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Where has the Rotate/Translate function gone?

April 26, 2017function gone rotate translate

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Where has the Rotate/Translate function gone?

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Coot is built on many different OS types, using the given (or supplied) version of GTK+. Some old operating systems have a version of GTK+ that does not include a “ToolMenuButton” (newer operating systems do, of course) – and the toolbar menu Rotate/Translate function has uses such a widget. The Coot build sytem detects old versions of GTK+ and skips over the ToolMenuButton code, so the button does not appear in the main window. However, on all systems, the Rotate/Translate mode selector can be found as a menu to the right of the “Rotate/Translate Zone” button on the Model/Fit/Refine dialog. So, if you want a Rotate/Translate Tool Menu Button in the main window, don’t use an old OS (or more accurately, don’t use a Coot binary built for an old OS).