pgf 1.18 (15jun07)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@4459 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tikz-transformations.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tikz-transformations.tex
index 82a99bbd4b1..0ff34448609 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tikz-transformations.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tikz-transformations.tex
@@ -225,6 +225,26 @@ singular (if you do not know what singular matrices are, you are blessed).
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{codeexample}
 
+  \itemoption{shift only}
+  This option does not take any parameter. Its effect is to cancel all
+  current transformations except for the shifting. This means that the
+  origin will remain where it is, but any rotation around the origin
+  or scaling relative to the origin or skewing will no longer have an
+  effect.
+
+  This option is useful in situtations where a complicated
+  transformation is used to ``get to a position,'' but you then wish
+  to draw something ``normal'' at this position. 
+
+\begin{codeexample}[]
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+  \draw[style=help lines] (0,0) grid (3,2);
+  \draw                                      (0,0) -- (1,1) -- (1,0);
+  \draw[rotate=30,xshift=2cm,blue]           (0,0) -- (1,1) -- (1,0);
+  \draw[rotate=30,xshift=2cm,shift only,red] (0,0) -- (1,1) -- (1,0);
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{codeexample}
+
   \itemoption{xshift}|=|\meta{dimension}
   adds \meta{dimension} to the $x$ value of all coordinates.  
 \begin{codeexample}[]
@@ -334,7 +354,8 @@ singular (if you do not know what singular matrices are, you are blessed).
   completely resets the coordinate transformation matrix to the
   identity matrix. This will destroy not only the transformations
   applied in the current scope, but also all transformations inherited
-  from surrounding scopes. Do not use this option.
+  from surrounding scopes. Do not use this option, unless you really,
+  really know what you are doing.
 \end{itemize}