8.0;idf (icon_default) *DM*, revision 8.0, 84/03/11
IDF (ICON_DEFAULT) -- Set the icon default positioning and offset.
usage:  idf


FORMAT

  IDF


  The  IDF  command  is  used  to set the position of an icon on your screen, to
  determine where the following icons will be positioned (the  offset),  and  to
  specifiy  the  icon  shift  vector  when  the  icon  allocation  begins to use
  positions already in use by other icons.  Each time you issue the IDF  command
  you reset the position where any subsequent icons appear.

  By  default,  icons  appear  in  a  horizontal  line along the top of portrait
  displays, and in a vertical line along the right side of  landscape  displays.
  The  default  offset is set at the width of one icon (60 bits) horizontally or
  vertically, depending on the display.  You can use IDF to change this  default
  positioning  and  offset,  to  establish  the position of an icon created in a
  script, or to set your personal icon positioning and offset in  a  DM  startup
  script (STARTUP_DM).  The IDF command can be used in the following ways:

     - Move  the  cursor  to  the new default icon position.  Issue the IDF
       command.

       This operation sets the first icon position; the offset of the  next
       icon  will  be  0,0  (bits) and the shift vector will be 0,0 (bits).
       Therefore, all subsequent icons will appear on top of one another at
       the first icon position.

     - Move  the  cursor  to the new default icon position.  Use the <MARK>
       key or issue the DR command to mark the cursor position.   Move  the
       cursor  to  indicate  the  offset  for the next icon.  Issue the IDF
       command.

       This operation sets the first icon position and  next  icon  offset.
       The  shift  vector  is 0,0 (bits). Therefore, when icons need to use
       already used positions, the DM places new icons directly on  top  of
       pre-existing icons.

     - Move  the  cursor  to the new default icon position.  Use the <MARK>
       key or issue the DR command to mark the cursor position.   Move  the
       cursor to indicate the offset for the next icon and once again issue
       a <MARK> or DR command.  Then move the cursor again in order to  set
       the shift vector for reused icon positions.

       This  operation  sets  the  first  icon  position  and the next icon
       offset.  It also establishes a shift vector so that icons  will  not
       appear  directly  on top of one another if the DM needs to place new
       icons over pre-existing ones.

     - Specify the icon position, offset, and shift explicitly in a command
       line.  The format is as follows:

            (first_xy_pos)DR;(next_xy_pos)DR;(shift_xy_pos);IDF

       For example, the command line:

            Command:  (800,10) DR; (850,60) DR; (820,10); IDF

       places  the  upper-left  corner  of  the  first icon at bit position
       (800,10),  sets  the  icon  offset  vector  to  (50,50)  (found   by
       subtracting  the  'initial' from the 'next' bit positions), and sets
       the shift vector to (20,0) (found by subtracting the 'initial'  from
       the  'shift' bit positions).  The next icon would, therefore, appear
       at bit positions (850,60), the next at (900,110), etc.  If  an  icon
       must  be placed on top of the first icon, then it will be positioned
       at (820,10), the next at (870,60), etc.

  The IDF command requires no arguments or options.


RELATED TOPICS

  More information is available.  Type:

  - HELP ICON
   for more information on icons.