Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-29 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 03:07:18AM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Chris Green! > > > I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can > > anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line > > with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I

Re: Some text not printing correctly, letters overprint

2014-03-29 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 07:10:52PM -0700, Octavio Alvarez wrote: > On 28/03/14 09:06, Chris Green wrote: > > I have a moderately complex diagram describing the connections on a > > multiway plug. > > > <> > > AGND - The A prints partially over the G > > VADC - The V prints over the A and t

Re: Some text not printing correctly, letters overprint

2014-03-29 Thread Michael Ross
Chris, The only answer to this question is, maybe - an opinion. OK to one may not seem so to you and vice versa. On your other quest, one of the main features of Dia compared to the commercial product from M$, is you have the ability to make your own shapes and organize them into palettes as you

Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-29 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Chris Green! >> > I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can >> > anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line >> > with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I could do it >> > that way but it feels a bit clumsy. >> >> If

Dia PDF Manual: Out-of-Date?

2014-03-29 Thread William Paul Liggett
Hi Dia Team, I was just wondering why there is an older PDF version of the Dia manual still being linked to at: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia/Documentation (where it specifically says "out-of-date" and the full link is: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia/Documentation?action=AttachFile&do