Quote - I don't know how you can work with hotkeys, I find them an absolute nightmare.

Menus, menus, menus, for me everytime.  My mind just can't cope with having to remember all those letters and numbers - and sometimes my joints just won't let me stretch to all the keys 'cos I need to use an ergonomic keyboard to reduce RSI, so stretching across the gap can be quite a strain.

I'm not completely disagreeing. Programs that can only be operated via hotkeys are a nightmare. I like to have well-structured menus so I can find everything easily. But hotkeys can save a lot of time for things I do often. My favourite programs are the ones which let me define my own keyboard bindings. Maybe I should look into that.

Anyway, I'll have to do some more work on the basics of selecting and manipulating (dragging) stuff and lay some groundwork for the interface before I can introduce any interesting functionality. I just thought I'd let you know that there is some, albeit slow, progress.

As a side note, I'm using this project to familiarize myself with a new programming language, Scala.

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.