On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Alan Horkan wrote: > > >> > many, many hours of work. Shame. >> > If only the dia save format was XML - I could have done it >> > with a script or something. Are there any plans to change the dia save >> format? > > compressed by default, to borrow from Cyrille: > Grumpf! > > (please let's agree to disagree and not rehash the arguements had on just > about every project that uses some form of text + standard compression > algorithm, and read on to the end before you flame me) > >> Dia's default format is compressed XML (Gzip, I think). But the >> compression can be turned off. On the user interface page of the >> preferences dialog, toggle "Compress saved files" to "no". Save your >> imported v0.88.1 files, then edit them as necessary. > > Definately gzip compression. > > Was the idea of having two different file types such as .dia and .zdia > (or .gzdia or .gzd etc.) ever discussed?
No, I don't remember it being discussed. That may be a good idea. Or it may be confusing to have two extensions for the same content. > [Disclaimer: Not volunteering] > Any plans to change to zip in the future? > http://zipios.sourceforge.net/ See Cyrilles reply. Whether to compress or not should really be selectable in the save dialog. That way everybody knows about compression, too. -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
