[Blindmath] Version 0.0.9 of SVGDraw01 is now available for download

[Richard Baldwin]

Version 0.0.8  of my drawing program for blind students is now posted at:
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available for
immediate download.

If you have used earlier versions of this program and have found yourself
wishing for a conventional menu system, take heart. Version 0.0.9 provides
those menus.

Previous versions used a long list of actions that had to be scrolled in
order to perform an action, such as drawing a rectangle or rotating a shape
object. That list of actions has now been replaced by a menu system that
uses a full suite of accelerator and mnemonic keys.

For example, pressing Alt+D will open the Draw menu that provides access to
all of the drawing capabilities of the program. For even more convenience,
pressing Ctrl+R will bypass the Draw menu and land you on a page where you
can draw a new rectangle. Pressing Alt+M will open the Mod menu that
provides actions that you can perform to review or modify existing shape
objects. Pressing Alt+R will bypass the Mod menu and land you on a page
where you can rotate any existing shape object.

Other enhancements

In addition to the new menu system, this version includes a number of
enhancements including:

    * Ability to select and view the attributes of any existing shape object
without modifying the object.
    * Ability to maintain original stroke width when scaling shape objects.
    * A checkbox for selecting all existing shape objects for rotation,
translation, scaling, and deletion.
    * Creation of a "Home Base" concept. Each time you complete an action,
you now return to the Home Base from which you can initiate other actions.
    * Many other improvements in convenience and accessibility that are too
numerous to list here.

You must have the 32-bit Windows version of the Java JRE installed on your
computer to run this program. I am told that the 32-bit and the 64-bit
versions of Java can be installed and will peacefully coexist on Windows
Vista and Windows 7 in case you also need the 64-bit version for other
programs.

The procedure for getting started using the program is as follows:

First download the zip file from the web address given above.

Extract the following four files from the zip file into the same empty
folder.
_ReadMeFirst.txt
Instructions.htm
SVGDraw01.jar
_version.txt

The file named SVGDraw01.jar is an executable jar file. You can run it the
same way that you run other programs.

If all else fails, open a command window in the folder containing the jar
file and enter the following command at the prompt:

java -jar SVGdraw01.jar

When the program starts, you will land on Home Base from which you can
select any of the actions provided by the menus. Instructions for opening
the Instructions HTML document are printed on Home Base.

Alternatively, you can simply open the file named Instructions.htm in your
browser and read the instructions without running the program.

As usual, feedback will be appreciated.

Dick Baldwin

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Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
http://www.DickBaldwin.com

Professor of Computer Information Technology
Austin Community College
(512) 223-4758
mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
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