Gscreen - a GTK / Glade / Python based screen

Well this process of customizing for industrial was meant to exerciser the process of user changes so I could make sure Gscreen could handle them.

It was exactly what was needed - I have a pretty good idea how to program Gscreen so it is very flexible.

The big changes of industrial seem to have started to die down and now it's starting to be personal choices rather then 'this is wayis tons better'

Between Industrial and Norbert's Gmoccapy we have some good functionality and infrastructure. I'm happy.

Soon it will get to the point where yes if you want _that_ change you'll have to do it on your copy.
But we are a long way from any 2.6 release so there is still plenty of room for changes.

Yes I agree a lock / unlock would be helpful

Chris M

Now it needs industrial machinists testing.

Anyone using any of Gscreen's different skins please give feedback of what you like and don't like. or what you need that missing.

at the moment I know that tool setting to a common point is missing, I'm just not sure how best to do it.
AXIS uses touch-off and you pre-select whether its for origin setting or tool setting.
I would like something more obvious.
I could have the tool setting buttons show up when the tool table is showing ....

Chris M

How does every one feel about losing the entry widget and just having the numerical keyboard pop up every time you need to set something?

cmorley wrote:

at the moment I know that tool setting to a common point is missing, I'm just not sure how best to do it.
AXIS uses touch-off and you pre-select whether its for origin setting or tool setting.
I would like something more obvious.
I could have the tool setting buttons show up when the tool table is showing ....
Chris M

I think having it on the tool table page would work well. Include the ability to change tools from there too (tool index button). Could even highlight the row in the tool table matrix for the currently-loaded tool. When a tool is touched off the values in the tool table matrix should update. My thinking is that the tool table page would have everything necessary to set up all the tools in the changer.

Karl

cmorley wrote:

How does every one feel about losing the entry widget and just having the numerical keyboard pop up every time you need to set something?

I'm good with this.
Often the same value is entered several times. What do people think of having it default to the value last entered? Pressing one button (clr) gets you back to nothing.

Karl

Rather than having to type something to clear the last entry,
how about using the up/down cursor keys to select from the entry history
so to get to the previous entry, you hit the up arrow. hitting the up arrow again
goes back through the history list and hitting down goes forward (just like the shell)

That's an interesting idea.

But I wonder how often it's needed.
even with my limited cnc experience, I bet just remembering the last number would be enough.

Also I'd have to add up / down keys to the pop up keyboard.

cmorley wrote:

How does every one feel about losing the entry widget and just having the numerical keyboard pop up every time you need to set something?

Sounds good

karlkec wrote:

cmorley wrote:

at the moment I know that tool setting to a common point is missing, I'm just not sure how best to do it.
AXIS uses touch-off and you pre-select whether its for origin setting or tool setting.
I would like something more obvious.
I could have the tool setting buttons show up when the tool table is showing ....
Chris M

I think having it on the tool table page would work well. Include the ability to change tools from there too (tool index button). Could even highlight the row in the tool table matrix for the currently-loaded tool. When a tool is touched off the values in the tool table matrix should update. My thinking is that the tool table page would have everything necessary to set up all the tools in the changer.

Karl

Yes and Yes