On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Another question about trying to get it right =). > I'm using RedHat 8.0, and the text comes with wide gaps between > characters at some text sizes. This is a problem only with boxes > with text however.. At some text settings gaps ar wide, at others > the text leaves much empty space around it, and I can't get the > box as thin as I should =(
Yes, the text handling in Dia <= 0.90 is fairly horrible. It's improved a lot in CVS, and I hope to get that released very soon. >> > Now, what I originally meant, was an L-shaped line that would do the >> > adjustments needed at the corner. I can get the zigzagline look this >> > way with careful work, EXTRA careful if the line has an arrow at >> > either end. >> >> I don't see what's all careful about it. With the mouse over one end, >> delete a segment, and it's L-shaped. Not as good as it happening >> automagically, of course. > > Well, it was careful before realizing the segment deletion trick ;-). > I suppose I was thinking that a line must be in its simplest form > after creation. Well, learning curve.. =) > It was awfully careful, trying to get the arrow horizontal, when > the last part of the line was vertical (and needed to be on lenght 0). Absolutely. Segment deletion is much easier. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| H�rdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
