On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, James Michael DuPont wrote: >> > I think the old ordering maked sense. >> >> I think it makes sense to have UML first, but if you dont use UML you >> might disagree. >> Perhaps if dia remembered the sheet that was last used and switched >> to >> that on startup? > >> > But perhaps the name of last used sheet could be saved in the >> diagram >> > file .... > > The environment should be saved into a file, and even associated > to the document. > > Think about a UML mode, > or even an UML static structure mode, an UML use case mode and so forth > each mode presents you with the tools for the job in a fast and easy to > use fashion. > > I think that one of the problems that I have with dia is the missing > concept of an application. Call me a windows user, but I dont like > fighting with all these windows. I just want them to go away and get > out of my way when i minimize the window!!!
You ... Windows user, you! :) Gtk probably has some way to mark windows as belonging together, and thus iconifying together. Haven't looked into that yet. > I guess I would like to declare a document to be of a certain type, > and when we are able to associate structured meta-data to a diagram > this will be very important... Think about using a DTD/SCHEMA/Datatype > to define a document, this will allow you to insert structured > properties into some diagram elements, or even allow you to customize > them. > > But you need to associate the document with a type and then use that to > guide your data entry..... That could be useful, but I don't think we're going to do that soon. -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
