Re: text alignment

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

On 17 Oct 2002, Lars Clausen wrote:

> Double-click the 'T' icon in the toolbox and set your default to Left there.

Already done it.
What i am aksing is has everyone else changed the default too and would
Left aligned be a better default.

> We've been considering such a thing, where to edit text, you first have to
> select the text and then click again to edit.  This would solve a number of
> problems with editing, such as single-key menu shortcuts getting in the
> way, good cut-and-paste, allow for text field navigation etc.  It's
> definitely a good idea.

Cool
i might just file a feature request for 'better text widget' or some such
later.

> > I am also wondering if perhaps all the little suggestions i keep making
> > are somehow counter productive and that rather asking for lots of little
> > fixes Dia should be trying to reuse other peoples code or move to using
> > an entirely new Canvas widget?
>
> I don't know of a better Canvas widget.  ANd many of these suggestions are
> not really about the canvas, but about how Dia objects behave.

I was thinkng code reuse, avoiding redundant effort  and stuff.

Later
Alan H.