Re: Is it possible to connect the ends of lines together?

[Chris Green <cl isbd net>]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 11:21:47AM -0500, Michael Ross wrote:
>    Hi Chris,
>    Over the years I have documented a number of simple circuits using Dia.
>    Never had the heightened need, or the time or money budget to use a
>    purpose built circuit design package. So I am very sympathetic with
>    wanting an easy line join and the ability to move it at the joint.
>    Zigzag would be very nice if you could merge endpoints somehow.
>    I find grouping and layering to be very helpful if you haven't
>    undertaken to use those functions yet.
>    The connection points (in the Electric sheet, not Circuit like I said
>    earlier) will work, but they are annoying because they can be enormous
>    or tiny and hard to grab ahold of when you want to move them.  They are
>    inconvenient to place if you do a lot of them. You can attach a regular
>    line to a connection point and move the point while the lines stay
>    attached and rubber band as desired.
>    I just attached a line, a zigzag, a polyline, an arc, and a bezierline
>    to a connection point and they all tracked the connection point when I
>    moved it.  It was annoying grab the point.  You can work around that by
>    making the connection point large and easy to grab, then shrink to hide
>    it, or change it to the background color.  Lots of ways to do it, but
>    none as simple as in CAD systems.
Yes, I've found and used the connection point but you have described
most of its disadvantages.

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Chris Green