[Ipe-discuss] isy file: personal symbology 2

[Otfried Cheong]

These are good suggestions.

It seems so far Ipe symbols are not very much used, with these improvements they could become more usable.  I've made two tickets 

https://github.com/otfried/ipe-issues/issues/230
https://github.com/otfried/ipe-issues/issues/231

and will look at implementing this when I have time to work on Ipe again (not before May).

Does anybody else have experience with using symbols in Ipe?

Cheers,
  Otfried

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019, at 18:05, Tony wrote:
> Hi
> Last night I had some problems with the email, I insert the update of 
> the previous post with the hope that it is understandable.
> 
> I ran the tips that you have offered me 
> So I made some changes trying different types of options, I insert a 
> file with the various examples in this file : provasimb.ipe
> In the final part of the file I have included two proposals.
> 
> the first concerns the possibility of choosing the symbols (it would be 
> necessary to create a folder to insert the icons of the preview of the 
> symbols to be implemented), rotation is often necessary in some 
> structure symbols (I enclose an image of a technical software for 
> structural calculation ).
> 
> the second proposal concerns the style of the text (I have attached an 
> image made with the same software for structures).
> could a similar structure be implemented for both numerical values and 
> a text value or a mathematical symbol?
> the transparency of a text between two colors could be a good thing.
> 
> I do not have the programming skills in C ++ and my knowledge of lua is 
> very poor.
> The software I used to make the drawings was programmed by a friend of 
> mine in Embarcadero Delphi and I can get some of the sources.
> 
> Do you think that some of these functions can be implemented?
> I inserted two images to better understand my proposal 
> 
> https://ibb.co/G79yHDm
> https://ibb.co/bd1thCL
> 
> Attachments:
> * provasimb.ipe