Re: General usage of the Dia tool

2013-04-12 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Sarath Sivasankaran Nair wrote: > Hi all, > > Please excuse me If this issue has already been spoken about previously. I > did try searching upon this topic but failed to find something and so this > post. > > I have been trying to figure out if the Dia tool is bas

Re: eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread vwf
This window can be confusing. One improvement can be the use of two icons for active/off (gray-out), instead of switching an icon on/off. In that same window the arrow-icon on/off remains a confusing event for me: when I select a layer, other icons switch on/off in respons. Finally, it can be ver

Re: eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread matteo.vic...@cheapnet.it
that's it! You can add me at the list "documentation for stupid guys" :-) so it will be easier in a future to prepare a complete handbook... Il 12/04/2013 15:54, Michael Ross ha scritto: It is a secret, one I have lost myself in the past. I get to keep it now until I am demented. I think it

Re: eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread Michael Ross
It is a secret, one I have lost myself in the past. I get to keep it now until I am demented. I think it is so simple no one has documented it. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, matteo.vic...@cheapnet.it < matteo.vic...@cheapnet.it> wrote: > Ah, ah, Here it is! I wasn't able to find any button

Re: General usage of the Dia tool

2013-04-12 Thread Michael Ross
I do not use this feature, but python is used and people do very extensive work with this - even as far as creating data base structures from the Dia. If you look through the archives and at the Bugzilla, you will turn up all sorts of things. If you ask the question - how can I programmatically c

Re: eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread matteo.vic...@cheapnet.it
Ah, ah, Here it is! I wasn't able to find any button to switch on the layer control. Thank you a lot. Matteo Il 12/04/2013 15:46, Michael Ross ha scritto: I am a little unclear exactly what you have done. So write back if this is not what you need. In the layer control (ctrl-L) if you pick w

Re: eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread Michael Ross
I am a little unclear exactly what you have done. So write back if this is not what you need. In the layer control (ctrl-L) if you pick where the eye icon is, it disappears and so does the corresponding layer. But if you click back where the eye was, it comes back on and the layer is again visibl

eye-icon

2013-04-12 Thread matteo.vic...@cheapnet.it
Hi everyone, I'm using dia 0.97.2 for windows, and I'm not able to find the eye icon. What can I do to solve this problem? For a mistake of mine I put on a new layer and now I'm not able to manage what's behind it... Thank youMatteo ___ dia-l

General usage of the Dia tool

2013-04-12 Thread Sarath Sivasankaran Nair
Hi all, Please excuse me If this issue has already been spoken about previously. I did try searching upon this topic but failed to find something and so this post. I have been trying to figure out if the Dia tool is based only on the GUI or if there is an option to code whatever diagram we want a