Re: Re[2]: lines

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > As an aside, I discovered something odd while trying
> > to find a work-around that does not require snapping
> > to the grid.  Add a line object and place the one
> > endpoint on top of the other.  It makes a connection
> > with itself that cannot be broken.  Since Polylines
> > and Bezierlines do not display this behavior, I am
> > guessing it is unintentional.
>
> Yes this is unintentional
>
> Interstingly it can be broken if you select end point and join it to the
> start point.
> In effect the end point is on top and you can drag it away.
> If however you connect the start point to the end point you get the
> behaviour you describe.

Is this in version 0.90?  I put in a fix so that objects won't connect to
themselves, to avoid exactly that problem.

> I cannot imagine this would be useful very often,
> if a user really wanted a single dot they could always use a text
> object containing a single full stop character.

Not the best solution, but it could work.

> It would be nice to be able to connect lines to lines and have them
> become polylines/paths.

That could be cute...  come to think of it, why do we have a single-element
line when polyline can do the same and more, and defaults to a single line?

-Lars

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