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From: kthompso@PTOLEMY.ARC.NASA.GOV (Kevin Thompson)
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Subject: Re: more idraw enhancement suggestions
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Date: 29 Apr 91 19:24:51 GMT
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In article <12244@ptolemy-ri.ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> rosen@bucrf3.bu.edu (David B. Rosen) writes:
>Congratulations to the authors of idraw, unidraw, and interviews for
>writing some great software.  Here's my list of suggestions for
>enhanced capabilities of idraw:

I just wanted to put in another vote for 3 of his suggestions, especially the
first two; having a text string with italics in the middle need to be 3
separate objects lined up is a real bear.

>4) Subscripts and superscripts within text objects.
>
>5) Ability to mix different fonts and font sizes within a single text
>object.
>
>7) Constrained move, like on the mac.  I.e. when you hold down the
>shift key during a move, you can move the object horizontally or
>vertically, but not both.  (Suggested by Gary Bradski I think.)

Thanks for idraw though, it's a wonderful program.

Kevin Thompson
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kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov     NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA