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Made some changes to the "snap" HTML document to reflect the way 

that "units" now affects its behavior.
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R. Timothy Edwards 2026-01-24 16:55:14 -05:00
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feature size, and <B>user</B>, based on the value given by the feature size, and <B>user</B>, based on the value given by the
user to the <B>grid</B> command. <P> user to the <B>grid</B> command. <P>
In addition to changing the behavior of the box to mouse Historically, in addition to changing the behavior of the box
button events, the <B>snap</B> command also changes the way to mouse button events, the <B>snap</B> command also changed
that <A HREF=distance.html>distance measurements</A> are the way that <A HREF=distance.html>distance measurements</A>
interpreted in commands that take distance arguments, such are interpreted in commands that take distance arguments.
as <B>move</B>, <B>copy</B>, and <B>stretch</B>. An integer This behavior remains the default for backwards compatibility.
number with no other identifying units is interpreted as a The <B>units</B> command overrides this behavior and allows
measurement in the current snap grid. All other measurements <B>snap</B> to control only the box positioning behavior,
must have an identifying unit: <B>i</B> for internal units, independently of how unsuffixed values are parsed by the
<B>l</B> for lambda units, and <B>g</B> for user grid units interpreter. <P>
(as well as the usual metric units). Even when <B>snap</B>
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
<A HREF=distance.html>distance measures</A> for a complete
description of distance values. <P>
<B>snap</B> with no arguments returns the current snap grid <B>snap</B> with no arguments returns the current snap grid
type. <P> type. <P>
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<H3>See Also:</H3> <H3>See Also:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=units.html><B>units</B></A> <BR>
<A HREF=grid.html><B>grid</B></A> <BR> <A HREF=grid.html><B>grid</B></A> <BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE>