On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:43:19AM -0700, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
On May 27, 2005, at 1:31 AM, Rob Wilco wrote:
- I have two box shapes, and then I want to link them i a way I
can drag a box, the other box do not move but the path between the two adapts and stays linked to both shapes. How easy it is to do or emulate that?
This has come up a bit now, and a few people have actually started some work on it. As other things progress, at least some basic connectors, etc. should be getting in.
Don't expect it next month or anything, but enough's been done to let us know at least some diagramming features won't be too hard to implement.
Also, if anyone would be interested in working on helping get this feature implemented in the near term, Peter (pjrm) is the guy that's done most of the groundwork for it and I'm sure would be willing to give some pointers and directions on what's left to be done. I think he's tied up with some other things at the moment, so like Jon says this one may be delayed a bit.
I think the two areas that needs help is in sorting out how to actually present linking behavior to the user, and then (of course) coding it. I'd guess that this is going to require someone with C skill and an understanding of how other drawing applications do snapping. I'm guessing it's on the order of a few week's work, perhaps longer depending on your skill level.
Bryce