RE: Copy-paste properties [was: Dia Shapes]

["Nelson, Chris (IndSys, GEFanuc, Albany)" <Chris Nelson gefanuc com>]

> On Tuesday 10 December 2002 23:12, Lars Clausen wrote:
> > We can already do that, for settable colours, by grouping them.  Next
> > release, we want that to be doable for all selected objects without
having
> > to group them first.
>
> I would be nice to have something like Xfig's update-function 
> that allows you to copy-paste properties between objects easily. 
> This is extremely productive. Want line with arrows and color like
> that one: U <middle mous click>. Xfig even allows us to decide 
> which of the properties should be transferred.

I don't know Xfig but this sounds rather like Microsoft Office's format
painter.  For example, in Excel, you highlight a cell, click the paintbrush
on the toolbar, and click another cell and the second cell is now formatted
like the first.  If you double-click the paintbrush, it remains selected so
you can apply the format to multiple cells before clicking the paintbrush
again to disable it.

                                        Chris