Re: resizing objects fails

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
> Yes. Text is wrapped, or you can press enters yourself to create new
> lines.  If it doesn´t fit in the box, then the vertically centered and
> flows over and under. Size of the box remains the same.
> 
> Regards, Jan
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: dia-list-admin@gnome.org [mailto:dia-list-admin@gnome.org]En nombre
> de Lars Clausen
> Enviado el: jueves, 16 de enero de 2003 13:20
> Para: dia-list@gnome.org
> Asunto: Re: resizing objects fails
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
>> I would say wrapping. If all the sizes are adapted automatically by the
>> amount of text, you get a very odd looking diagram. Boxes should all be
>> equal size, font size should remain the same as well to create a nice
>> diagram. I really like it the way visio does it (which I guess is a good
>> example for the dia-project).
> 
> Not having access to a Visio here: What does it do when there's more text
> in the box than will fit?  Extend it vertically?
> 
> -Lars
>>
>> Regards, Jan
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: dia-list-admin@gnome.org [mailto:dia-list-admin@gnome.org]En nombre
>> de Lars Clausen
>> Enviado el: miércoles, 15 de enero de 2003 19:21
>> Para: dia-list@gnome.org
>> Asunto: Re: resizing objects fails
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jan Kester wrote:
>>> The problem is that the relative sizes of the boxes is difficult to
>>> control.  If one box contains a lot of text and the other little, they
>>> will have different sizes. I'd rather have equal sized boxes, some with
>>> lots of texts, some with little.
>>
>> Do you mean boxes with equal width, where word-wrapping occurs, or boxes
>> of the same size where the font size shrinks if the text is too large?
>>
>> -Lars

Actually, this could be added really easily at a low level, by using
pango_layout_set_width(), which does word wrap for you, even in strange
exotic languages.  I'd like to see that in the next version, could you put
in a bug report so we remember?

-Lars

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