[Ipe-discuss] bounding box problem

[Jan Hlavacek]

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 16:58 +0000, David Griffel wrote:
> I have a problem with a diagram with a bounding box which is too big, it 
> sticks out way beyond the right hand edge of the drawing.
> 
> I use pre 26.
> 
> The drawing is straightforward lines and latex text.  I've done "select 
> all" to highlight all objects and check there aren't any objects that I 
> had overlooked.
> 
> I looked at the .eps file and manually altered the bounding box (that's 
> the one and only thing I know how to do with postscript).  But when I 
> load the file into ipe,  the bounding box gets changed back when I save.
> 
> I append the xml file.  If I've done something stupid, please let me know.

I am not sure how this happened, but these three paths seem to be the
culprits:

> <path stroke="black" matrix="0.985861 0 0 1.24852 2.02583 -53.2923" 
> pen="normal">
> 288 256 m
> 288 256 l
> </path>
> <path stroke="black" matrix="0.985861 0 0 1.24852 2.02583 -53.2923" 
> pen="normal">
> 288 256 m
> 288 256 l
> </path>
> <path stroke="black" matrix="0.985861 0 0 1.24852 2.02583 -53.2923" 
> pen="normal">
> 400 272 m
> 400 272 l
> </path>

This happens when you select "path", then left click and immediately
right click without moving the pointer. The problem is that such path is
invisible, so it is very hard to find.  IMHO it is a bug, I think it
should create a point (depending on a line cap style). 

-- 
Jan Hlavacek (jhlavace at svsu.edu, 989-964-2004)
Department of Mathematics
Saginaw Valley State University