[Ipe-discuss] Feature request: Ruler

[Kaushik Ghose]

Nice!

Yes messing with the style sheet is good. No ruler needed, but...

I would like the option of seeing measurements in cm and inches in 
addition to points.

thanks!
-kaushik

Otfried Cheong wrote:
> Kaushik Ghose wrote:
>  > A ruler would be a graduated scale on x and y axes (just outside the
>> drawing area) that would allow one to place the cursor at definite 
>> points on the paper. e.g. I have a need to subdivide a landscape mode 
>> letter paper into three equal sections. A ruler would come in very 
>> handy for me.
> 
> Why don't you make a few custom rulers to achieve this?
> E.g. add this style sheet to your document:
> 
> <ipestyle name="rulers">
> <grid name="1 inch" value="72"/>
> <grid name="11/3 inches" value="264"/>
> </ipestyle>
> 
> Select "11/3 inches" as your grid size, and you have nice grid markers 
> subdividing the letter paper into three equal pieces.
> 
> Note that Ipe does display the current cursor location in the bottom 
> right corner.  I can easily add the option of switching the display 
> (which is now in points = 1/72 inch) to inch or mm.
> I'm not really excited about adding sliding rulers like xfig has.
> 
> Otfried
> 
> 
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