[scribus] an experiment with lines, and a surprising result

[Gregory Pittman]

I was trying to assemble a floorplan, and decided to play with line
segments. I would suggest that others try this out and see if you can
explain the problems:

1. Start with a horizontal line somewhere near the top of the page
2. Make a copy of this with multiple duplicate, no X or Y shift
3. Rotate the copy 270°
4. Now group the two lines
5. Make a copy of this with multiple duplicate, no X or Y shift
6. Now, select the copy, then flip it horizontally, then flip vertically

Look at the alignment of the bottom line of this pseudorectangle.

Second method:

Same as above, but instead of grouping the lines as in 4, just do a
Shift-click to select both, then do the duplicate.

Flipping is a little trickier since you have to click then Shift-click
the other side so you don't select all four lines.

This second result is better, but there is still a "malpositioning" of
the bottom line.

Where does this come from?

Greg