The central connecting point (was: Re: 0.93-pre1 is out!)

[Philippe Biondi <web dia secdev org>]

Hi,

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Lars Clausen wrote:

> This time, if anyone feel like doing real development during the release
> process, we shall make a 0.94-devel branch.

When (in time) do you think the following improvement would be ready :

The central connection point :
- each object has, by default, a central connection point
  ==> any image can be imported as is and can be used quite decently
- this central CP can be used to connect as many lines as needed
  ==> this resolve the lack of CP for some objects, or for
      exceptionnal cases where you need 50 connections to the same object
- the line can be either :
  + cut in real time to its intersection with the bounding shape
  + or overlayed by the image (we can see it reach the center through
    transparent parts of the image)
  First solution has a better rendering, but I'm not against the second
  as a prototype.

I'd really enjoy to see this feature quickly get in, because I think it
could help dia become a killer app in network admin teams : I've
experienced the magic combination : snmp+python+graphviz+dia, and this
point is the only thing missing for automatic network discovery and
representation.


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