On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 11:12 +0200, David wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Lars Ræder Clausen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Parenting is a way to enclose objects in other objects. Only a few > > objects can currently be parents, the only one I can remember right away > > is the Large Package object in the UML sheet. There are two ways to use > > it: You can create objects directly in a parent object, or you can > > attach existing objects that are on top of a parent object. > > Ok, thanks for the info! > > So, it looks like Parenting is like a special type of group, where one > object acts as a container for others, and you are still able to > manipulate the objects within to some degree. Unlike regular groups > where all you can do is move the group around (eg: you can't resize > groups afaict).
Sorta. The implementations are currently very different, but I did some work on a new group system where they actually use the same methods. Didn't quite get it to work before I left my Linux box. > Might you consider adding the info you provided to the docs sometime? > It may reduce the number of noob questions on the mailing list a bit. Let me take a look at that. -Lars _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
