KnotPlot Document Viewer Help

Basic operations - changing the view:

  Rotate --- click left mouse button down and drag mouse.  release button
             and repeat multiple times to get an arbitrary view.
             imagine there is a ``trackball'' centered in the window

  Scale --- click right mouse button down and drag mouse left to 
            scale down, drag mouse to the right to scale up

  Translate --- click middle mouse button down and drag left/right or up/down

  Fullscreen --- click on the `fullscreen' button for best viewing (lower right)

Things to try:

  --- click on the `jumble' button in the action section.  rotate the text 
      around to get a sense of the random juxtaposition of the words.  then
      click on the `click here' button (top of the window) to re-form the 
      words into the original order.  once the words stabilize, click on the
      `scroll' button to help you read the text.

  --- create a circle or torus and try swirling it

  --- change the text size by clicking on one of the three buttons (lower left)

  --- some decorative knots can be created using the `knot' button

  --- toggle the start on to see where the text begins

  --- play around with different combinations and have fun!

Note: Click on the button below to close this window:
