Why yEd doesn't support draw a straight line ?

Question

I googled and found that some guys realy need "a staight line", some guys make fake line

http://yed.yworks.com/support/qa/29/how-can-i-create-a-line-that-does-not-end-at-a-node

http://yed.yworks.com/support/qa/1608/how-to-draw-a-line-that-is-not-an-edge-connector

So, why yEd support a staight line ?

Answer 1

yEd does support straight lines:

Corresponding GraphML.

 

yEd does not supported edges without nodes. And the reason for this is the fact that yEd is an editor for graphs (in the mathematical sense). This reason is actually given in the very first paragraph of the first post you linked to.