Interface devices and styles, Using a stylus, Dual-head monitors – Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 14
Customizing Shake
To display the day of the week:
alias day date +“%A”
To display all Shake processes that are running:
alias howmany ’ps -aux | grep shake’
Interface Devices and Styles
This section discusses considerations when using a stylus, setting mouse behavior,
using a two-monitor system, and setting the monitor resolution.
Using a Stylus
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In the Globals tab, open the guiControls subtree.
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Set the virtualSliderSpeed parameter to 0.
When virtualSliderMode is enabled, dragging left or right in a value field decreases or
increases the parameter value beyond the normal slider limits.
Note: The stylus does not allow you to use your desktop space the same way as with a
mouse, so you have to enable virtualSliderMode.
Dual-Head Monitors
Choose View > Spawn Viewer Desktop to create a new Viewer window that floats
above the normal Shake interface. You can then move this Viewer to a second monitor,
clearing up space on the first for node-editing operations.
Important:
This only works when both monitors are driven by the same graphics card.
The following is a handy ui Directory command to automatically create the second
Viewer Desktop:
gui.dualHead= 1;
// This is an example of what you can do to open a second
// viewer desktop on the other monitor.
if(gui.dualHead) spawnViewerDesktop(1290,10,1260,960);
For information on using a broadcast video monitor, see “