Re: @Diag wishes...

[Jeff Kingston]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:49:25 +0400 (MSD), Mark Summerfield wrote:
  > 
  > I'm using lout 3.21.
  > 
  > 1) Has anyone extended the @Diag package, e.g. with @LVLArrow,
  > @LVLCurveArrow, @RVRArrow, @RVRCurveArrow? @LVRArrow etc. seem to be
  > implemented in postscript which is beyond me. 
  > 
  >     @LVLArrow would go left, then vertical (down or up depending),
  >     then left again, i.e. a zig zag like this:
  > 
  >              +---- Source
  >              |
  >              |
  >     Dest <---+

I suppose I could add this to the list of things to do.  How do you
say when to stop going left and start going down?  An option, I guess.

  > 
  > 2) I also can't see how to use a custom colour in @Node paint { },
  > since it only seems to accept the named @Colours. @SetColour colours
  > its object, but with a node you need to use paint.

I think I've already promised to look into this for the next release.

Jeff