Drawing a straight line

Frank D. Engel, Jr. fde101 at fjrhome.net
Wed May 4 10:04:54 EDT 2005


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Which line/rectangle tools are you using?  There are two of them: one 
for image objects (bitmaps; below the divider line), and those for 
graphic objects (vector shapes; above the divider line).

On May 4, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Scott Slaugh wrote:

> I can't use the line tool (or rectangle tool for that matter) because 
> they
> both seem to almost skip pixels. I'll try to drag a rectangle or draw 
> a line
> over an area, and I can end the drawing either one pixel from the edge 
> or
> one pixel over the edge.
>
> Scott Slaugh
>
> On 5/4/05, Frank D. Engel, Jr. <fde101 at fjrhome.net> wrote:
>>
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>> Why don't you just use the line tool?
>>
>> For bitmap line drawing, it's hidden in a submenu with the curve tool
>> (just left of the pencil).
>>
>>
>> On May 4, 2005, at 2:19 AM, xbury.cs at clearstream.com wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, well, seems the good folks at RunRev haven't put all the 
>>> HyperCard
>>> goodies
>>> in yet. Or there is another bugzilla pilling up dust ;)
>>>
>>> There's the resizeN2O plugin i wrote that could do this easily with a
>>> few
>>> tweaks.
>>> http://monsieurx.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=78
>>>
>>> But it's unfinished, under-funded and no-one seemed interested. So i
>>> put i
>>> into the bottom of the pile...
>>> I'll put it in the coming week's todos and i might include it in GIM 
>>> -
>>> my
>>> new Graphical Interface Manager
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Xavier
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04.05.2005 06:09:33 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>>>> I have recently been converting some stacks from HyperCard into
>>> Revolution.
>>>> In the process of putting the color back into the stacks, I have 
>>>> found
>>> that
>>>> I need to be drawing straight lines with the pencil tool. However, 
>>>> as
>>>> for
>>> as
>>>> I know, there is no key that I can hold down such as shift to keep 
>>>> the
>>> line
>>>> going straight, as I can in other drawing apps. Does anyone know of 
>>>> a
>>>> way
>>> to
>>>> quickly add this functionality to Revolution?
>>>>
>>>> Scott Slaugh
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>>>
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>> Frank D. Engel, Jr. <fde101 at fjrhome.net>
>>
>> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
>> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
>> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
>> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
>> everlasting life.
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$
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