Index: trunk/src/obj_text.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_text.c	(revision 19588)
+++ trunk/src/obj_text.c	(revision 19589)
@@ -666,6 +666,21 @@
 	pcb_text_bbox(pcb_font(PCB, Text->fid, 1), Text);
 }
 
+/* rotates a text; only the bounding box is rotated,
+   text rotation itself is done by the drawing routines */
+void pcb_text_rotate(pcb_text_t *Text, pcb_coord_t X, pcb_coord_t Y, double cosa, double sina, double rotdeg)
+{
+	pcb_rotate(&Text->X, &Text->Y, X, Y, cosa, sina);
+	Text->rot += rotdeg;
+	if (Text->rot > 360.0)
+		Text->rot -= 360.0;
+	else if (Text->rot < 0.0)
+		Text->rot += 360.0;
+
+	/* can't optimize with box rotation because of closed boxes */
+	pcb_text_bbox(pcb_font(PCB, Text->fid, 1), Text);
+}
+
 /* rotates a text object and redraws it */
 void *pcb_textop_rotate90(pcb_opctx_t *ctx, pcb_layer_t *Layer, pcb_text_t *Text)
 {
Index: trunk/src/obj_text.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_text.h	(revision 19588)
+++ trunk/src/obj_text.h	(revision 19589)
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 void pcb_text_bbox(pcb_font_t *FontPtr, pcb_text_t *Text);
 void pcb_text_rotate90(pcb_text_t *Text, pcb_coord_t X, pcb_coord_t Y, unsigned Number);
+void pcb_text_rotate(pcb_text_t *Text, pcb_coord_t X, pcb_coord_t Y, double cosa, double sina, double rotdeg);
 void pcb_text_flip_side(pcb_layer_t *layer, pcb_text_t *text, pcb_coord_t y_offs);
 void pcb_text_mirror_coords(pcb_layer_t *layer, pcb_text_t *text, pcb_coord_t y_offs); /* mirror the coords but do not mirror the text itself (no on-solder) */
 void pcb_text_set_font(pcb_layer_t *layer, pcb_text_t *text, pcb_font_id_t fid);