Inability to create custom sheets and objects

object are a poor selection. Perhaps with clear precise instructions I would have been able to determine how to create custom objects. -- / Jim Baker / Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. Everything changes, nothing remains without change

How to insert 'dia'grams into Star Office 5.2 text document

in a huge overall document size of 4.5Mb. Any tips, hints or tricks much appreciated. Jim ___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list

Just another Kudo

. They are all Windows users, so they will be installing today, and I will be leading a brief tutorial session. Great program, making another inroad into corporate America. Nice job! Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http

Graphical question

customer. The system admin (blue box) performs the task, the customer (red box) works with the sys admin. I wonder if there is some way to have (for instance) diagonal colored stripes going through the box,rather than a monochromatic background, showing that this box is a team effort. Thanks- Jim

How to fill a star?

in with a red border and red fill. (Some do not...as I just try different ones on different menus.) But this one shape (from the Assorted shapes menu) does not fill. Am I doing something wrong, or should I just select a different shape? Thanks- Jim

2 questions in 2 days

thing weird going on. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Re: 2 questions in 2 days

: 993 x 1246 pixels, 2.5 times the size. And original.png is illegible, with fonts all weird. original2.png looks just as it should. Thanks- Jim Clark > Greetings folks > > Still on .94 still on RH. Wondered about something else. > > I am the guy using Dia inside IBM for a bi

Maybe I'm missing something

the hoo-hah of attached lines, would be great. And while we're at it, a zero-dimension guide (as in GIMP) that I can pull out to verify things are in fact lined up as I want them would be very nice as well. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing

Re: Maybe I'm missing something

the other guy said, let me fine-tune the placement and then I will get the attached lines in place. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Room diagrams

t any suggestions appreciated. Thanks- Jim Clark UNIX/Intel & Storage, LVKH Lenexa, Kansas 913/599-8845 T/L 337-8845___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.

Re: Convert Dia to Jpeg

My .02 can't say if there's a Windows way to do this, but I can say you will be much happier converting them to png rather than to jpg. No loss, not blur, no graininess. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnom

Re: bugs in Dia for Windows

, from me and about 40 new users worldwide within IBM. Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Suddenly developing problem

er: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. It seems to work fine though. Anyone know what happened? Thanks- Jim Clark ___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnom

US Visit

hanks- Jim Clark SDS: K0QA Lenexa, Kansas 913/599-8845 T/L 337-8845___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

After all the big stuff, a small question

e of these pieces. I want to anchor them to the left side of a box, so I need the connection point on the right, but do not see how to get it to switch sides. How is this done? Thanks- Jim Clark SDS: K0QA Lenexa, Kansas 913/599-8845 T/L 337-8845___ Dia-li

A tiny question

have the return fail, or it squeeze the text beyond my margins, or something, if this would be possible. It just annoys me to have to start over when my line is one character too long. Now this is not a big deal, but if there's some way to stop/prevent it, I&#

Text rotation

code more than I can, since any value is greater than zero. So this is the opinion of an uninformed person, but it has been working fine for me for years. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Information about DIA

, the product is ready to use for real work right now. It is a wonderful tool. I have been happily using it for several years. There is an internal Linux desktop within IBM called Open Client, and Dia is included as part of that release. Thanks- Jim

Moving on

And Lars-- My offer of lunch on your next trip to Kansas is still open. And I'll happily extend it to Hans, though I bet he doesn't come this way as often. Thanks for a great tool! Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list

Compile questions

: Need Pango version 1.1.5 or higher rpm -qa | grep pango pango-1.14.9-3.el5 1.14.9 seems higher than 1.1.5 Pango is in /usr/lib. which seems a reasonable place to look. I've been hunting on the web, and though this is a recurring issue, I haven't found the solution. So what's it mis

Re: Compile questions

0-rhel-rel39 k which didn't help. Same glib problem. I am so grateful for the help received so far, and if this is solvable (by someone with limited Linux knowledge...) I'm eager to do so. Jim Clark > checking for PANGOVERSION... configure: error: Need Pango version 1.1.5 or >

