added parameter to switch off auto alignment for engraving machines

(bzr r12994)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/share/extensions/plotter.inx b/share/extensions/plotter.inx
index 673922d2e..e30d61418 100644
--- a/share/extensions/plotter.inx
+++ b/share/extensions/plotter.inx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">hpgl_decoder.py</dependency>
     <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">hpgl_encoder.py</dependency>
     <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
-    <_param name="introduction" type="description">Please make sure that all objects you want to plot are converted to paths. The plot will automatically be aligned to the zero point.</_param>
+    <_param name="introduction" type="description">Please make sure that all objects you want to plot are converted to paths.</_param>
     <param name="tab" type="notebook">
         <page name="misc" _gui-text="Connection">
             <param name="serialPort" type="string" _gui-text="Serial port" _gui-description="The port of your serial connection, on Windows something like 'COM1', on Linux something like: '/dev/ttyUSB0'. (Default: COM1)">COM1</param>
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@
                 <option value="ZING">KNK Zing (HPGL variant)</option>
             </param>
             <param name="space" type="description">&#xa0;</param>
-            <_param name="freezeHelp" type="description">Using wrong settings can under certain circumstances cause Inkscape to freeze. Always save your work before plotting.</_param>
+            <_param name="freezeHelp" type="description">Using wrong settings can under certain circumstances cause Inkscape to freeze. Always save your work before plotting!</_param>
             <_param name="serialHelp" type="description">This can be a physical serial connection or a USB-to-Serial bridge. Ask your plotter manufacturer for drivers if needed.</_param>
             <_param name="parallelHelp" type="description">Parallel (LPT) connections are not supported.</_param>
         </page>
         <page name="plotter" _gui-text="Plotter Settings">
-            <param name="resolutionX" type="float" min="1.0" max="4096.0" precision="1" _gui-text="Resolution X (dpi)" _gui-description="The amount of steps the cutter moves if it moves for 1 inch on the X axis. (Default: 1016.0)">1016.0</param>
-            <param name="resolutionY" type="float" min="1.0" max="4096.0" precision="1" _gui-text="Resolution Y (dpi)" _gui-description="The amount of steps the cutter moves if it moves for 1 inch on the Y axis. (Default: 1016.0)">1016.0</param>
+            <param name="resolutionX" type="float" min="1.0" max="4096.0" precision="1" _gui-text="Resolution X (dpi)" _gui-description="The amount of steps the plotter moves if it moves for 1 inch on the X axis. (Default: 1016.0)">1016.0</param>
+            <param name="resolutionY" type="float" min="1.0" max="4096.0" precision="1" _gui-text="Resolution Y (dpi)" _gui-description="The amount of steps the plotter moves if it moves for 1 inch on the Y axis. (Default: 1016.0)">1016.0</param>
             <param name="pen" type="int" min="0" max="99" _gui-text="Pen number" _gui-description="The number of the pen (tool) to use. (Standard: '1')">1</param>
             <param name="force" type="int" min="0" max="1000" _gui-text="Pen force (g)" _gui-description="The amount of force pushing down the pen in grams, set to 0 to omit command. Most plotters ignore this command. (Default: 0)">0</param>
-            <param name="speed" type="int" min="0" max="10000" _gui-text="Pen speed (cm/s or mm/s)" _gui-description="The speed the pen will move with in centimeters or millimeters per second (dependent on your plotter model), set to 0 to omit command. Most plotters ignore this command. (Default: 0)">0</param>
-            <param name="orientation" type="optiongroup" appearance="minimal" _gui-text="Rotation (Clockwise)" _gui-description="Rotation of the plot. (Default: 0°)">
+            <param name="speed" type="int" min="0" max="10000" _gui-text="Pen speed (cm/s or mm/s)" _gui-description="The speed the pen will move with in centimeters or millimeters per second (depending on your plotter model), set to 0 to omit command. Most plotters ignore this command. (Default: 0)">0</param>
+            <param name="orientation" type="optiongroup" appearance="minimal" _gui-text="Rotation (Clockwise)" _gui-description="Rotation of the drawing. (Default: 0°)">
                 <option value="0">0°</option>
                 <option value="90">90°</option>
                 <option value="180">180°</option>
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
             <param name="space" type="description">&#xa0;</param>
             <param name="useToolOffset" type="boolean" _gui-text="Use tool offset correction" _gui-description="Check this to use the tool offset correction, if not checked the 'Tool offset' and 'Precut' parameters are unused. (Default: Checked)">true</param>
             <param name="toolOffset" type="float" min="0.0" max="20.0" precision="2" _gui-text="Tool offset (mm)" _gui-description="The offset from the tool tip to the tool axis in mm. (Default: 0.25)">0.25</param>
-            <param name="precut" type="boolean" _gui-text="Use precut" _gui-description="Check this to plot a small line before the real plot to align the tool orientation for the first real plot. (Default: Checked)">true</param>
-            <param name="space" type="description">&#xa0;</param>
-            <_param name="offsetNote" type="description">Please note that using the tool offset correction will move your plot away from the zero point by one tool offset length.</_param>
+            <param name="precut" type="boolean" _gui-text="Use precut" _gui-description="Check this to cut a small line before the real drawing starts to correctly align the tool orientation. (Default: Checked)">true</param>
         </page>
         <page name="misc" _gui-text="Miscellaneous">
             <param name="flat" type="float" min="0.1" max="10.0" precision="1" _gui-text="Curve flatness" _gui-description="Curves are divided into lines, this number controls how fine the curves will be reproduced, the smaller the finer. (Default: '1.2')">1.2</param>
-            <param name="offsetX" type="float" min="-10000.0" max="10000.0" precision="2" _gui-text="X offset (mm)" _gui-description="The offset to move your plot away from the zero point on the X axis in mm. (Default: '0.00')">0.00</param>
-            <param name="offsetY" type="float" min="-10000.0" max="10000.0" precision="2" _gui-text="Y offset (mm)" _gui-description="The offset to move your plot away from the zero point on the Y axis in mm. (Default: '0.00')">0.00</param>
+            <param name="offsetX" type="float" min="-10000.0" max="10000.0" precision="2" _gui-text="X offset (mm)" _gui-description="Shifts your drawing on the X axis in mm. (Default: '0.00')">0.00</param>
+            <param name="offsetY" type="float" min="-10000.0" max="10000.0" precision="2" _gui-text="Y offset (mm)" _gui-description="Shifts your drawing on the Y axis in mm. (Default: '0.00')">0.00</param>
+            <param name="autoAlign" type="boolean" _gui-text="Auto align" _gui-description="Check this to auto align the drawing to the zero point (Plus the tool offset if used). If unchecked you have to make sure that all parts of your drawing are within the document border! (Default: Checked)">true</param>
+            <param name="space" type="description">&#xa0;</param>
             <param name="debug" type="boolean" _gui-text="Show debug information" _gui-description="Check this to get verbose information about the plot without actually sending something to the plotter (A.k.a. data dump). (Default: Unchecked)">false</param>
         </page>
     </param>