Le 11/06/2014 00:38, Michael Ross a écrit :
I am not into shape creation, but isn't that what you are doing here -
adding text to a shape?
Bhanu wants to add text to a tool such as an arc or line. Can that be
done with the method you have shown?
hups sorry, i didn't realize what Bhanu wan
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 06:53:57PM -0400, Michael Ross wrote:
>Chris,A
>Not every drawing is a circuit diagram. A Dia is designed to be general
>purpose, so some tasks require that you use Dia the way a generalized
>program requires it.
Yes, I know not all drawings are circuit dia
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 01:53:02AM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Chris Green!
>
> > I thinks that's right. The inexperienced user (me, for example) tends
> > to dive in with a diagram that they want to draw before thinking about
> > details of how it will scale when they want to print i
I have a Dia called Start Dia File that has all the settings I like, grid
size, scale some layers, margins, and so on. It is completely unreasonable
for me to expect Dia to have exactly what I want as a default, but this
simple solution does provide that:
When I start up, my Start Dia File is in
Greetings, Chris Green!
>> > I thinks that's right. The inexperienced user (me, for example) tends
>> > to dive in with a diagram that they want to draw before thinking about
>> > details of how it will scale when they want to print it or put it into
>> > a web page or whatever.
>>
>> > They com
Greetings, Michael Ross!
> Bhanu wants to add text to a tool such as an arc or line. Can that be done
> with the method you have shown?
You can attach text label to a straight connection (to it's center), and it'll
move along with connection line changes.
But that's the only connection tool that
On 06/11/2014 03:43 PM, Michael Ross wrote:
This is a common occurrence - a new user has a bunch of suggestions
(that are often repeats of previous ones from years past) that are not
informed by experience with the program, how open source work gets
done, and an unwillingness to adapt to what
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 08:43:31AM -0400, Michael Ross wrote:
>I have a Dia called Start Dia File that has all the settings I like, grid
>size, scale some layers, margins, and so on. A It is completely
>unreasonable for me to expect Dia to have exactly what I want as a
>default, but
Greetings, Dumitru Ursu!
> I don't mean to be rude, but if users point out year after year at some
> odd feature, then maybe is time to review that bit of UX?
No, it's time to carefully appraise the issue and make an informed decision.
> It's not a technical deficiency of SVG format, it's just a
I like the way Dia works, and find it very flexible. I think learning the
software is the best choice.
I do not develop this code, however, I have seen the developers engage with
people and incorporate new ideas and features, often. This is what I
observe.
(Leaving bugs out of this conversation
On 06/11/2014 06:11 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
Again, you use the word "most" in which you only include yourself and your
immediate surroundings.
Yes, my opinion is based on my immediate surroundigs, that is true. But
as I said in a previous replay, is not that hard to find who are the
users of
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 07:11:10PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Dumitru Ursu!
>
> > I don't mean to be rude, but if users point out year after year at some
> > odd feature, then maybe is time to review that bit of UX?
>
> No, it's time to carefully appraise the issue and make an inform
Sorry for long quote : tht's tedious with a cellphone to wipe :)
So, your method is the right one: starting from templates where needed.
And fortunately it would be easy to code, with almost no impact on ui: ''new
diagram'' ''pause'' ''from template'' ''templates menu'' ;
keeping ''new diagram
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