I usually move the line end around the object's periphery until it "snaps"
(you can see it "jump" a little) then when i release the mouse, the end
point changes color (to red) confirming it's connected.
g
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Crane [mailto:cranema@uvsc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:32
To: Glauber.Ribeiro@experian.com
Subject: RE: Elastic Lines
Thank you for the "little blue cross" pointer. The combination
of my aging thinkpad and aging eyeballs made them almost
invisible until I knew what to look for.
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cranema@uvsc.edu
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Glauber.Ribeiro@experian.com wrote:
>.....|Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:29:47 -0600
>.....|From: "Glauber.Ribeiro@experian.com" <dia-list@gnome.org>
>.....|To: cranema@complicity.uvsc.edu
>.....|Subject: RE: Elastic Lines
>.....|
>.....|Dia works pretty much like Visio in this regard: you have to connect
the
>.....|line to one of the object's anchor points (little blue crosses). Then
it
>.....|snaps (changes color) and will remain connected if you move the
object. With
>.....|Visio you can add more blue crosses as needed, but with Dia i don't
think
>.....|you can.
>.....|
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