Dia ChangeLog report for Wed May 1 07:23:01 2002 (UTC)

2002-05-01 Thread Dia ChangeLog Daemon
Snapshots available at http://www.crans.org/~chepelov/dia/snapshots *** Recent ChangeLog entries: --- ChangeLog.previous Tue Apr 30 09:23:14 2002 +++ dia-cvs-snapshot/ChangeLog Wed May 1 09:23:05 2002 @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2002-04-30 Lars Clausen > + + * app/render_gdk.c (draw_string): Ex

Re: Dia plugins and C++

2002-05-01 Thread Hans Breuer
At 11:40 30.04.02 +0200, Pierre Pronchery wrote: >question: can I use both C and C++ in a Dia plugin? >else, can I use C++, or do I have to use C? > There already is one Dia plug-in compiles as C++ (wmf). The only real C++ feature used/needed there is namespaces to avoid clashes between Dia's and

Grid Size (RE: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface])

2002-05-01 Thread Rob Campbell
> > 1. The Grid size is square; you can't set X and Y to > different scales. I > > understand why you'd want to in a graph, but I think it's more a > > hinderance in Dia. > 3) is explained already, 2) I agree with -- Gimp needs it, as its undo > parts are big, but not us, 1) I don't like. There

Preferences dialog (RE: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface])

2002-05-01 Thread Rob Campbell
> > I looked at Dia's preferences with new eyes. Using Glade, > I mocked up a > > new preferences dialog > > > > http://www.SchemaMania.org/dia/noodle/dia_preferences.glade. > > [...] > I really like the look of that. The prefs dialog at the moment is an > eyesore (though very easy to extend),

Extending dia using Python?

2002-05-01 Thread ml
Hi, is it possible to use python for defining new dia object types instead of C? Thanks in advance! Cheers! ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list

Extending dia with libglade/glade?

2002-05-01 Thread ml
Hi, is it possible to use glade and libglade to build object property dialogs etc. for dia objects? Thanks in advance! Cheers! ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list

Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

2002-05-01 Thread Alan Horkan
> > I looked at Dia's preferences with new eyes. Using Glade, I mocked up a > > new preferences dialog > > > > http://www.SchemaMania.org/dia/noodle/dia_preferences.glade. > > > > As you can see, I was able to reduce the size of the dialog by 3x (mostly > > by using standard checkboxes and a t

Re: Dia's user interface

2002-05-01 Thread James K . Lowden
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:43:05 +0200 "Hubert Figuiere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Properties Dialog > - > it can be opened using Dialog->Property. I didn't guess that. "Dialog" is an odd menu item IMHO. There are several reasonable locations on the main menu for Properties: Edit

Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

2002-05-01 Thread James K . Lowden
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:30:55 +0200 "Ben Hetland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > This is a pretty common and useful features in CAD > > > programs. "Reverse drag" means drawing the selection > > > rectangle from right to left, rather than left to right > > > (maybe "Reverse drag" is too Euro-cent

Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

2002-05-01 Thread rob . campbell
> I propose: Leave the feature on. Reverse dragging selects intersecting > objects, and Forward dragging does not. If the user holds down a Shift or > Ctrl key, the opposite happens: Forward dragging selects intersecting > objects, and Reverse dragging does not. Click selects and shift+click

No subject

2002-05-01 Thread DAVID BUTT
Is it possible to export diagrams from Dia into word.. If so how? I am a mature student at college and one of my lecturers is thinking of adopting this program if we can put the drawings into word in our reports! if it's not possible would consider it for the next release as our college would u

Re:From dia to MS Word [was: No subject]

2002-05-01 Thread Cyrille Chepelov
Le Wed, May 01, 2002, à 03:42:39PM +, DAVID BUTT a écrit: > > Is it possible to export diagrams from Dia into word.. If so how? > I am a mature student at college and one of my lecturers is thinking of adopting >this program if we can put the drawings into word in our reports! > No biggie,

RE: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Tom Sorensen
Export to JPG or PNG (or other graphics format) and import it into Word (or StarOffice, or OpenOffice) as a picture. You can't embed the diagram and edit it directly, ala Excel spreadsheets, though. Tom > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf

Re: RE: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Cyrille Chepelov
Le Wed, May 01, 2002, à 10:56:53AM -0400, Tom Sorensen a écrit: > Export to JPG or PNG (or other graphics format) and import it into Word (or > StarOffice, or OpenOffice) as a picture. JPEG or PNG will give you an awful print quality... dia is a vector program, better use a vector format. Then ha

Re: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Cyrille Chepelov wrote: > Le Wed, May 01, 2002, à 10:56:53AM -0400, Tom Sorensen a écrit: >> Export to JPG or PNG (or other graphics format) and import it into Word >> (or StarOffice, or OpenOffice) as a picture. > > JPEG or PNG will give you an awful print quality... dia is a

Re: Preferences dialog (RE: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface])

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Rob Campbell wrote: >> > I looked at Dia's preferences with new eyes. Using Glade, >> I mocked up a >> > new preferences dialog >> > >> > http://www.SchemaMania.org/dia/noodle/dia_preferences.glade. >> > > [...] >> I really like the look of that. The prefs dialog at the mome

friend functions

2002-05-01 Thread Art Werschulz
Hi. What is the appropriate way of denoting a C++ friend function in UML? How can this be done in dia? Thanks. -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker GCS/M (GAT): d? -p+ c++ l u+(-) e--- m* s n+ h f g+ w+ t++ r- y? Net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dsm.fordham.e

