gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (05/31/90)
One irritating thing about MacDraw II 1.0 is that once you change the arrowheads given to you at startup, it is apparently impossible to get them back to the original format. You can play with them all day, but the original shape cannot be recreated. Sheesh.
jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George J. Jefferson) (06/01/90)
In article <70800001@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >One irritating thing about MacDraw II 1.0 is that once you change the >arrowheads given to you at startup, it is apparently impossible to get >them back to the original format. You can play with them all day, but >the original shape cannot be recreated. Sheesh. Create a template document with all the arrowheads you like (inc. the default) then just make a copy when you want a particular one. Many features of MDII are really wonderful, but its arrowhead implementation is one of its weak points. If you have a line with existing arrows, and you want to change them you need to change to a line with no arrows, edit the arrow, then put the arrows back. Intuitive? And another thing .. How come I can put arrows on the ends of a curved segment in good old MacDraft but not in the latest release from Claris? (but MacDraft's arrows are really ugly - you just can't win.. ) George Jefferson jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu george@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
kklw@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Kevin K L WONG) (06/01/90)
In article <25436@netnews.upenn.edu> jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (George J. Jefferson) writes: >In article <70800001@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >>One irritating thing about MacDraw II 1.0 is that once you change the >>arrowheads given to you at startup, it is apparently impossible to get >>them back to the original format. You can play with them all day, but >>the original shape cannot be recreated. Sheesh. >Create a template document with all the arrowheads you like (inc. the default) >then just make a copy when you want a particular one. >Many features of MDII are really wonderful, but its arrowhead implementation >is one of its weak points. If you have a line with existing arrows, and you >want to change them you need to change to a line with no arrows, edit the >arrow, then put the arrows back. Intuitive? Actually, why can't MDII have a few arrowhead settings within one stationery like the dashed line? I found the change of the shape of an existing arrowhead irritating as well. _____________________________________________________________________________ | Kevin WONG | ACSnet : kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ | | Department of Elec Engineering | internet : kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU | | University of Melbourne | uunet : uunet!munnari!mullian!kklw |