Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ken Springer! > Before I invest too much time into Dia... > For those that use spreadsheets, Dia is not a spreadsheet processor. > in most spreadsheets at least, you can add comments to a cell that are > hidden until you select the comment for a particular cell. > If I draw a rectan

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Dumitru Ursu
On 04/21/2014 11:09 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: I want to make a chart of historical information, and would like to >annotate the chart entry with additional information. I doubt you want to supply Dia along with your chart... Either you picked a wrong tool for the job, or you should rethink your ex

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Ken Springer
On 4/21/14 7:07 AM, Dumitru Ursu wrote: On 04/21/2014 11:09 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: I want to make a chart of historical information, and would like to annotate the chart entry with additional information. I doubt you want to supply Dia along with your chart... Either you picked a wrong tool

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Dumitru Ursu
On 04/21/2014 06:16 PM, Ken Springer wrote: I'm creating an organizational chart structure of information. If I choose to, I want to be able to click on an object, in this case a rectangle, and have another box, or window, open somewhere that gives me additional information about the data in t

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Hans Breuer
At 21.04.2014 17:28, Dumitru Ursu wrote: On 04/21/2014 06:16 PM, Ken Springer wrote: I'm creating an organizational chart structure of information. If I choose to, I want to be able to click on an object, in this case a rectangle, and have another box, or window, open somewhere that gives me ad

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Michael Ross
I annotate charts by creating a layer and placing notes there. It is free form and messy but it works. It would be sweet to have a notes field in every property pop up. Or Notes pop up in the right click menu. Or alternately, hyperlinks in a Dia. I would love to capture more depth of detail

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ken Springer! I want to make a chart of historical information, and would like to > annotate the chart entry with additional information. >>> I doubt you want to supply Dia along with your chart... >>> Either you picked a wrong tool for the job, or you should rethink your >>> e

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Michael Ross! > I annotate charts by creating a layer and placing notes there. It is free > form and messy but it works. > It would be sweet to have a notes field in every property pop up. Or > Notes pop up in the right click menu. Or alternately, hyperlinks in a > Dia. > I would

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Ken Springer
On 4/21/14 12:24 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Ken Springer! I want to make a chart of historical information, and would like to annotate the chart entry with additional information. I doubt you want to supply Dia along with your chart... Either you picked a wrong tool for the job, or

Re: Adding comments to an object

2014-04-21 Thread Ken Springer
On 4/21/14 9:52 AM, Hans Breuer wrote: At 21.04.2014 17:28, Dumitru Ursu wrote: On 04/21/2014 06:16 PM, Ken Springer wrote: I'm creating an organizational chart structure of information. If I choose to, I want to be able to click on an object, in this case a rectangle, and have another box,