Re: Compile questions

Well--I did not find those precompiled versions...though I'd have much preferred to use one. Here's where I am: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) Thanks yet again- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnom

Gave up on compiling, tried the RPM

oot 47892 Dec 12 10:48 libxfig_filter.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13336 Dec 12 10:48 libxslt_filter.so Anyone see which standard objects are not included? And how I might repair the oversight? Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list

Re: Gave up on compiling, tried the RPM

repair > the oversight? Which distribution ? What RPM did you take ? Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Text Highlight color

always grouped with its container. Can I do something to get that back? Thanks- Jim Clark Lenexa, KS USA___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Re: Text Highlight color

tainer, but spills over the edges if it gets too big in one package? Because that is what I like. Sounds as if these are two different items. How's that for a prima donna? Thanks yet again- Jim Clark Lenexa, KS USA___ dia-list mailing list dia-list

Re: read visio drawing in a word document

ver it was when it went in there. Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Simple right angle line

ke it have that third movable piece" Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Right angle lines (again...)

wo pieces forever, no matter what--never make it have that third movable piece" Thanks again-- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Re: Right angle lines (again...)

make my life better. Thanks again! Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Re: Right angle lines (again...)

. The 8 hard right angle lines I made yesterday have been added. Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Re: Wrapping Text in Object

s required, I place it alongside the appropriate box. I realize this is probably not the "preferred" solution, but this creates lovely diagrams. Thanks- Jim Clark___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/list

Printing suggestion

g Insert/Picture (7) If it doesn't show in your Word page; Right mouse click in the Picture area Select Text Wrapping - Square. Your Dia diagram will be there & fit on the page. (8) Save it and Print It. Jim ___ dia-list m

Tried Dia; Liked Dia; Can't Use Dia

't make my chart (as required by my user) and I can't use Dia. Jim Anderson ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

[PATCH] Database shapes and start arrow

correctly to no start arrow 2) loading new file into old dia: will ignore the start arrows Jim ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org

Re: [PATCH] Database shapes and start arrow

ssing optional property. It seems to set to the object creation default, which will be whatever the current default start arrow is at load time; this is obviously wrong. I need to override this to "no arrow" when loading an old file. Suggestions? Jim

Re: [PATCH] Database shapes and start arrow

On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Hans Breuer wrote: > At 25.04.2012 00:36, Jim Ursetto wrote: >> On Apr 24, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Hans Breuer wrote: >>> This is not the way backward compatibility is handled in Dia. The >>> right behaviour would be to initialize to the previ

Re: [PATCH] Database shapes and start arrow

On Apr 26, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Hans Breuer wrote: > Soory, I fail to see any correlation between database references and crow's > foot notation. All right, then I will not worry about it any further. Jim ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gno

DIA - Labeling arrows

Hi, Any way to add labels to arrows in dia?  It's a pretty critical function. Thanks, Jim___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/

DIA:UML:ARGOUML:IMPORT *.dia via ARGO2DIA

Does anybody have any information on additional usage of Argo2dia. I am having trouble translating (xsltproc) *.pgml to *.dia files (it crashes dia application). My goal is to get from ArgoUML *.zargo (or *.xmi) -> *.dia via XSLT if available. Dia seems to support generation of *.java, is there

Unresolved questions

nap to Grid function I click the off, apply, and OK, but it does not work. I can shut down Dia and restart it and the change will take effect, but doe snot in the same session. Is there some other step? Known problem? Something I'm missing? T

Re: Unresolved questions

that do one thing and do them well. I tried to do this in Open Office and was stumbling around; this is so much more straightforward. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at

Another set of beginner questions

sure is annoying. Must be an easier way to do this. On RH 9.0 dia 0.93 And, do you pronounce it dee-ah or die-ah with first or second syllable accented? Thanks- Jim Clark IBM Global Services, Service Delivery Center - West Lenexa, Kansas 913/599-8845

How to Pronounce Dia?

they are all gone. Is it possible to change the default colors or create another palette? I was somewhat disappointed when I saw they disappeared. Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FA

