Hi, while I like dia more than XFig because of it's cool GTK+ GUI, there are some features I miss desperately. Maybe I just don't know, how to use dia rightly:
1. Hatches: XFig has all kind of lines and other patterns to fill shapes with. In many cases this is better than using colours, e.g. if it is for printing and no colour printer available. I did not find any hatches in dia. 2. LaTeX special fonts: XFig allows to mark text as "special". If exported to "Combined PS/LaTeX (both parts)" the result can be included in a LaTeX document while all fonts are the normal LaTeX fonts. This makes the resulting DVI look very consistent. I did not find this feature in dia. 3. Resizing of groups: XFig allows compound objects (or groups in dia jargon) to be resized. I don't need to explain why this is good :-) I didn't manage to resize groups in dia. 4. Libraries: XFig has some interesting element libraries, much like dia, but different. I don't know whether one import them in dia, but that would be nice. 5. Stability: XFig is (at least for me) a little bit more stable than dia. Maybe these are some suggestions for dia, maybe some of the functions are already there (but I did find them), or maybe one could port good ol' XFig to GTK+? :-) Cheers! _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
