Re: What should one input in the Simple Rotation input box?

[Steffen Macke <dia diagramr biz>]

Hi,

On 05/04/2011 09:03 PM, x z wrote:
> I installed Python and all that in order to do object rotation.  So, I drew a box and selected Objects-Simple 
> Rotation and a dialog box popped up prompting me to input a number.  But I cannot find any documentation to 
> see what that number means. I tried to input 90 to see if it would rotate 90 degrees clockwise or counter-CW. 
>  But the box just enlarged.
Are you sure that you're using "Simple Rotation" and not "Simple Scaling"?

Did you restart Dia after you've installed "Simple Rotation"?
http://dia-installer.de/doc/rotation.html.en was not clear in this 
respect - I've just
updated the page in this respect.

If "Simple Rotation" does not appear in your Objects menu after Dia 
restart, most probably
you've placed dia_rotate.py in the wrong folder. Detailed information on 
your
setup would be helpful in that case.

Note that rectangles (boxes) are not yet handled correctly by the plugin 
(see the TODO).

If you're interested in Rotation, you may also want to play around with 
the upcoming
rotation support in Git master - you can use the Dia Development VM in 
that case:

http://dia-installer.de/developer/index.html

Regards,

Steffen