At 2010-10-13 06:48, Octavio Alvarez wrote:
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:29:11 -0700, <paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Has anyone suggested the possibility of Dia becoming a diagramming
tool in LibreOffice?
It would take a lot of work, but Dia could at least provide a starting
framework.
Would this be a welcomed opportunity or something to be avoided?
I'm no authority on programming or whatsoever, but, as a user, I'd
prefer ways for both programs to be integrated with one another.
Thinking on making Dia part of LibreOffice implies that every
non-existing tool in LibreOffice that needs to interact with LO in
some way, to become part of the suit (read: Project Manager,
PIM, Mind-mapper...)
I'd rather have all of them integrate with the current desktop, and
have them all interact and share information with a nice,
consistent and integrating interface.
That would probably be hard to do as OOo is more Java oriented and to
replace Draw more exporting tools should be made. Also I think Draw is a
bit more user friendly, but then again it doesn't compare with the
amount of shapes Dia has. Especially with more complicated ones like
those for UML.
What would be the benefit? Well I think the main benefit for users would
be that they could edit diagrams inside the Writer (if Dia would be
properly integrated). Plus diagrams could be vector and scale better for
different uses.
Regards,
Nux.
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