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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:43:26 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: zoom in 3d plots for netbooks/laptops
From: Anthony Falzone <propdesign71@gmail.com>
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On Saturday, September 15, 2012 12:32:32 AM UTC-5, sfeam wrote:
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> > hi,
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> > 
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> > would it be possible to add a keyboard command for zooming in and out.
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> >  say + or - keys.  
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> There is a patch on the SourceForge code tracker that adds additional 
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> zoom/pan features, including hot keys + and -.  If you are building
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> gnuplot from source, you can apply the patch and try it out.  
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> In any event you could add a note on the tracker to say you'd like to 
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> see this feature added.
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>  
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> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3537423&group_id=2055&atid=302055
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> >  i'm on a netbook and having to switch my right
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> > mouse button over to middle mouse button is rather awkward, as I have
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> > to switch it back for everything but gnuplot.  the left mouse button
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> > rotates on 3d plots.  for 2d plots i can zoom with the right mouse
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> > button on default settings.  this just seems to be related to 3d
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> > plots, as a netbook has no middle mouse button.  i'm a novice with
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> > gnuplot, so if i'm not making sense, let me know and i can try to
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> > explain better.
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> > 
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> > awesome program btw.  i've had a lot of success using it with a
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> > program i wrote called PROP_DESIGN.  i've only had this one small
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> > issue.
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> > 
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> > thanks,
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> > 
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> > anthony

hi,

thanks for the reply.  i am not building from scratch unfortunately.  i would add a comment to the tracker, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that if you're not a member of sf.  in any event, i would love to see such a feature added.

anthony