[scribus] Sankey diagrams in Scribus 1.3.8

[John Beardmore]

On 19/09/2010 07:35, Owen wrote:
>> 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

:)

As I said in the first message, "Maybe I should just hand code it in 
postscript, but there should be a simpler way".

I used to write a log of postscript around 1990, and at one stage 
generated a lot of business graphics from C that we wrote for presenting 
market research data.


Cheers, J/.
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