Calamus SL uses the right mouse button very intensively. It is
not available with the default mouse in Apple computers. Even though
many Mac users prefer mice with two or more buttons today, the Apple
application interface concept is founded on a single button mouse.
While many edit modes can be toggled or switched off with a right
mouse button click in Calamus SL, the edit modes in iCalamus are
activated by tools, and can be deactivated by pressing [Esc].
Modules
Calamus SL offers several modules for all standard and special
cases. These modules can be compared with the iCalamus inspectors, but
they are not the same. There is no frame editor module in iCalamus
because these functions are partly divided into tools and inspectors.
Dialogs
Calamus SL uses mostly modal dialogs which have to be closed
before you can continue working with your document. iCalamus uses very
many non-modal window dialogs where you can change parameters and
immediately see the changes in your document. You will recognise modal
dialogs in iCalamus because they are 'glued' to another object, for
example the document window.
Output
In Calamus SL, you can define many optional print and output
parameters, like rasterization, color separation, imposition methods.
This offers 'full control' on your document.
iCalamus uses another output philosophy: It hands the document over to
the output routines of the operating system, which then has to handle
rasterization, color separation etc. on its own. You will find only a
few output parameters which can be adjusted.
