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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>VRweb basics</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY background="vrwebbg.gif">
<H1>VRweb basics</H1>
<p>
<IMG ALT="VRweb" WIDTH="129" HEIGHT="40" SRC="vrwebsmall.gif">
<p>
<H2>File menu</H2>
<p>
The file menu offers the following commands:
<p>
<UL>
<LI><b>Open...</b> <i>(accelerator key F3)</i>
<p>
opens a VRML scene file on the file system. The default file mask is
<code>*.wrl*</code> which matches files ending with ".wrl" and
".wrl.gz". Select a directory or file by double-clicking it or
entering its name in the field editor. Tip: "~" and "~user" can be
used to refer to home-directories. Space can be used for filename
completion (if no mask entered).
<p>
<LI><b>Save/Save as...</b> <i>(accelerator key F2)</i>
<p>
lets you save the current scene to disk. You will be asked for
confirmation before overwriting existing files. Save/Save as functionality
only differs in <A href="edit.html#start">edit mode</A>.
<p>
<LI>Export...
<p>
is reserved for file conversions (currently from "SDF", the previous
native scene format in Hyper-G, to VRML).
<p>
<LI><b>Edit</b>
<p>
See help for the VRweb VRML <A href="edit.html">editor</A>.
<p>
<LI>Edit, Print, Mail to
<p>
are reserved for the appropriate functions.
<p>
<LI><b>View Parser Output...</b>
<p>
opens a window containing the parser error messages and warnings. You
can select the function again or press the OK button to close the
window.
<p>
<LI><b>Exit Viewer</b> <i>(accelerator key ctrl-x)</i>
<p>
exits VRweb.
</UL>
<p>
<HR>
<p>
<H2>Help menu</H2>
<p>
<UL>
<LI><b>Overview...</b> <i>(accelerator key F1)</i>
<p>
goes to the overview page of the on-line help in your web browser (if
properly installed).
<p>
<LI><b>About</b>
<p>
opens a window with version information.
</UL>
<p>
<HR>
<p>
<A name="toolbar"></A>
<H2>Toolbar</H2>
<p>
<IMG ALT="Toolbar" WIDTH="535" HEIGHT="105" SRC="toolbar.gif">
<p>
The left group of icons changes the <A
href="navigate/modes.html">navigation mode</A> to (in order):<br>
Flip, Walk, Fly, Fly To or Heads Up.<br>
The button on the right side toggles <A
href="anchors.html#anchors">anchor display</A>.
<p>
Keeping the mouse over a button for a second displays a bubble help
window.
<p>
You can use the <i>function keys</i> F4 for flip, F5--F8 for walk to
heads up and F9 for anchors. These keys have probably the same layout
(spacing) on your keyboard as on the toolbar.
<p>
<HR>
<p>
<A name="statusline">
<H2>Status line</H2>
<p>
<IMG ALT="Statusline" WIDTH="535" HEIGHT="48" SRC="statline.gif">
<p>
<b>Tip:</b> Statusline fields can be scrolled by selecting text with
the left mouse button or by dragging the field with the <i>middle</i>
mouse button.
<p>
The left field of status line tells you either the document URL or the
description and destination URL of a selected <A
HREF="anchors.html#anchors">anchor</A>.
<p>
On the right side you see the number of polygons and/or primitives
(cubes, spheres, etc.) of the VRML data (including inlines) and the
note "textured" if the scene containes texture images.
<p>
During <b>download</b> of <A HREF="anchors.html#inlines">inline</A>
data (WWWInline, textures), you get a progress indicator. The left
field indicates the connection status (connect or transfer), the URL
and the amout of data being downloaded. The stop button on the right
side lets you abort the transfer.
<p>
<HR>
<p>
Back to <A HREF="vrwebhlp.html">overview</A>.
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