Re: ZigZag Line

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 17:03 -0500, Todd Marshall wrote:
> Somehow I can get the ZigZag line to be what I want. But I don't know
> how I do it.
> Just two segments with an arrow at one end (used for flowchart)
> ------->
> |
> |
> |
>
> or
> ____
> |
> |
> |
> V

The way to do it consistently is to delete segments from one end.  When
you click to get the context menu, the place where you click is used to
find the nearest segment.  Thus if you click at the end of a
three-segment line, you'll reduce it to a two-segment line of the kind
that you want.

> Somehow I have to Add Segments and Delete Segments to get a double
> that stays correct. Probably could create some kind of object to do the same thing?

An extra object for that would be clutter.  I have in fact toyed with
the idea of subsuming the line into the polyline and the box into the
polybox.  One thing that is on the table is allowing the actual points
of the lines to be adjusted in properties, which would give you absolute
control of the line.  

-Lars