AXIS tool path colouration

One of the nice features of Axis is the assignment of colour to the already traversed tool paths.

Unfortunately ( at least it is so on my machine) the colour is lost as new paths are traversed.

How to and what to modify to ensure the colour is retained for the life of the milling task?

Hi

This information used to appear under the image2gcode section of the User Manual, but now seems to have been removed

The files refered to are still there.

3.11.2 The X Resource Database
The colors of most elements of the AXIS user interface can be customized through the X Resource
Database. The sample file axis_light_background changes the colors of the backplot window to a
"dark lines on white background" scheme, and also serves as a reference for the configurable items
in the display area. The sample file axis_big_dro changes the position readout to a larger size
font. To use these files:
xrdb -merge /usr/share/doc/emc2/axis_light_background
xrdb -merge /usr/share/doc/emc2/axis_big_dro
For information about the other items which can be configured in Tk applications, see the Tk
manpages.
Because modern desktop environments automatically make some settings in the X Resource Database
that adversely affect AXIS, by default these settings are ignored. To make the X Resource Database
items override AXIS defaults, include the following line in your X Resources:
*Axis*optionLevel: widgetDefault
this causes the built-in options to be created at the option level “widgetDefault”, so that X Resources
(which are level “userDefault”) can override them.

That will help you change colours to ones that stand out better for you.

I find that traces left from previously traversed paths are often a distraction rather than a help and clear them quite often. Each to their own.

regards

I looked back at the 2.4 docs and don't see that text in the image 2 g code

When I did a search it came up under image2gcode in the 2.3 docs, I didn't check the newer docs beyond looking in the same location

ArcEye, Big John,
thank You for Your effort and comments.

I am happy with the current colour scheme but would prefer not to loose the traversed path information as the job progresses.

I'll have a look through the suggested information.

Thank You