Re: connection point at the end of a line

[Lars Ræder Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 12:08 +0530, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Lars Ræder Clausen <lars raeder dk> wrote:
> 
> >> I've always wondered about this myself... there are times when it'd be
> >> really convenient!
> >
> > I tried. Figuring out when to disconnect what from what became *really*
> > confusing.
> 
> I think instead of allowing connection points at the ends of lines, we
> should consider specific use-cases and provide abstractions for that.
> I can see two cases:
> 
> 1) A line that gets routed around ... we have a zig-zag line for that.
> 2) A hyperedge, or something more general, a bunch of lines all
> connected at one point. The direction of arrows can be settable. Here,
> you can't "disconnect" one of the lines, you can only remove it
> entirely from that hyperedge object.

You mean something like the Bus object from the Network sheet, but more
generic? That could be useful.  Also possibly:

3) A connection object -- a circle with only the middle (main)
connection point. Easier to move and connect to than the normal circle,
since you'd avoid all the extra connection points.

-Lars