From private to public

e color palette. I have a file called gtksettings but it too has nothing about colors in it. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Re: From private to public

iles in /etc/gconf/schemas but none called dia. Which one might control this? Thanks for all the help. Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.htm

Re: From private to public

anonymous folks have given me, but instead I've created web sites about unknown 50's and 60's American folk musicians, so I'm educating someone else. But I sure appreciate all your help. Thanks- Jim Clark Other well-known Jim Clarks (since someone asked) Founder (or major hon

Another newbie question time

make a 3 chuck line. The zigzag tool does not offer me the control to make the line where I want but places it where it thinks best. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at

Re: Another newbie question time

1) What kind of a dumb question is that knucklehead? Didn't you even look? Try "reset tools after create" in the Preferences box. sorry..found it right after sending.___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Another newbie question time

http://www.llywelyn.net/png.html I put a simple image of what I'd like to do on my web site. I'm sure there is a lot I don't understand about that zigzag line.... Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Line intersection

I saw it once but cannot find it again. How to put the hop into intersecting lines, so that one curves "over" the other? Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list F

Re: Another newbie question time

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 08:42, Jim Clark wrote: >> http://www.llywelyn.net/png.html > >> I put a simple image of what I'd like to do on my web site. I'm sure >> there is a lot I don't understand about that zigzag line >Create a zig zag line whic

Re: Another newbie question time

Ah-ha! Grab and wiggle enough lines and eventually you see the light. I had to grab the vertical line with the red box and move that past the endpoint of the lower line, and that turned my lowest line in the proper direction. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia

Text color

Sometimes when I double click on the text tool I get an option to change the text color and sometimes I do not. I haven't figured out why that is yet. Though I am sure there's a good reason. What am I doing some of the time and not others. Thanks- Jim Clark And, folks, this

Been over a day without a question

, self-determined meridian. I do not see where/how/if I can specify (and cannot really imagine how such thing would be specified) to say Align Item B with Item A. If there's some other way to do this, I'd be happy to hear. Thanks- Jim Clark__

Asked before, now again with more questions attached

vertically? Is there a setting somewhere that tells it how far to space the boxes, or does it average the existing distances and make them that distance apart? Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/li

Saving defaults

s one and immediately save it with the name I intend to use. I have versions of all my boxes ready, and they have all the attributes I need. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at

Missing file

just installed the XML::Parser module (or at least the response to the perl Makefile.pl for it said I installed it) and got the same error... So, what's next? Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/li

Kudo and Question

perfectly. One small question..very small. When viewing at 400%, the first line of text in a box is enlarged appropriately. The second line is not. Is this unique to me? No big deal, just a bit disconcerting. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing

Re: Kudo and Question

Yeah, well my ability to investigate is, shall we say, quite minimal. I am not a programmer. Not close. I know no languages other than English. So, I gratefully accept your wonderful program. Wish I had more to offer other than my thanks, but they are sincere and heartfelt. Thanks- Jim

generate source files from UML

this feature readily available. I looked through the enhancements on Bugzilla and couldn't find this request. I apoglize if I missed it. -- - Jim Pharis ___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list F

Flowchart protocol

ow official flow-charting rules. Thanks- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Protocol thanks and a shape question

m, and one on the right. Is it supposed to have one? Is there a reason? Should I not be connecting on the left? Thanks again- Jim Clark___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/p

Newbie Question - Object 90 Degree Rotation

hing? TIA -= Jim =- ___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

Re: Want to resize Boxes on text update

hanks, Jim Clark From: Seba

Re: Want to resize Boxes on text update

options, as I like ME to have them! Thanks, Jim Clark From

DIAW.exe question

items first, then this works fine - I'm just wondering if there is a way to do this without grouping them first? Hey - thanks guys and gals for the DIAW.exe application. Saved me [a retired systems guy] from buying Visio. Jim Holstein St. Louis MO USA [ps: I didn't vote for Trump so

Scale is NaN

solve that? Can i change it directly from DIA file? There is a bugfix for it? Please, I need some help. I have some important diagrams in DIA. I don't subscribe the list and I ask the people to reply directly to me. Thank you again. -- CUL8R,[]s Jim Bruno Goldberg &l