Re: resizing objects fails

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
> I would say wrapping. If all the sizes are adapted automatically by the
> amount of text, you get a very odd looking diagram. Boxes should all be
> equal size, font size should remain the same as well to create a nice
> diagram. I really like it the way visio does it (which I guess is a good
> example for the dia-project).

Not having access to a Visio here:  What does it do when there's more text
in the box than will fit?  Extend it vertically?

-Lars
> Regards, Jan
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: dia-list-admin gnome org [mailto:dia-list-admin gnome org]En nombre
> de Lars Clausen
> Enviado el: miércoles, 15 de enero de 2003 19:21
> Para: dia-list gnome org
> Asunto: Re: resizing objects fails
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
> > The problem is that the relative sizes of the boxes is difficult to
> > control.  If one box contains a lot of text and the other little, they
> > will have different sizes. I'd rather have equal sized boxes, some with
> > lots of texts, some with little.
>
> Do you mean boxes with equal width, where word-wrapping occurs, or boxes
> of the same size where the font size shrinks if the text is too large?
>
> -Lars

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