[Kst] [Bug 91675] New: more objects to draw on canvas for adding comments

[Nicolas Brisset]

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           Summary: more objects to draw on canvas for adding comments
           Product: kst
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Solaris
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kst kde org
        ReportedBy: nicolas.brisset eurocopter com


Version:           1.0.0_devel (using KDE 3.3.0, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2
OS:                SunOS (sun4u) release 5.8

When exporting plots for other people (read: who don't have kst and don't know what you're really looking at), it is often useful or even necessary to add comments, put a frame or circle around interesting areas and use text and arrows to point at some particularly important areas.
I feel kst should really have more than just text labels for 1.0, even though I realize this may be difficult to implement. Sure enough, one option is to add these comments in another application like karbon or kpresenter, but experience shows it is better to do it in the original tool.

I looked at koloourpaint, karbon and kpresenter, and found kpresenter to have the best set of drawing functions (arrows, text, basic shapes). Please tell me it can be reused :-) That would really be great !