[Ipe-discuss] Ipe features (was Congratulations !!!!)

[Pierre Boulenguez]

Johan Ingvast a écrit :

>On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Otfried Cheong wrote:
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>>>I really think Ipe deserve more audience
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>>Thanks for the compliments, but please note that this version of Ipe is
>>still a preview - you should think about current Ipe users as beta
>>testers. They are used to Ipe crashing and misbehaving (at least they
>>don't complain very loudly).  Before Ipe can handle a larger audience, it
>>needs to become more complete, and more robust.
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>I must object. To me ipe is already very productive. There are a few
>things that make it crash, but I think I know most of those pitfalls.
>So if you don't object I recomend ipe whenever I get a chance. (not on the
>internet so far)
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>>(In fact, the Ipe path object is much more general than you seem to think.)
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>>>   * Edition of coordinates and other parameters of objects.
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>>This is also already possible, but in a kind of geeky way: Select the
>>object(s), and do a "Copy".  Then paste into your favorite text editor (I
>>use Emacs).  Edit the XML description of the object(s), and copy them back
>>into Ipe the same way.
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>This is wonderful. I had no idea this was possible, and I don't think you
>have it in the manual. This idea should be used much more often for
>different programs.
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>>It would be nice to have a direct user interface for this.  This should be
>>implemented by a volunteer as an Ipelet.
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>I agree, and then it should be possible to use the same for templates and
>stylesheets.
>Are there any general xml-editors out there? Too me xml looks very regular
>so it should be possible to find an editor that works for all xml-code. I
>must admit that I have looked for such an editor without success, but
>maybe I don't know exactly what to look for.
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>With an xml-editor I don't mean a plain editor that puts colors on the
>marks but something more advanced that remembers what different variables
>can be stored in different marks (I don't know the correct names for
>xml-marks)  This way  when adding a new mark the editor would propose
>properties to go with it.
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>If such an editor can be found then making this Ipelet should be a piece
>of cace.
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>>>   * Intersection snap only work on lines, extend to other objects.
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>>One of the still missing features (see Ipe bugzilla #23)
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>Do you plan to make it possible to have the F3 possible to snap to a
>polyline? 
>The scissors does not work on polylines. Is that related?
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>>>   * More and nicer arrow.
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>>Also on my list of things to do (just entered it in Ipe bugzilla #82)
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>I'd like to suggest the standard arrow for metapost which works for most
>curved lines.
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>>>   * More visually appealing selection mode.
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>>Please start a discussion about that on this list, let's see whether we
>>can come to a consensus what selection should look like.
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>What do you mean by visually appealing? After having started to use the
>third button for selection I think selection works as good as it could.
>Scrolling through different objects with the space bar takes some time to
>get used to but then works fine. 
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>/johan
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Ok Mr Cheong, forget about the congratulations, ...
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