Re[4]: lines

[Alan G Isaac <aisaac american edu>]

Alan Isaac 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.

On 22 Sep 2002 11:26:20 -0500 Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu> wrote:
> Is this in version 0.90?  I put in a fix so that objects
> won't connect to themselves, to avoid exactly that
> problem.

Yes.  It is version 0.90, under Windows.

On 22 Sep 2002 11:26:20 -0500 Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu> wrote:
> 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?

I notice that such redundancy is also in the SVG rec, which
allows line, polyline, and path. Fwiw.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac

PS Is it the case that http://bugs.gnome.org/ has been down
for several days?  At least I have not been able to get
through.