pdf/HyperCard_Users_Guide_1988.pdf

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In other manuals it's listed as "Using Modifier Keys with Paint Tools" and surrounding pages

https://cancel.fm/stuff/share/HyperCard_Reference_1.pdf

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defano commented 3 years ago

I am impressed that you are able to quote the HyperCard user's guide chapter and verse!

You're right, though, many of those modifier key behaviors are not implemented. If I ever get a chance to get back into this, I'll put 'em on the to-do list.

gingerbeardman commented 3 years ago

I only know it because I'd only recently read it. So it was more short term memory than long term nerdery.

Cheers!