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diff --git a/doc/canvas.n b/doc/canvas.n index bcd4991..424c3ca 100644 --- a/doc/canvas.n +++ b/doc/canvas.n @@ -983,11 +983,14 @@ anticlockwise, in degrees. (Negative values rotate clockwise.) This command returns an empty string. .RS .PP -Implementation note: not all item types work well with rotations. In -particular, the \fBarc\fR, \fBoval\fR and \fBrectangle\fR types are very -unlikely to work as you expect. Several other item types only have a single -coordinate; this command can move that anchor point, but will not rotate the -item about that anchor point. +Implementation note: not all item types work the same with rotations. In +particular,\fB bitmap\fR,\fB image\fR,\fB text\fR and\fB window\fR items only +rotate their anchor points and do not rotate the items themselves about those +points, and the \fBarc\fR, \fBoval\fR and \fBrectangle\fR types rotate about a +computed center point instead of moving the bounding box coordinates directly. +.PP +Some items (currently \fBarc\R and\fB text\fR) have angles in their options; +this command \fIdoes not\fR affect those options. .RE .VE "8.7, TIP164" .TP |