Sorry for long quote : tht's tedious with a cellphone to wipe :) So, your method is the right one: starting from templates where needed.
And fortunately it would be easy to code, with almost no impact on ui: ''new diagram'' ''pause'' ''from template'' ''templates menu'' ; keeping ''new diagram'' short click as usual. Ability to add templates would be great, keeping settings into (sheets, colors), would be a must... (long future). I have not even an hour to code that. But I'm tired of that regular flamewar subject on Dia list! Any volunteer 0:=> Regards, TSFH Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> a écrit : >I have a Dia called Start Dia File that has all the settings I like, >grid >size, scale some layers, margins, and so on. It is completely >unreasonable >for me to expect Dia to have exactly what I want as a default, but this >simple solution does provide that: > >When I start up, my Start Dia File is in the list of recently used >files, >and I pick it, then save as another name and move along. Or in the >nearly >inevitable case where some of those those defaults don't fit what I am >doing at the moment, I change the settings. > >Don't get me wrong, I have wished for a more conventional way to set >defaults on start up. But this is what we get unless we learn to write >the >code. I seem to recall there was some difficulty providing the change, >and >it required a lot more work than you might think. More work than those >doing it were willing to undertake when a simple workflow change solves >the >problem. > >This is a common occurrence - a new user has a bunch of suggestions >(that >are often repeats of previous ones from years past) that are not >informed >by experience with the program, how open source work gets done, and an >unwillingness to adapt to what is given. I have had the same reaction >myself. If someone points out a functional work around - it may be the >path of least resistance to use it. We do not understand the inner >workings of SVG, the basis of Dia, and over which the Dia developers do >not >have any more control over than we do over Dia. > >I have been using Dia for more than ten years now. I have looked >around >and tried other programs, but I have returned to Dia a number of times, >because it is very utilitarian. There is actually a community of users >that are promptly helpful (as opposed to a number of other open source >programs I use), and the program is very adaptable - by the user, >without >intervention of the development group. In conjunction with Inkscape >and >GIMP -- Envoyé de mon téléphone Android avec K-9 Mail. Excusez la brièveté. _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
