On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, ml wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:13:40 +0200 > From: ml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dia "project" support > > Hi, > > are there any plans to enhance dia to support diagrams that > are belonging together? I.e. having a kind of "project" > tree and allowing hyperlinks from objects to other diagrams?
Linking is definately something many of us would like to see, but getting it done is another matter entirely, patches are always welcome. > If dia were a bonobo component it could be embedded into an > existing framework (anjuta?). For a second there I thought you were suggesting embedding other components into Dia which would be very difficult give Dia's efforts to remain cross platform GTK. Previous versions of Dia were able to be used as Bonobo components although this functionality got cut away as part of the port to GTK2 but there is nothing stopping someone from helping to add it back. In most cases I think Bonobo is overkill, most programs just need a preview (a placeholder raster graphic) and a way to invoke the original program (with the source document) make changes and have them propogate back when you are done. In most cases trying to embed the program controls and widgets in another program, or do anything much more than what is essentially a preview is really awkward. I think a big reason that higher level object embedding has not caught on so much in open source software is that when there are no nasty licensing issues doing things at the library level is more efficient. But dont let me stop you from working on Bonobo support for Dia, I am just try to get you to consider that there might be an easier possibility. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
