Grasshopper
Sequence
Getting *soooo* bored fixing all the retina display issues for GH1 I had to do some proper coding today. Invented some basic sequence notation which allows for the generation of numeric sequences that self-reference in some way or other. Square brackets are used to specify older values in the sequence, ie. [n-1] equals the previous value, [n-5] is 5 values ago. [index] and [total] can be used to get the current value index and the sum-total of the entire sequence so far. Also, [n-?] + ... + [n-?] and [n-?] * ... * [n-?] allows for addition/multiplication of a range of values specified relative to the current value. This will be available whenever the high-resolution-screen fixes are merged with RhinoWip.
Birk Binnard
Very helpful David - thanks. I'm seriously considering upgrading to a 28" 4K monitor (3840 x 2160 pixels) and was a bit concerned about how GH would work on that resolution. But now you've got me interested in in a 5K screen.
Jul 6, 2016
David Rutten
I love my new 5k screen, but I have to say Windows is pretty bad at scaling up the UI. Especially since my secondary screen still runs the old-fashioned 2560x1440 resolution. A lot of applications are really bad at dealing with two screens that run at different scaling levels. So if you do go for a 5k screen, be prepared to be frustrated a lot for a few years to come.
Jul 6, 2016
Birk Binnard
Very interesting...I have two 1920x1200 screens (GH on left, Rhino on right) and both run at 100% (default) text scaling. I've fussed with the text scaling factor before and completely agree with you - something is wonky there. I did find that tweaking the Clear Type Text option improved my text a little bit, but my monitors are 2 different brands so they don't look exactly the same. Tweaking nVidia's Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma also helps a little.
My real objective is to just have more horizontal screen space so more (preferably all) of my GH layouts fit on the screen and are readable. I haven't been able to handle the icon names for GH objects, so I tend to need more screen space than others here.
5K screens at Amazon (US) are about double the price of the 4K ones, so I'll probably stick with my 4K choice - should still be a big improvement over my current 2K.
Jul 6, 2016