[scribus] Sankey diagrams in Scribus 1.3.8

Owen rcook at pcug.org.au
Sun Sep 19 08:35:07 CEST 2010


> On 19/09/2010 00:33, Owen wrote:
>
>> Why not use the Bezier Curve tool.
>
> It doesn't seem easy to get a precise arc. I've never really found
> Beziers intuitive.
>
>
>> Make a line with say 5 control points
>>
>> X------------------X---X---X---------------------------X
>
> OK, done that.
>
>
>> Then simply edit the shape.
>
> Using the Bezier tool seems to get me a sort of poly line with 3 sharp
> corners. Indeed, properties refers to it as "Polyline3". Is there a
> way
> to convert it to a smooth curve ?


Just another idea, if you would like to learn another language, is to
use postscript to generate your lines.

An example is at http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/Scribus/scribus-ps.pdf

-- 

Owen




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