Ned,

I've gotten the latest Connector version working in 3.2gamma, and 
it's rather nice.  In particular, you were interested in how we would 
prefer to interact with the Morphs, so I played around with that 
some, and learned that the behavior of parts of a connected group of 
Connector morphs with respect to mouse interaction is especially 
pleasant.

I built a Connectors flap, using NCMakerButtons containing some basic 
prototypes: a connector, an ellipse, a label, etc.  That works fine. 
Using the buttons, I generated some parts and put together a stick 
figure out of variously-sized circles for the head, hands, feet, and 
joints, and connectors for the limbs.  Then I selected all the parts 
of the figure and grouped them.  At that point, if I just grab (left 
click) one of the circles (NCEllipse), I can move the entire group, 
but if I try that with a limb (NCConnector), I add a vertex and bend 
the line.  On the other hand, I can move an individual circle with 
respect to the group just by left-clicking until I have the halo for 
that morph alone, then click the move halo.  So I can easily select 
whether I'm manipulating the individual connector or the group, and 
the defaults are convenient.

Good work.

"The joke is over when the head falls off." - Scotts' proverb
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Bruce Cohen
brucecohen at qwest.net
>On Wednesday 20 March 2002 08:40 pm, I wrote:
>
>>  I've gotten Connectors to a point where I think it's generally useful, and
>>  would like some testing before officially releasing it.
>>
>>  I have finally added a simple programmatic interface for querying
>>  connections, which should make it easier to use for your own projects.
>>
>>  Also, I have changed the wiring to work with both drag'n'drop and
>>  point'n'click modes.
>>
>>  The enclosed change set is intended to be loaded into a 3.2gamma image.
>>  With 3.2 coming along Real Soon Now, I don't think I need to worry about
>>  3.0 images.
>>
>>  It will attempt to convert existing connectors if you have any in your
>>  image. It should also convert old connectors in projects when you load
>>  them. Please tell me if it doesn't.
>>
>>  It will open up a couple of sample flaps with connectors and shapes.
>>  However, the UML shapes there are more a demo than anything else. I would
>>  hope that you would come up with your own flaps or ButtonBars with your own
>>  favorite shapes and connectors.
>>
>>  The Connectors should work with any Morph.
>>
>>  There is still a lingering problem with the bounds of the open-arrowhead
>>  flavor (in the flap as DirectionalAssociation) not being set right from
>>  time to time; you will only see this if you try to do a drag selection. If
>>  anyone has a fix for this please let me know.
>>
>>  As always, please don't try this in an image that you don't have backed up.
>>
>>  I'm looking forward to some feedback!
>
>This version takes care of some problems when loading into images with old
>Connectors.
>
>Also, you can get an updated version of the Connectors demo (as a project) at
>Bob's Super Swiki; it's called ConnectorsDemo2-nk.001.pr
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Ned Konz
>currently: Stanwood, WA
>email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
>homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com


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