Hello,
I am new to Inkscape. First of all, I would like to thank the developers for making such an amazing program This is one of the best-quality open source programs out there.
So, I'm trying to make a spider diagram/mind map (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map) for outlining European history. Inkscape seems to be well-suited for this, especially the Connector tool. I want to add text to connectors between two objects so that when I move one of the two objects, the text moves (and rotates, if possible) with the connector path. I also want to be able to reposition the text along the path. I can do the first part with "Put on path" in the "Text" menu, but if I adjust the position and orientation of the text after I put it on the path, it doesn't move correctly with the connector when one of the connected objects moves. Is there a good way to do this? Thanks!

Actually I'd not use Inkscape for mind mapping personally. Yeah, it's possible to do it and yeah you can definitely make it look very pretty - but I think you would find specialised mind mapping software much easier and faster to work with!

Here's a good one that I tried out yesterday http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download

This one is pretty popular and it exports to loads of file formats (html, pdf, openoffice document to name a few)

Thanks for your reply, DannyKing.
I think more of what I'm trying to make is a topic map or concept map, not a mind map. I didn't realize there was a difference between them. I looked for concept mapping software yesterday and I found several excellent programs. However, I want to make my map kind of like a timeline, with a set spacial layout and other shapes like lines, and none of those programs were really oriented towards that. So I think I'll just try doing it with Inkscape. Text on connectors isn't so important now that I thought out how I'm going to make the concept map, and if I need them I can just put normal text and move them around manually when needed. But if anyone knows a good way to do it, I would still be very happy to know



Felipe