Angle of path or between points

Design
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Is there a way to see the angle of a path? Or the angle between two point?
It would help to make angles consistent (maybe the angle of a terminal etc).
Thx

2

Check out “Show Angle, Distance and Italic Width” in the plugin manager:

image

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3

Thanks for that but the option is greyed out so I can’t use it. I did manage to find one similar called “Show Distance & Angle” which seems to work.

4

Oh can you please elaborate a bit on what is grayed out? I might have to look into it

5

So in the ‘view’ menu the option to tick the angle option is greyed out, whereas the others are black and can be ‘ticked’. Also, I don’t see the angles in the summary bar (like the example in the plugin page). I tried sending a direct message with images but it looks like it didn’t get to you.

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@andypeat got it, thank you! But I don’t really know why that is. Also looks like some other plugins are grayed out too?

@GeorgSeifert may I ask if there’s been any changes in how menu items work? Can’t seem to find any answers. This plugin’s menu is grayed out for some reason, which is set this way (it’s a .glyphsPlugin):

@objc.python_method
def start(self):
    menuItem = NSMenuItem(self.menuName, self.toggleMenu_)
    Glyphs.menu[VIEW_MENU].append(menuItem)
    Glyphs.menu[VIEW_MENU].submenu().itemWithTitle_(self.menuName).setState_(self.state)
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In version 3.3, the NSMenuItem API slightly changed and that needs an update to the plugin. I fixed it.

if Glyphs.versionNumber >= 3.3:
	menuItem = NSMenuItem(self.menuName, callback=self.toggleMenu_, target=self)
else:
	menuItem = NSMenuItem(self.menuName, self.toggleMenu_)
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@andypeat There is one more plugin called Show Coordinates Distance Angle. It show an angle along the selected path (two points that connected directly into the line), in green color. Here’s an examples:

ShowCoordinatesDistanceAngle

ShowCoordinatesDistanceAngle2