Re: resizing objects fails

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
> Yes. Text is wrapped, or you can press enters yourself to create new
> lines.  If it doesn´t fit in the box, then the vertically centered and
> flows over and under. Size of the box remains the same.
>
> Regards, Jan
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: dia-list-admin gnome org [mailto:dia-list-admin gnome org]En nombre
> de Lars Clausen
> Enviado el: jueves, 16 de enero de 2003 13:20
> Para: dia-list gnome org
> Asunto: Re: resizing objects fails
>
>
> 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

Actually, this could be added really easily at a low level, by using
pango_layout_set_width(), which does word wrap for you, even in strange
exotic languages.  I'd like to see that in the next version, could you put
in a bug report so we remember?

-Lars

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