Changing the openGL colors in the Axis GUI

anyway, on a side note, can someone answer me this? if axis is good enough to be the default gui for lcnc, why has no one done anything to document or clean it up? for at least as long as i have used linuxcnc, it has (at least outwardly anyway) remained unchanged. and especially with all the work that has gone into 2.8 with joints/axis there seems to be alot of backend advancement, but the frontend seems to be a time capsule...

Personally I use Axis for my machines because I like the way it is. For my mill and lathes it is standard except for the addition of a Glade panel. For Plasma it has quite a few additions.

For major changes that you seem to want it would be better to create a new GUI from scratch. If you wanted to keep it "similar" to Axis then a good starting point would be to use QtVCP and build on the existing QtAxis that is one of the sample configs.

I really don't think that many current Axis users would want it to change too much.

phillc54 wrote: I really don't think that many current Axis users would want it to change too much.

I am one of those, i have to train people to use the machines and having such a clean look really, really helps, a lot !
I am not able to stress enough how easy it is to teach someone who has never used a machine before. In about 2 days! Try that with any other GUI ....

tommylight wrote: I am not able to stress enough how easy it is to teach someone who has never used a machine before. In about 2 days! Try that with any other GUI ....

agreed! that is about how long it took me to figure it out without training, just google. and that is the entirely the reason i want to keep using it. just a few tweaks. bigger buttons and maybe the ability to position things a little differently for vertical monitors.
my machine is in an enclosure with a touch screen monitor off to one side so that it is just under eye level, but i have to have it horizontal because when axis resizes with my pyvcp on one side i end up with three newspaper columns and my dro fills the preview screen. that means the monitor sticks out like dumbos ear!

oddwick wrote: ........... just a few tweaks. bigger buttons and maybe the ability to position things a little differently for vertical monitors.

Go back a little and find a post by PhilC, that can be achieved easily in like an afternoon with what Phill described.

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let me know how she runs on your system.
I have an hd monitor, there may be issues with xga etc
Not tested all spindle buttons, ie mist brake etc, but can.
only run this gantry machine with 4 joints 3 axi

Jason

not yet complete need to do nice icons for menu bar.
mabe place below main view, any ideas?

left all axis functionality in place, only cosmetic changes.
herewith axis.tcl had to make it .txt file to upload
but you must change it to axis.tcl
and put it in usr share axis folder with su permission.