ssget ":L"

[Anonymous]

Here's a line from an ET program:

(setq ss(ssget "_:L" '((-4 . " (0 . "VIEWPORT")(-4 . "NOT>"))))

What's the "_:L"? Can't find it in help. The line works ok. If it were "_L" it would
return immediately and not await user input.

rs

[Anonymous]

":L" rejects entities on locked layers.

"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4973141@discussion.autodesk.com...
Here's a line from an ET program:

(setq ss(ssget "_:L" '((-4 . " (0 . "VIEWPORT")(-4 . "NOT>"))))

What's the "_:L"? Can't find it in help. The line works ok. If it were "_L"
it would
return immediately and not await user input.

rs

[Anonymous]

Ah, so. Any other little secrets they don't mention?

rs


"Art Cooney" wrote in message news:4973156@discussion.autodesk.com...
":L" rejects entities on locked layers.

"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4973141@discussion.autodesk.com...
Here's a line from an ET program:

(setq ss(ssget "_:L" '((-4 . " (0 . "VIEWPORT")(-4 . "NOT>"))))

What's the "_:L"? Can't find it in help. The line works ok. If it were "_L"
it would
return immediately and not await user input.

rs

[Anonymous]

I picked this up from some helpful soul a while back :-
(ssget) options
Some of these are undocumented.
A All
B Box
C Crossing
CP Crossing Polygon
:D Duplicates OK
:E Everything in aperture
F Fence
G Groups
I Implied
L Last
:L Rejects locked layers
M Multiple
:N Nested
P Previous
:P Rejects Viewport
:S Force single object selection only
W Window
WP Window Polygon
X Extended search (search whole database)


Also, the following on a thread about this subject - sorry I lost the
"Author" info :-

Try this, Jason:

(ssget "+.:E:S" '((0 . "ARC")))

(Stig Madsen clued me in on the "+." option!)
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"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4973169@discussion.autodesk.com...
Ah, so. Any other little secrets they don't mention?

rs


"Art Cooney" wrote in message
news:4973156@discussion.autodesk.com...
":L" rejects entities on locked layers.

[Anonymous]

Good list - I will keep it available.

I have used ":E:S" successfully but what does the + do?

rs


"Gordon Stephens" wrote in message
news:4973240@discussion.autodesk.com...
I picked this up from some helpful soul a while back :-
(ssget) options
Some of these are undocumented.
A All
B Box
C Crossing
CP Crossing Polygon
:D Duplicates OK
:E Everything in aperture
F Fence
G Groups
I Implied
L Last
:L Rejects locked layers
M Multiple
:N Nested
P Previous
:P Rejects Viewport
:S Force single object selection only
W Window
WP Window Polygon
X Extended search (search whole database)


Also, the following on a thread about this subject - sorry I lost the
"Author" info :-

Try this, Jason:

(ssget "+.:E:S" '((0 . "ARC")))

(Stig Madsen clued me in on the "+." option!)
--

[Anonymous]

Well I went back to my collection of code snippets and couldn't find the
answer, so I did a google search on the ng and this is what seems to be the
answer :-

This allows you to use the crossing or window for the single selection

Since "+." is undocumented, that might be the trouble; it may have never
made it to the French version.

If that is the case, you can emulate the same behavior by setting PickAuto=0
for the duration of the (ssget).
HTH

Gordon.

"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4973620@discussion.autodesk.com...
Good list - I will keep it available.

I have used ":E:S" successfully but what does the + do?

rs

[Anonymous]

Sad to say, I do not use the French version. I did find that ":S" does tolerate the
window/crossing. Never paid a lot of attention to Pickauto; I have always had it on (1).
That's why ":S" lets me get away with it, I guess. So when I put my wonderful collection
of utilities on the market that's another damn variable to store and reset. But I'm gonna
be rich and famous, like that guy Dotson. Someday.

rs


"Gordon Stephens" wrote in message
news:4974408@discussion.autodesk.com...
Well I went back to my collection of code snippets and couldn't find the
answer, so I did a google search on the ng and this is what seems to be the
answer :-

This allows you to use the crossing or window for the single selection

Since "+." is undocumented, that might be the trouble; it may have never
made it to the French version.

If that is the case, you can emulate the same behavior by setting PickAuto=0
for the duration of the (ssget).
HTH

Gordon.

"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4973620@discussion.autodesk.com...
Good list - I will keep it available.

I have used ":E:S" successfully but what does the + do?

rs

[Anonymous]

Go for it! 🙂
Gordon.

"tcebob" wrote in message
news:4975234@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sad to say, I do not use the French version. I did find that ":S" does
tolerate the
window/crossing. Never paid a lot of attention to Pickauto; I have always
had it on (1).
That's why ":S" lets me get away with it, I guess. So when I put my
wonderful collection
of utilities on the market that's another damn variable to store and reset.
But I'm gonna
be rich and famous, like that guy Dotson. Someday.

rs

[coopdetat]

Hi,

The list of ssget options is nice, tyvm; however, the forum translation of some into smiley faces is not so nice.  I don't know much about making smileys so I have no clue what the original option text was before it became a smiley face.

Could you repost the list as code so that the text won't become smileys (hopefully)?

[hmsilva]

coopdetat,
Under
My Settings -> Emoticon type -> None

will do the trick...

EDIT: Also may be useful this Lee Mac's explanation

HTH
Henrique

[Kent1Cooper]

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@coopdetat wrote:

... the forum translation of some into smiley faces is not so nice.  ... I have no clue what the original option text was before it became a smiley face.

....

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Henrique's suggestion is the way to go, but in case you want to see all the colon-plus-character combinations that cause emoticons, there's a translator for when you're not signed in, or are signed in but haven't turned emoticons off.