On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Jim Clark wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:26:02 -0500 > From: Jim Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Another set of beginner questions
> > I want to change the box creation defaults for new boxes. I can see how to > create them and then edit the things I want to change (color and padding) > but I would like to be able to alter those for all future boxes. Is there a > way to change these--do not see such a dialog in the preferences? Annoying > to have to edit each one. you can see what default properties are available for the main tools by double clicking them, unfortunately in this case the option is not available. patches always welcome. > And, do you pronounce it dee-ah or die-ah with first or second syllable > accented? I have always assumed that it is pronounced Die-Ah because it is short for Diagram (there is also an Irish word Dia meaning god which is pronounced Dee-ah so that pronunciation would be particularly confusing for me). Given that some people manage to pronounces Dinosaurs so that it sounds like the SARS virus (instead of Dino - soars/sores) I'm sure there must be users pronouncing Dia all sorts of different ways. From what I have heard Linus Torvalds pronounces Linux differntly than he used to (more like Lin-ucks than Lee-nooks allegedly) so I would not worry much about the pronunciation. Incidentally I pronounced Abiword (Abbey Word*) incorrectly for years and I suspect I'm pronouncing Sodipodi wrong (but nowadays I just say Inkscape). (* it has nothing to do with monks and monasteries I just find that a clear way to write it for pronunciation, it is derived from the spanish word Abierto meaning open). http://www.abisource.com Sincerely Alan Horkan http://inkscape.org http://openclipart.org _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
