ADDED picedit.doc Index: picedit.doc ================================================================== --- picedit.doc +++ picedit.doc @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +This document describes the picture editor of Free Hero Mesh. + +To start the picture editor, use the -p switch. In this case, the puzzle +set files are not required to exist; the .xclass file will be created if +necessary, and the other ones are ignored. + + +=== Main menu === + +The main menu displays the list of the names of all pictures. This list is +sorted by name. + +You can push escape to quit and save, or shift+escape quits without saving. + +The F3 key allows entering a name of a picture to edit. + + +=== Drawing === + +The following keyboard commands are available: + +Esc + Leave the drawing screen. + +Shift+Tab or [ + Select the previous image variant. + +Tab or ] + Select the next image variant. + +1 to 9 + Select one of the first nine image variants. + +Space + Unmark the block and point. + +Return + Copy the marked part of the picture to the clipboard. This will discard + the previous contents of the clipboard (if any). This is separate from + the operating system clipboard; it is local to Free Hero Mesh, and is + lost when Free Hero Mesh is restarted. + +Insert + Paste from the clipboard. If a block is marked, it will stretch the + pasted image to fit the area. If a point is marked but not a block, that + point will be the upper left corner of the paste position. If neither, + then it is pasted with its upper left corner at the upper left corner of + the current image buffer. + +Delete + Erase the pixels marked block, making all of the pixels transparent. + +Arrows + Allows selecting a colour without using the mouse. + +Home + Selects transparency as the current colour. + +F5 + Resizes the current image variant. It will ask for the size; enter a + number from 1 to 255 to set the size (which is always square), and then + it will resize and clear the image. If you enter P then it will become + a copy of the contents of the clipboard; this won't work if the contents + of the clipboard is not square. + +F6 + Add a new image variant. It will ask for the size, like with F5, except + this adds a new one rather than replacing the existing one. The maximum + number of image variants is sixteen. + +F7 + Delete the current image variant. You cannot delete all of the variants + of an image; you must have at least one. + +F8 or number pad * + Mark the entire image as a block. + +Click in the colour palette on the right to select a colour. With the left +button, that colour is selected as the current colour. The middle button +will replace everything of the current colour with the clicked colour, and +the right button will exchange pixels between the current colour and the +clicked colour; in either case, if any block is marked, only the marked +block will be affected. + +You can type alphabets to select the drawing mode. The available drawing +modes are as follows: + +Draw (D) + The left mouse button draws with the current colour, and the right mouse + button draws transparent pixels; you can also hold and drag the mouse to + draw multiple pixels. Clicking with the middle button will select the + clicked colour as the current colour. + +Mark (M) + Select a point with the left button, and then the right button selects + the opposite corner of the rectangular area to mark. + +Pick (P) + Clicking in the picture editing area will have the same effect as + clicking in the colour palette, on the same colour as the pixel. + +Line (L) + Click the left button on the initial point of the line, and then click + the middle or right button on the final point of the line. If the right + button is used then the new point is the new initial point for further + lines, otherwise a further line will use the old initial point. + +Hollow rectangle (R) + Click the left button on the first corner and the right button on the + other corner. + +Filled rectangle (F) + Click the left button on the first corner and the right button on the + other corner. + +Hollow circle (C) + Click the left button at the centre of the circle and the right button + at the radius, or you can click the left button at the radius and the + middle button at the centre. + +Filled circle (I) + Click the left button at the centre of the circle and the right button + at the radius, or you can click the left button at the radius and the + middle button at the centre. + +Hollow ellipse (E) + + +Filled ellipse (S) + +