- In addition to changing the behavior of the box to mouse - button events, the snap command also changes the way - that distance measurements are - interpreted in commands that take distance arguments, such - as move, copy, and stretch. An integer - number with no other identifying units is interpreted as a - measurement in the current snap grid. All other measurements - must have an identifying unit: i for internal units, - l for lambda units, and g for user grid units - (as well as the usual metric units). Even when snap - is set to the larger lambda or user grids, it is possible to - move the cursor box to finer grid positions from the command - line. See the reference page on - distance measures for a complete - description of distance values.
+ Historically, in addition to changing the behavior of the box + to mouse button events, the snap command also changed + the way that distance measurements + are interpreted in commands that take distance arguments. + This behavior remains the default for backwards compatibility. + The units command overrides this behavior and allows + snap to control only the box positioning behavior, + independently of how unsuffixed values are parsed by the + interpreter.
snap with no arguments returns the current snap grid type.
@@ -80,6 +74,7 @@ in the selected grid.
+ units
grid