On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 21:10 -0500, Rob McDonald wrote: > > Sure - if you have Python installed as well as a compiled version of Dia's > > Python bindings (pydia) as well as Gtk+ Python binding (pygtk). > > > > The latter is only required to run Dia Python plug-ins with GUI like > > group_props.py. Other stuff implemented in Python like diasvg(_import).py > > or codegen.py will work without pygtk. > > Ok, I'll hack on that for a while... > > > Fixing the Metapost plug-in would first require to reproduce the issue on > > a developers machine. One step in that direction would be a complete bug > > report including all the necessary files and steps description to > reproduce > > and understand the bug : > > > > - sample diagram > > - sample integration in Latex (command line, tex 'container' file) > > - suggested (manually modified) .mp output of Dia > > > > Even better would be a thorough analysis of the transfer function for the > > text size. It may be just a linear scale, but it also may depend on the > > diagram size, the TeX environment or something completely different ... > > Ok, I'll work on putting together a simple example as well as an analysis of > what I think is going on. > > First, a simple question. What the heck does the font size in Dia mean? > Visually, a font size (cmr10) of 0.30 looks to be about 10pt on screen in > Dia. It comes out about 18pt in LaTeX through MetaPost. Also, I think the > positioning issue is as simple as positioning the text using the wrong > vertical reference point (text baseline vs. text box center.)
It means centimeters. > I would really like a font size that could be deterministically controlled. > Set it to 10pt, have it come out 10pt. Where 72pt is known to be 1 inch > high. A font size of 0.30 doesn't mean much to me.... There's work on the way to make all measurements unit-aware, but it hasn't made it into this release. -Lars -- Lars Clausen ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://lars.raeder.dk) "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org 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
