... a short period of time in my profile. Many thanks Charles posted: 19 Jan 2018 01:40 from: madscientist It is however unfortunate that, what was a fine operation has become very different. posted: 19 Jan 2018 01:55 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: It is however unfortunate that, what was a fine operation has become very different. It's a bit premature to say that. Bear in mind that the business was for sale for 2 years, and came close to closing down entirely. Anyone criticising the new operation was entirely free to have taken it on themselves. If the business is still giving poor service after another 12 months, fair enough to criticise. But in the meantime be grateful that the supplies are still available. There isn't any other supplier for many of the components -- there must be a reason for that. Martin. posted: 19 Jan 2018 05:36 from: d827kelly It has also gone from a big operation, with a lot of stock to a much smaller concern with no shop ...

... , surely? Martin. posted: 14 Sep 2020 12:40 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Hi Martin Thank you for that video. I have never seen it before but I do know everything that is in it, now. Like you my memory is getting worse and I am at least 7 years in advance of you, I think. I managed perfectly alright without the notch linking functions, it was just so nice to discover them and irritating that I had missed them for so long. One thing I wasn't doing is criticising you, as I am sure you know. Another thing I never do, is travel anywhere without Templot. It has been to many corners of this country and a lot of the world. Thank you Godders posted: 14 Sep 2020 14:11 from: Martin Wynne Hi Godders, I didn't think you were criticising me! But I am wondering what other long-standing functions in Templot folks might not be aware of. For example, this old page also contains details of the slewing functions: http:/ ...

... are of width 3& the colours different from the colours on the printed pages. It would be useful (to me at least) if these could be saved, either in the bgs file or somewhere else. Howard. posted: 6 Mar 2009 09:09 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: I don't have to click several times to get into Word for example. (and they are all Windows applications when all said and done.) Hi Richard, Well it's all fruit in a bowl, but you don't criticise an orange for not being more like a banana. You can't design track in Word, and you can't write a letter in Templot. So this frequent assumption that both should somehow work the same way seems very strange to me. Apart from anything else, the usage conditions are very different. Word you might launch and exit a dozen times in an hour. With Templot it's much more likely that you start it once and then leave it running for a whole evening. So a few extra clicks at startup is neither ...

... - if you want simple set track, as others have said- go for a different programme. If you want realistic plans that you can establish firmly in your own mind and be sure that if it works on screen it will work for real, then Templot is the only choice. Then there's the last point. Cost. I shall be making a donation on payday, but at the moment I have not paid a penny and yet have had help from Martin (and others) on here. Therefore for someone to criticise this programme is fundamentally out of order. I for one would be very unlikely to go back to pen, paper and string for working curves. Derek posted: 1 Nov 2014 15:09 from: dharma66 I'm late to this party, and confess I have not read every post. The one thing would have really helped me as a newcomer would have been an updated tutorial. The one that builds a basic loop and sidings. This refers to old menus, and sometimes it took me a full 15 minutes to ...

... a single usable image at the desired angle. This question should really be addressed to the NLS rather than Templot. It is their web site which is failing to work in the embedded browser -- for example the "script error" messages, and the fact that mouse-dragging doesn't work (in Windows10), it is necessary to use the arrow keys to move around. Those problems don't arise with other map sites such as OS Maps and OpenStreetMap, which work fine in the embedded browser without errors. However, criticising NLS is a bit unfair when they are a non-profit providing an amazing mapping resource free of charge. The real culprit is Microsoft, who still implement the Windows API WebBrowser component using an old version of Internet Explorer -- I believe the rendering engine is IE7. Even in Windows10 they haven't upgraded it to the Edge rendering engine. This is typical of Windows, where fancy new stuff that no-one wants gets added to the desktop, but the underlying works are years old. Look for example at the ...