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TWikiDrawPlugin

This plugin encapsulates the TWikiDraw Java Applet first developed by PeterThoeny from the original JHotDraw.

Syntax Rules

• Write the command %DRAWING{name}% anywhere in a TWiki topic. You can name the drawing anything you like, allowed characters are A-Z a-z 0-9 _ - . . If you have only one drawing in the topic you can simply write %DRAWING% . A drawing can be edited simply by clicking on the border of the drawing (Java 1.1 required).

Tools

The tools on the left create or manipulate figures.

	selects, moves or resizes a figure; the shift-key toggles the selection. Dragging the selection tool in the background selects the figures within the dragged rectangle.
	creates a new or edits an existing text figure
	creates a new text figure and attaches it to the clicked figure. Once a text figure is attached it remains connected to the figure.
	creates a rectangle figure
	creates a round rectangle figure
	creates an ellipse figure
	creates a line figure
	creates or adjusts connections between figures. A connection is split into segments by dragging a point on the connection. To join two segments click the end point of a segment
	creates an elbow connection and offers the same features as the ordinary connection tool
	creates a scribble figure; dragging the mouse creates a smooth line while successive clicks yields a polyline figure. A two-button click terminates the figure.
	creates a polygon figure; dragging the mouse creates a smooth border while successive clicks yields a polyline border. A two-button click or the ESCAPE key terminates the figure.
	decorates the clicked figure with a border
	adds a sensitive are to the figure that will redirect to a URL

Handles

When selected, figures provide different handles to manipulate them.

• the filled red handles enable you to manipulate the shape of a figure
• the blue circle handle is a connection handle. It allows you to create connections between figures.
• the framed red handles are null handles. They only show the selection status of a figure but don't support any manipulation.
• the green handles are shown on connections. They enable you to reconnect them with another figure.
• the yellow handle enables you to change the font size of a text figure or the size of the radius of a rounded rectangle.

Commands

Commands are invoked from the button bar at the bottom or from the menu bar at the top.

The standard commands that are provided include cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, group, ungroup, bring to front, and send to back.

Attributes

Attributes, such as fill color, text color or arrow tip, can be changed through the attributes menus.

TWikiDrawPlugin Settings

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Drawing editor

• Set EXTRA_COLORS = Aquamarine=#70DB93,New Tan=EBC79E,Sea Green=238E68,Motorola Blue=#3ff
• Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below). Contents:

  File:	Description:
  TWikiDrawPlugin.xml	Ant build file
  data/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  templates/twikidraw.tmpl	Applet page template
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/twikidraw.jar	JAR file
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/source.zip	Java sources
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/twikidraw.jar	JAR file
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/example.gif	Example file
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/example.gif,v	Example file
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/example.draw	Example file
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/example.draw,v	Example file
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/ATEXT1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/BORDDEC1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/CONN1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/ELLIPSE1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/LINE1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/OCONN1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/POLYGON1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/RECT1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/RRECT1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/SCRIBBL1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/SEL1.gif	Button image
  pub/Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin/TEXT1.gif	Button image

• Unzip TWikiDrawPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory.
• Add Plugins.TWikiDrawPlugin to the INSTALLEDPLUGINS variable in TWikiPreferences (or any WebPreferences? topic).
• To test if the plugin is correctly installed, view this topic in the installation and you should see a placeholder box below. Click on it.
  

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins

• TWikiDraw? is based on Erich Gamma's JHotDraw 5.1. (JHotDraw is copyright 1996, 1997 by IFA Informatik and Erich Gamma, erich_gamma@acm.org . It is hereby granted that this software can be used, copied, modified, and distributed without fee provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. )
• TWikiDraw? uses ACME Labs' GifEncoder to convert a drawing into a GIF file format. (GifEncoder is Copyright (C)1996,1998 by Jef Poskanzer, jef@acme.com . All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. )
• TWikiDraw? uses some ideas of KmWiki drawing applet.
• TWikiDraw?: Copyright 2000 by Peter Thoeny, Peter@Thoeny.com. It is hereby granted that this software can be used, copied, modified, and distributed without fee provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies.
• Modifications Copyright (C) 2001 Motorola. All Rights Reserved.
• PeterThoeny created TWikiDraw based on above software:
  • TWikiDraw applet that allows you to save a drawing as a .draw and a .gif file. (Save calls the TWiki upload script)
  • New %DRAWING% variable to insert a drawing into any TWiki topic. (defined in wikicfg.pm )
  • New oopstwikidraw.tmpl template that contains the TWikiDraw applet.
• CrawfordCurrie? made a number of improvements, including porting to the 2001 release.
• RobWalker? fixed a couple of related bugs noted below. The approach to these seems correct, although the fix implementation could possibly be done better * if a connected text figure were added to a shape figure, and the pair were then duplicated, the text figure in the copy did not appear in same relative location as the original * if a selection of figures included both the shape and it's connected text, moving by cursor key or drag cause the relative text location to change incorrectly * if a composite figure included a shape and it's connected text, moving the composite figure cause the relative text location to move incorrectly * also added a "clean" and "run" step to the Ant build to aid in development