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==== Finding marker coordinates ====
==== Finding marker coordinates ====
If an aircraft tutorial wants to use the marker, then the aircraft animation file needs to include the marker model (see above). If this is done, then one can use the "marker-adjust" dialog to find the respective <marker> coordinates. Just type this into the "Help->Nasal Console" dialog:
If an aircraft tutorial wants to use the marker, then the aircraft animation file needs to include the marker model (see above). If this is done, then one can use the "marker-adjust" dialog to find the respective <marker> coordinates. Just type this into the "Debug->Nasal Console" dialog:


<syntaxhighlight lang="nasal">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nasal">
   tutorial.dialog()
   tutorial.dialog()
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


Or temporarily add a key binding to the *-set.xml file:
Or temporarily add a key binding to the *-set.xml file:
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   </key>
   </key>
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
Or in the main menu just select "Debug->Display Tutorial Marker".


The dialog allows to move a red cross around, which has the blinking marker circle in the middle. Note that ctrl- and shift-modifiers modulate the slider movements. Ctrl makes positioning coarser, and shift finer. The [Reset] button moves the marker back to aircraft origin, the [Center] button centers the sliders, and the [Dump] button dumps the marker coordinates to the terminal, for example:
The dialog allows to move a red cross around, which has the blinking marker circle in the middle. Note that ctrl- and shift-modifiers modulate the slider movements. Ctrl makes positioning coarser, and shift finer. The [Reset] button moves the marker back to aircraft origin, the [Center] button centers the sliders, and the [Dump] button dumps the marker coordinates to the terminal, for example:
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