Re: how do you rotate an object?
Allan, Dia cannot arbitrarily rotate objects, as is noted in the FAQ at www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html. The FAQ is the first and best place to look for answers to questions before posting them to the list. If you have a question that is not answered by the FAQ and you think it should be, post it here and suggest that it be added. My suggestions have been added. I believe this very question, with regard to logic gates, has come up on the mailing list before. Someone who needed these rotated shapes would be doing many people a favor by taking the time to create and add them to the logic sheet. I'm not talking about adding the ability to rotate shapes to Dia; just some new custom shapes. At most, I think this would require cutting and pasting some code. Rob Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:Allan Gottlieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:25 Sep 2001 23:47:26 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how do you rotate an object? I have been unable to rotate objects. Rotation is generally useful. My specific need was in using the ``Logic'' figures. All the gates are vertical, but I need horizontal gates. I tried the manual and looked at every menu that I could find. With the exception of logic diagrams, dia has now replaced xfig for me. With the addition of rotation, xfig will become relegated to maintenance used for legacy diagrams. Thanks for dia! allan ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list ___ Visit http://www.visto.com. Find out how companies are linking mobile users to the enterprise with Visto. ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
Re: how do you rotate an object?
On 25 Sep 2001, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I have been unable to rotate objects. Rotation is generally useful. > My specific need was in using the ``Logic'' figures. All the gates > are vertical, but I need horizontal gates. I tried the manual and > looked at every menu that I could find. As Robert said, rotation is mentioned in the FAQ as missing. However, we did get a snippet of code for rotating text in GTK, so we can add rotation now. The only problem remaining is how to do the interface and internal changes. I don't have any great ideas on how to do this, so any input/code would be appreciated. > With the exception of logic diagrams, dia has now replaced xfig for > me. With the addition of rotation, xfig will become relegated to > maintenance used for legacy diagrams. The Logic shapes are quite simple to make, I did them in an afternoon. I'll see if I can make the horizontal ones as well. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| Hårdgrim 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
Re: how do you rotate an object?
Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 25 Sep 2001, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > > I have been unable to rotate objects. Rotation is generally useful. > > My specific need was in using the ``Logic'' figures. All the gates > > are vertical, but I need horizontal gates. I tried the manual and > > looked at every menu that I could find. > > As Robert said, rotation is mentioned in the FAQ as missing. Thank you. I should have followed the comment in the help msg suggesting a visit to the home page. Once there, the faq is trivial to find. > > With the exception of logic diagrams, dia has now replaced xfig for > > me. With the addition of rotation, xfig will become relegated to > > maintenance used for legacy diagrams. > > The Logic shapes are quite simple to make, I did them in an afternoon. > I'll see if I can make the horizontal ones as well. Thanks. allan ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
