Entering Points - Tektronix 4106 Operator's Manual

GETTING ACQUAINTED
ENTERING POINTS
When you move the cursor around , notice the elastic line that tracks the GIN cursor
as it moves from the original point - this is rubberbanding. After moving the cursor
around some:
Enter a graphics point by pressing any keyboard key, or pressing down on
the stylus , or pressing any of the buttons on the puck.
The GIN cursor blinks momentarily as the terminal accepts the point .
Move the crosshair to a new location and again enter a point.
·Since you have enabled inking , the terminal draws a line on the terminal screen
from the first point to the second point (see Figure 2-16a) .
Each time you enter a point, another line is drawn from the previous location to the
current one (see Figure 2-16b).
Go ahead and enter three more points .
After you enter the fifth point, the terminal exits from GIN and the GIN cursor
disappears from the screen . Remember that in the GIN ENABLE command you
specified that GIN was to be enabled for only five points .
To finish :
Press the GEras key.
Since the inked lines displayed on the screen are not part of a segment definition,
they are erased .
Normally, the graphics coordinates are processed by the host application
program . The lines you drew and displayed on the screen were simply to
acquaint you with GIN .
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