Adding a New Diagram type

2011-07-29 Thread Arigead
Hello all, I'm new here and haven't lurked, as yet, but wanted to ask a question about adding a new diagram type to Dia. I'm not sure where to start but wanted to make structured diagrams like an electronic schematic where the interconnections are significant. I assume I have to add a new p

Re: Adding a New Diagram type

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Ross
Dia is a general tool and there is enough native function for you to make a good looking electrical schematic. You need to get all the symbol/shape sheets installed. (You are going to want Electric, Electric 1, Circuit, and Circuit 1 for starters). You would draw wires primarily with the zigzag

DIA gets language settings wrong on Windows

2011-07-29 Thread Jasper Horn
Hello all, I have been having some trouble getting DIA to work in the language that I want (English). Sure I could just remove the language files and have it default to English, but considering that my language is set to English, it shouldn't be necessary. So, I investigated a bit. As it happens,

Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Chris Nelson
I've created some custom shapes that use a background image. They work fine but when I place them in my diagram, I get warning messages on my console: /home/chrisn/.dia/shapes/sixnet/5ES.shape:15: namespace error : Namespace prefix xlink for href on image is not defined:image x="0" y="0" width=

Re: Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Valek Filippov
Hej Chris, Looks like you need to add 'xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; ' to your http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns"; xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";> -- Cheers, Valek On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Chris Nelson wrote: > I've created some custom shapes that use a

Re: Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
>> I've created some custom shapes that use a background image. They >> work fine but when I place them in my diagram, I get warning messages >> on my console: >> >> /home/chrisn/.dia/shapes/sixnet/5ES.shape:15: namespace error : >> Namespace prefix xlink for href on image is not defined:image x=

Re: Adding a New Diagram type

2011-07-29 Thread Ron Wilson
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:00 AM, wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:06:36 +0100 > From: Arigead > To: dia-list@gnome.org > Subject: Adding a New Diagram type > Message-ID: <201107291206.36697.arig...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain;  charset="us-ascii" > > Hello all, >    I'm new here and