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more idraw enhancement suggestions

#1004
From: David B. Rosen
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 01:56
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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:

1) Ability to include (and scale/stretch/etc.) arbitrary EPSF/EPSI
files as objects.

2) Ability to use the entire postscript character set in text objects
(not just the bottom 128!).

3) Choose centered, right, or left alignment of text in text objects.
This is mainly for alignment of multiple lines of text
within an object, but would also affect where the text appears in
relation to the place you originally clicked to place it.

4) Subscripts and superscripts within text objects.

5) Ability to mix different fonts and font sizes within a single text
object.

6) Raster objects. (Or does IV3.0 version of idraw already have this?
I think unidraw does, so it should be easy to put it in.)
Import/export in some popular image format(s).

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.)

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Subject: more idraw enhancement suggestions
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