Hello Monks, The Tk::Abstract canvas manual page in CPAN says of a method :

$acnv->rotate(TagOrID, angle ?,x, y?)
This method rotates the object identified by TagOrID by angle. The ang
+le is specified in degrees. If an x, y coordinate is specified, then 
+the object is rotated about that point. Otherwise, the object is rota
+ted about its center point, if that can be determined.
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and also mentions later that :

As it stands, the module can only rotate the following object types ab
+out their centers:

Lines
Polygons
Rectangles (if rectToPoly(1) is called)
Ovals (if ovalToPoly(1) is called)
All other object types (bitmap, image, arc, text, && window) can only 
+be rotated about another point. A warning is issued if the user tries
+ to rotate one of these object types about their center. Hopefully, m
+ore types will be able to center-rotate in the future.
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This means that it is able to rotate texts...

when I tried to do the same using the code below, my text is not rotated...

use Tk;
use Tk::AbstractCanvas;


my $mw=MainWindow->new(-title=>'RotateText-Test');
my $w = $mw->screenwidth;
my $h = $mw->screenheight;
$mw->geometry( $w."x".$h);
$mw->resizable(1,1);


my $canvas = $mw->Scrolled('AbstractCanvas',
 -background => "white",
 -scrollbars => "osoe",
 -height => 0,
 -relief => "solid",
 -width => 0,
    -scrollregion=>[0,0,1,1],
    )->pack(-anchor=>'nw', -side=>'top', -fill=>'both', -expand=>1);



my $text = $canvas->createText(0,0,-anchor=>'center',-fill => 'red',-t
+ext => 'Hello Monks !!!',);
#my $text = $canvas->createText(2,10,-anchor=>'center',-fill => 'red',
+width => 1,-text => 'Hello Monks !!!',); ## this rotates but not the 
+characters :(
$canvas->rotate($text,90,$x,$y);

$canvas->viewAll(); 


MainLoop; 
();
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seeking the Monks help..

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