Dia graphics fuzzy when embedded and converted to pdf

2002-05-01 Thread Daryl Manning
This is a strange one... When I use dia exported png or jpg diagrams and embed them in either OpenOffice or KWord and then save them out to a ps or pdf the diagrams appear quite "fuzzy" and there is a reddish haze around black lettering on the white backgrounds. It only happens with dia (for ins

Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

2002-05-01 Thread Adrien Beau
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 04:56 PDT, Alan Horkan wrote: > > My primary concern is the size of this new dialog, and will > it work on smaller 400x600 displays. (the Gimp > installer/first use setup screen does not fit or even resize > for smaller monitors, and various dialogs in other Gnome/Gtk > p

Re: Dia graphics fuzzy when embedded and converted to pdf

2002-05-01 Thread Cyrille Chepelov
Le Wed, May 01, 2002, à 06:40:45PM +0200, Daryl Manning a écrit: > When I use dia exported png or jpg diagrams and embed them in either > OpenOffice or KWord and then save them out to a ps or pdf the diagrams > appear quite "fuzzy" and there is a reddish haze around black lettering > on the white

Re: Preferences dialog (RE: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface])

2002-05-01 Thread rob . campbell
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Lars Clausen wrote: >> It does look good, but it will be difficult to maintain >>those good looks >> as options inevitably get added. > > True. That can be a bonus, interface-wise: It will > make us think twice before adding more options. I think we're already at the point.

Re: friend functions

2002-05-01 Thread Frank Rehberger
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 18:05, Art Werschulz wrote: > Hi. > > What is the appropriate way of denoting a C++ friend function in UML? > How can this be done in dia? how about: having friend-ly classes in same package, and declare functions as protected within package (Java-like ;) Regards, Frank --

Re: Dia graphics fuzzy when embedded and converted to pdf

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On 01 May 2002, Daryl Manning wrote: > This is a strange one... > > When I use dia exported png or jpg diagrams and embed them in either > OpenOffice or KWord and then save them out to a ps or pdf the diagrams > appear quite "fuzzy" and there is a reddish haze around black lettering > on the whit

Re: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Hubert Figuiere
According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you can't use any of the (several) vector formats, you can export as PNG > at a really large size, the CVS version has a dialog to set size. Last time I used it, it lacked a field to ask for specific resolution. That would be very helpful :-)

Re: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If you can't use any of the (several) vector formats, you can export as >> PNG at a really large size, the CVS version has a dialog to set size. > > Last time I used it, it lacked a field to ask for spe

Re: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Hubert Figuiere
According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> If you can't use any of the (several) vector formats, you can export as > >> PNG at a really large size, the CVS version has a dialog to set size. > >

Re: No subject

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Hubert Figuiere wrote: >> > According to Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> If you can't use any of the (several) vector formats, you can export >> >> as PNG at a really large si

TODO item: proportional scaling

2002-05-01 Thread Titus J. Anderson
I was looking through the TODO file for dia and ran across the following: * If you hold down shift while moving the handle of an 'Element', scale while keeping same proportions. So, I thought I'd try my hand at it. It only works for boxes right now, but shouldn't be too difficult to make it w

Re: TODO item: proportional scaling

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Titus J. Anderson wrote: > I was looking through the TODO file for dia and ran across the following: > > * If you hold down shift while moving the handle of an 'Element', > scale while keeping same proportions. > > So, I thought I'd try my hand at it. Excellent! Somebody

Re: Extending dia with libglade/glade?

2002-05-01 Thread Pierre Pronchery
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 13:43, ml wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to use glade and libglade to build object > property dialogs etc. for dia objects? Thanks in advance! > You can use glade to create the widgets you're wanting in a window, and then cut this part of code inside your Dia plugin. For

cybernetic shapes

2002-05-01 Thread Thorsten Roggendorf
Hi, the cybernetic shapes are imho ready. I fixed the colors and the icons. But I could not yet pursuade myself to get going on the Makefile.am and .sheet (internationalization) files. Until when do I have to do it to get the shapes into the next release ... or is dia already frozen to a point be

Re: Extending dia with libglade/glade?

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 1 May 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to use glade and libglade to build object > property dialogs etc. for dia objects? Thanks in advance! Possible, yes, but not practical. The properties system takes most of the work out of the dialogs (and loading and saving)

Re: cybernetic shapes

2002-05-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On 02 May 2002, Thorsten Roggendorf wrote: > Hi, > > the cybernetic shapes are imho ready. I fixed the colors and the icons. > But I could not yet pursuade myself to get going on the Makefile.am and > .sheet (internationalization) files. Until when do I have to do it to > get the shapes into the

Re: friend functions

2002-05-01 Thread Dominic Gamble
For friend classes you create a dependency, stereotyped as <> This is an dashed arrow with the label <> For a friend function, I don't think there is a way to do it specifically, so you would have to use the extensibility features of UML. I would assume you just add that function to the class, a

Re: Build problem with dia-0.88.1

2002-05-01 Thread Cengiz Gunay
Hi, In reference to the message of Andrew S. Halper on Fri, 7 Sep 2001, I was able to build dia-0.88.1 on a RedHat 7.1 system. The information he provided to diagnose the problem helped me to propose a workaround. The solution I provide here allows to create an RPM in RH 7.1 system with the add

Re: TODO item: proportional scaling

2002-05-01 Thread Cyrille Chepelov
Le Wed, May 01, 2002, à 04:36:58PM -0400, Titus J. Anderson a écrit: > So, I thought I'd try my hand at it. It only works for boxes right now, but > shouldn't be too difficult to make it work for the other basic objects. Here's > the patch for v0.88.1 (I'm not working with the CVS version at thi