Line Routing versus Styling versus Patterning

[Paolo F Cantoni]

EA has a problem with the word style when applied to lines...

It uses it to mean BOTH the routing of the line <Line context menu>| Line Style> and for the pattern of the line in shape scripts setlinestyle(pattern);

In addition the other various appearance attributes line thickness, colour etc are aggregated together and can be specified as a "style"  Format Bar|Save as New style

Could I suggest that this conflation start to be sorted out.

It seems to me that a line style is an aggregation of:

• Line Pattern (solid, dash, etc)
• Line Thickness
• Line Colour
• Line Routing (direct, autolayout, tree etc)

[Edit:

• Fan in/out (See: Fan-out Routing (Reverse Tree)
• Line Exit (N, E, S, W, H, V, A)
• Line Entry (N, E, S, W, H, V, A)][/color]
   

and that EA should start to standardise on such terminology.  I have already posted on the desirability of having style names more generally applicable.

Have I forgotten any other attributes that should also be aggregated into the style?

Thoughts? Votes?
Paolo