Re: [Visualpython-users] Visualpython-users Digest, Vol 31, Issue 9

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Thanks for the clarification. Certainly two-finger scrolling isn't 
particularly relevant to Visual. Given all the other many things wrong 
with the Mac IDLE, I'm not surprised that it doesn't deal with this gesture.

Yeah, it was most definitely hard work. But interesting.

Bruce Sherwood

Joe Heafner wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bru...@nc... 
> <mailto:Bru...@nc...>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for the report. A colleague with a desktop Mac and Radeon
>     X1900 also doesn't get materials like wood to display, despite his
>     drivers seeming to be up to date. Presumably you see transparent
>     objects, and local lights, but no materials.
> 
> 
> As far as I can tell, that's correct. Apple users are at Apple's mercy 
> when it comes to video driver updates.
>  
> 
>     Cmd-q quits, but I guess we forgot cmd-w.
> 
> 
> cmd-w works in an IDLE window, just not in a VPython graphics window 
> 
> 
>     What's an example of a trackpad fingertip gesture that is not
>     processed? (Not sure what we can do about it, but it would be good
>     to know what the issue is.)
> 
> 
> I was speaking of the two-fingertip-drag that scrolls a scrollable 
> window (e.g. in a web browser window). It doesn't work in IDLE so it's 
> probably an IDLE thing. Other mouse actions seem to work correctly. 
> 
> This is a FANTASTIC VPython milestone and I appreciate the hard work 
> that went into it. I've tried to learn Mac programming but it just makes 
> my eyes glaze over.
> 
> Joe
>