David Fisher wrote:
Does anyone know how to set the defaults on specific pages, ie, x, y or z in fractint without going out and back in? For example, when in the middle >of creating, actually diddling, with the formulas, I go to another formula and all the settings go with me to the new screen. Is it possible there is some way to reset these pages to their original default values without exiting? Maybe a ctr-x for x, or alt-z for z? I have looked in the documents and couldn't any reference to this procedure. Help, anyone, please?
All screens that allow return-to-the-defaults (for this particular screen) show a note saying so (along the line of "Press F4 to return to default values" or similar). Some examples are the screens ctrl-f (sound), ctrl-e (evolver) and on the z-screen F6 (image coordinates). Provided my memory doesn't fail me, z-screen values are reset to their defaults when changing fractals, so I don't see any problem in this case. There are no specific resets for the x and y parameter screens - only the insert key, which causes Fractint to be started anew and resets(nearly) everything to defaults (exceptions are i.e. pathnames/filenames). However, you can use your own parameter sets to reset x- and y-screen selectively. Cut and paste the following into an editor and save under the name, say, "defaults.par"... ----- Start Parameters ---------------------------------------- X-Defaults { passes=g float=y maxiter=150 inside=1 outside=iter ;savename=fract001 overwrite=no sound=beep logmap=no biomorph=-1 decomp=0 fillcolor=normal proximity=0.01 } Y-Defaults { finattract=no potential=0/0/0 distest=0/71 invert=0/0/0 cyclerange=1/255 } ----- End Parameters ----------------------------------------- Later, in Fractint, press <@>, choose "defaults.par" and use either "X-Defaults" or "Y-Defaults" according to your needs. (If you really want "savename=", "overwrite=" and "sound=" to be reset also, then remove the semicolon in front of "savename=".) Regards, Gerald