Changelog for ARRIS++ Version  8.1   (Spin 110, Rel 02):

The following lists describe the changes that have been made to the ARRIS++ Enhanced Menus since the previous release (version 8.1, spin 103, release 02), on May 17, 2004 and a small patch (8.1_110_01) on May 28, 2004. Note that there are links in the following material pointing to more detailed information contained in the main documentation.

This changelog is divided into the following sections:



• General Improvements
  
  
• Documentation Enhancements
  
  
• Menu Modifications
  
  
• Existing Sigmac Enhancements
  
  
• New ARRIS++ Sigmacs

General Improvements:

The following table lists general improvements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system.

:cj_cm_flipbg This new sigmac allows the background color for the graphic display area (color slot #0) to be toggled between black and white. The color in slot #1 is automatically set to the opposite color so that entities drawn in color #1 remain visible on the screen. This is a convenience command that can be assigned to a toolbar button to quickly change the display mode of the screen.

The following ARRIS++ commands were added to the TOOLBAR command database: COMMAND DESCRIPTION FLIP BKGRND Flip the background color of the graphic drawing area between black and white. PAN ZOOM Use the keyboard to pan and/or zoom the graphic drawing area. WK ANGLE BISECT Set work angle by bisecting angle defined by three user-specified points.

Documentation Enhancements:

The following table lists general modifications and enhancements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system documentation.

The master documentation set was updated to reflect all changes described here.

On-line help was written for the new ARRIS++ color selection menu.

On-line help was updated for the ARRIS++ OPTIONS menu.

Menu Modifications:

The following table lists changes and additions made to the ARRIS++ menu system.

COLORMAP:

Color Selection Menu  Standard ARRIS 256 Color Selection Menu It's nice to have 256 colors to choose from in ARRIS 8.1, but are you tired of trying to pick the desired color from the small color swatches on the SELECT DESIRED COLOR pop-up menu and not having any way of knowing exactly what color number you are choosing? Well as usual, it's ARRIS++ to the rescue!  ARRIS++ 256 Color Selection Menu: Example 1  ARRIS++ 256 Color Selection Menu: Example 2 A new option on the ARRIS++ OPTIONS menu allows you to replace the standard color selection menu with the the new, improved model seen above. This menu offers the following enhanced features: Larger color swatches make differences in adjacent colors easier to see and select All colors from 0 through 255 are clearly numbered If desired, the menu may be repositioned on the screen by right-clicking on the [X] icon If the menu's color display ever becomes garbled or lost, it can be refreshed by right-clicking on the title bar Unlike the original ARRIS color selection menu, dismissing this menu insures that the command prompting for the color number is properly terminated Because this is option-driven, it is easy to switch back to the original ARRIS color selection menu should that ever be desired.

CUSTOMIZE:

ARRIS++ Options  ARRIS++ OPTIONS Menu A new USE ARRIS++ 256 COLOR SELECTION MENU option has been added to the menu. Selecting this button toggles the option between YES and NO. The default value of NO displays the standard ARRIS color selection pop-up menu when the COL button is selected. Setting this option to YES will cause the new ARRIS++ enhanced color selection menu (discussed above) to be displayed instead.

Existing Sigmac Enhancements:

The following table lists revisions that have been made to existing sigmacs in order to provide some expanded or new capability beyond that offered by the original command.

:mn_clsl

Added support for the enhanced ARRIS++ color selection menu

New ARRIS++ Sigmacs:

The following new sigmacs routines have been added to the current release of ARRIS++.

NEW COMMAND	CLASS	DESCRIPTION
:cj_cm_clsl	colormap	Support the new CJ_CM_CLSL color select menu with 256 numbered colors
:cj_cm_flipbg	colormap	Toggle the graphic background between black and white
:cj_cm_getcol	colormap	Select a color from the new CJ_CM_CLSL color select menu