> Regarding your discussion of blocks, do you mean a group? No, I don't mean group. I mean only select some objects with mouse. I captured video of this problem in Dia. If you agree, I can send you this video on your private email. Video length is 3.7MB. Zipped with 7zip video length is 2MB.
Karel > > I recall some odd behavior with lines and groups, as if Dia remembered the > old location after a move. I have stopped using the anti-aliasing since > then, I can't think of why else this has stopped being a problem. > > I don't think I can reproduce the trouble. > > When a line is in a group it becomes static. > > Karel said: > > The line is snapped to center as long as mouse button is pressed, but after > release mouse button the line skip from circle center to border regardless > of snap option (this is not due to the line is not visible, because in my > try circle background was off). > > > This is the same behavior I was referring to. When you are placing the line > on the circle it shows the whole line, but when you release it the part of > the line from the border to the center is invisible. If you move the circle > the line clearly is attached at the center, it moves around > the circumference rather than being attached to a connection point on the > circumference. This is nice if you want to put some text of other item > inside the circle, and not see the ray behind it. > > You are asking for a behavior that is common in a CAD program where lines > are snapped to the center and remain visible. > > There are 8 attachment points on the border of an ellipse or circle where > the major and minor axes are located. You can attach a line to them and to > the center, and it will remain visible. > > > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Kaminar <kami...@seznam.cz> wrote: > > > > It never hurts to mention which version of Dia you are using and the OS. > > > > I tried it in Dia 0.97.1 in Ubuntu 10.04. But described behaviour I > > observed in previous Dia version too. > > > > > With object snap turned on. > > > If you create an ellipse and set it to be a circle, and turn the back > > ground > > > off, > > > then draw a line to it, the line will snap to the center, but the line > > is > > > not visible within the circle. > > > > The line is snapped to center as long as mouse button is pressed, but after > > release mouse button the line skip from circle center to border regardless > > of snap option (this is not due to the line is not visible, because in my > > try circle background was off). > > > > > If you want to draw a line that is a visible ray from the center of the > > > circle, > > > Dia does not do this with snapping and connection, > > > thus when you move the circle the visible ray is left behind. > > > > I didn't mind moving only circle alone. I have minded the moving of > > selected block, which covers circle and line together. After moving circle > > and line together, the line point skips from center to border of circle. It > > seems like unwanted behaviour, because it changes objects inside selected > > block after move. > > > > Karel > > _______________________________________________ > > dia-list mailing list > > dia-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > > > > > -- > Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. > Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 550-2430 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > (919) 513-0418 Desk > > michael.e.r...@gmail.com > <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> > > > _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
