On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: >> Huh? Doesn't happen here. Obviously you have plugins... have you made >> any of your own that might cause this? > > None, don't even know (yet) how to do that... > >> Could you configure with >> --enable-debug, then export DEBUGGER=gdb, then run it and see where it >> crashes? > > Backtrace: > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x405f88f3 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 > (gdb) #0 0x405f88f3 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #1 0x080d8098 in charconv_utf8_to_local8 (utf=0x0) at charconv.c:182 > #2 0x080904b2 in get_plugin_manager () at plugin-manager.c:276
Excellent. There seems to be a plugin with a NULL name. >> > Next, I am pretty sure there's a way to change Dia's default >> > parameters, like line thickness, (basis) font size, text padding >> > (common for all objects), but I couldn't find this in docs / mailing >> > list... >> >> There is no session-to-session setting, but line thickness can be set >> from the tool box (the five parallel lines). Global default font size >> and padding is not settable, but it can be set per-object. > > Ok, as a first approximation, I created dia_defaults.h with > DEFAULT_LINE_WIDTH, DEFAULT_FONT_HEIGHT,... and replaced 0.1 where I > could find it (yes, best would be to grep the whole source tree, but > sometimes it's hidden behind 0.05 * 2:-))...) with DEFAULT_LINE_WIDTH, > etc., #including <dia_defaults.h> in respective .c / .h files. This is > just a quick (I really have VERY little time for this, sorry), dirty hack > to get something at least approximately into shape (why such huge > defaults anyway? You can't fit more than a couple of flow-chart boxes on > a page with them...) Ask Alexander Larsson, he started it:) > I can create a patch and send it to you, but you'll > definitely have to work through it, but it should be easy. Yes, please. It's good to have those places identified. > Ideally, as I said before, I would like to see defaults set in a config > file AND be dynamically modifiable at run-time, e.g. with a fall-down > list of font-sizes, line-widths, fonts, etc. - as is done in most > text-processors, or selectable from preferences dialog. For some objects, the line width selector in the toolbox determines the line width. This should be used by more objects. > Also, why there's no include directory in dia tree?... and all global > header-files are just kept in the root directory... errgh... >> > (now I DO have a freetype support configured in - and yes, it does >> > help to reduce the padding, but you should really in configure.in >> > check not just for freetype-config, but for a version > x.y.z, where >> > FT_Get_Postscript_Name is already supported:-)) >> >> That would be 2.0.5, which is the version we already check for. > > Hm, but I had it fail to link with unresolved symbol > FT_Get_Postscript_Name (I think my version was < 2.0.5, so, the test > didn't work properly). Odd. We use Freetypes own check, with version 2.0.5. I haven't done a negative test on it, though. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| Hårdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
