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Xashikolauk:
How about adding an aid to measuring things out?  For instance, under designate have a prompt which reads of the current size of the area you're about to designate.  So lets you hit d, then hit enter on the *, then move your cursor to the +.code:
*.....
......
......
.....+
The prompt would read "6x4".My wrist gets tired from counting by hand

Mechanoid:
Certainly a good idea.
It'd greatly ease the creation of 13x13 rooms, which is very often what's needed for storage, but difficult to count.[ March 18, 2007: Message edited by: Mechanoid ]

ReWolf31:
there is something similar - in designation mode, if you hold down SHIFT, the the little X moves 10 squares at a time   :D

herrbdog:
Well a ruler is a great idear.The shift+arrow keys would be ok if it didn't get stuck half the time. =/ (it's a keyhook thing, windows->application communcation.)

Toady One:
ASD suggested this a long time ago...  I've just been preoccupied.  It certainly seems like  a good idea, and an interface change that would persist through whatever alterations the guts of the game suffers.

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