[haiku] Icon-O-Matic questions

Hi there!

I'm looking into I-O-M for the user guide. I have a few questions... :)
1. Especially the Property view always truncates the descriptive words, like "N...e" for "Name". Couldn't the left sidebar be made resizable or at least have a wider default? (OK, that was more like an enhancement ticket, but...)
2. What does the Transformer "Transformation" do that can't be done with the normal just-move-resize-and-rotate-action done with a shape? If that's for applying exact values via keyboard, it may be a good idea to have a "Transformation" automatically added and updated when a shape is moved/resized/rotated by mouse.
3. The "Perspective" Transformer doesn't do anything for me besides shrinking my shape to a tiny dot. The properties also just contain a "Name" setting, so it doesn't seem to have much use. Am I missing something?
4. Does the "Freeze Transformation" in the Shape menu anything else but saving the current state a "Reset Transformation" goes back to? If so, is that really necessary?
5. There are two export formats: BEOS:ICON and META:ICON. For an enduser, only the BEOS:ICON is of interest as that assigns the icon to a file. Maybe the META:ICON stuff should go to the coder-section (RDeF etc.), and the rather cryptic entry renamed to e.g. "Attach Icon".
6. The "Swatches" menu is <empty>. I guess that's for a future feature to save/open palettes? Maybe that should be removed completely for now. 

That's it for now. I may have a few more in the future. :)


Regards,
Humdinger

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