Re: Question about the polyline object...

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Michael H. Voase wrote:
> Gday,
>
>       First up, thanks for creating a great tool. I am currently
> using it for schematic diagrams and I find dia quite usefull.
[...]
>       So my question, have I missed something? Is there a specifical
> call to manipulate the points stored in an object? If not, then what
> are the current plans on the table for implementing point manipulation
> interfaces in dia objects?

Look at the newest CVS.  We can now pass a FooCreateData into create(),
which works better than doing add_point later.  Lots have happened since
0.88.1.

>       Secondly, I have also attached a patch to 0.88.1 to permit the
> setting of the zigzag line orientation. I have already sent this patch
> to Alex Larsson but I have not recieved any comment on it, so I am
> sending it to the list.

As Cyrille said, I've been doing work in CVS on ZZ lines.  It needs to be
extended to cover all variations thereof (UML in particular) and the
objects as well.

-Lars

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