Another work around method is to turn on the background color of the text (regular horizontal text) and drop it over the line where you want it.
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Jim, > > I am not aware of a way to do that. > > The best workaround is not very flexible: to use the outline text and > rotate it manually. > > It might be useful when you can't use horizontal lines, but "critical" > implies that all the past decade of users were chafing for the function. > > Nice thing about open source, if you really want something you can code it > yourself, or try to persuade others to code it. I suspect is is not an > easy function to implement given the limitations of the underlying > software. I don't code so I am just speculating. > > Hans usually has pithy comments on stuff like this. > > Mike > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Jim Johnson <jbj...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Any way to add labels to arrows in dia? It's a pretty critical function. >> >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dia-list mailing list >> dia-list@gnome.org >> https://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> > > > > -- 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>
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