RULER(9.1) RULER(9.1)
NAME
ruler - measure things on the screen
SYNOPSIS
ruler
DESCRIPTION
Ruler measures things on a jerq screen. Press button 1 to
sweep out a rectangle anywhere on the screen. For each
rectangle swept, ruler displays the coordinates of the
rectangle's corners (labelled `down' and `up'), the size of
the rectangle and length of its diagonal.
There is a menu on button 3. The pixels and chars buttons
control whether the size and diagonal measurements are in
pixel or 9x14 character units (the size used by jim(9.1) and
mux(9.1)). The stop button deactivates ruler without exit-
ing. Hitting measure reactivates ruler. Exit exits.
BUGS
Ruler's menu must pop up in its own layer, perhaps far away
from the cursor.