On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, David Hickerson wrote: > > Lars Clausen wrote: >>Before we go in and add more control points, let's consider when it is >>really necessary. One change that's started is to have zig-zag lines be >>more intelligent about their orientation. It hasn't propagated beyond >>the standard zigzagline and box yet, and only works at creation (though I >>have a way to have it work for later, too). It makes sure that the arrow >>points into the object, instead of being placed on the line of the >>object. The only case where you could get a funny angled arrow is at a >>corner connection point. Try it out and see if you still feel that arrow >>handles are necessary. >> > I played with class shape and the zigzag line a little bit. I still > find it hard is some cases to get he line to match up with the > connection point exactly to make the arrow head point into the class > shape. This is especially the case when zoom in on the class. Also, > this behavior only happens when connecting to the sides of a > shape. Connecting from the top or bottom is fine, the arrow head > always points correctly. This is do to the end control point behavior > of expanding in only the vertical direction and the middle segment > handling the horizontal direction expansion. I don't know hard this > would be, but could the zigzag line be given an attribute to act in > either horzontal manner or a vertical manner at the end control > points, basically the ability to turn it 90 degrees. This I think > would fix side attachments to a shape.
Instead of playing with the class shape, use the plain box shape from the standard tools. The class shape hasn't been updated to understand the arrow positioning. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| H�rdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
