[GRASS-dev] Vote for your favorite zoom out

[tlaronde at polynum.com]

[No, I don't vote, but since I'm still reading the mailing
list---usefull at least to compare my options with yours or to pick up
good ideas---I just give the following information]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 09:37:04PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
> 
> 4. No zoom out by box. Zoom out click (right click from zoom-in?)
> zooms out by a factor of 2 or sqrt(2) [or something in between].
> New region is centered on location of the click. bounds change but
> resolution is preserved.
> 

FWIW, in the original v.digit(1) (and present in the KerGIS version)
was the "widen window" option. It's zooming out by displaying a color
rectangle representing the whole map with a rectangle wire locating the
current window. Then you only select another window knowing both the
whole extend, and where you were before.
It's far more handy, since it's simpler to zoom out loosely, and then
zoom in precisely.

I didn't understand why this was nuked in GPL GRASS version.

Cheers,
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Thierry Laronde (Alceste) <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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