[5205] in SIPB bug reports
NetProb ticket #3195, XFIG units
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mbarker@MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 14 14:11:19 1995
From: mbarker@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:08:10 -0500
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
hello--is this your program?
(it's 2:14 pm. do you know where your program is?:-)
mike
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>From: Paul S Martin <musashi@MIT.EDU>
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>Hello:
>
> There is apparently a bug in the units for XFIG.
>
>When trying to edit an existing circle using the EDIT mode selected on the
>Editing modes bar at the left of the drawing, the Radius of the circle as well>
>as the position are given not in inches, but in units where 80units = 1inch.
>To be consistant with the selection of inches as the unit of measure, the
>position and redius of a circle should be given in inches not generic graphics>
>units. The same is true in metric units.
>
>Thanks for looking at this, Paul
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