Re: Patch for Delete key behavior (for dia-0.96.1)

2007-09-28 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi guys, I'm new to this list. I'm not into the full conversation, but clicking in a empty location of a diagram is what I'd expect to exit any editing mode. 2007/9/28, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 12:01 +0530, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Michael Ro

Mailing list moderator?

2007-10-16 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi guys, is the mailing list moderator on holiday or something? Last friday I posted a large mail including patches for dia, however, the post (incl. patches) came out at ~90kB and I got a bounce message that anything over 40kB needs moderator approval. It's tuesday now, and I haven't heard anyth

Fwd: Custom lines plugin for dia 0.96.1 (including patch+demo line shapes/sheet)

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
found at the URIs below: http://krnl.nl/custom_lines_plugin_for_dia_0.96.1.patch.gz http://krnl.nl/custom_lines_plugin_for_dia_0.96.1_demo_lines_and_sheet.tgz Okay, now on to the original posting: -- Forwarded message -- From: Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 12 okt. 2007

Re: can't compile SVN revision 3818

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
Always remember: autogen.sh is your friend! 2007/10/19, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 10/19/07, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > can't you diff interface.c with an older version and see where it comes > from > > ? > >

Re: Non-uniform scaling/resizing.

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
10/19, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just discovered, > > it looks (visually) a bit adding a Class object to a Large Package in UML. > When resizing the package shape, the contained class shape doesn't > resize/rescale. > > -- > dpy > > 2007/10/

Re: can't compile SVN revision 3818

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi Sameer, can't you diff interface.c with an older version and see where it comes from ? good luck! --- dpy 2007/10/19, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Just did an SVN update, but make fails in one place: > > interface.c:149: error: 'dia_textedit_tool_icon' undeclared here (not

Re: Non-uniform scaling/resizing.

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
I just discovered, it looks (visually) a bit adding a Class object to a Large Package in UML. When resizing the package shape, the contained class shape doesn't resize/rescale. -- dpy 2007/10/19, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yes, thought of things like that. >

Re: Non-uniform scaling/resizing.

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
agging would be applied non-uniformly, as described in the previous post. This way, the end-user can bail-out or override the subshape behaviour for the current diagram. -- dpy 2007/10/19, W. Martin Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 02:06:36PM +0200, Marcel Toe

Re: Non-uniform scaling/resizing.

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
> > .TIA > .....Brian > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Marcel Toele wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:04:59 +0200 > > From: Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: discussions about usage and development of dia < > dia-list@gnome.org>

Non-uniform scaling/resizing.

2007-10-19 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi, just to let you know, I'm currently trying to figure out a way to get non-uniform scaling/resizing in dia. For an example comparison have a look at: http://krnl.nl/shape_resizing_in_dia_vs_visio.html cheers, Marcel ___ Dia-list mailing list Dia-l

Re: Custom lines plugin for dia 0.96.1 (including patch+demo line shapes/sheet)

2007-10-26 Thread Marcel Toele
2007/10/19, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 15:28 +0200, Marcel Toele wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I have written an objects/shapes plugin for dia called custom_lines. > > It is similar to the custom_objects plugin > >

Dia support for MediaWiki

2007-10-31 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi guys, just want to drop a message to notify that I have added support for rendering Dia diagrams in MediaWiki (The wikipedia software). Who knows, maybe some time from now we can just start uploading Dia diagrams directly to wikipedia! url: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dia cheers,

Re: Fixed height and width on shape

2007-11-09 Thread Marcel Toele
Hold it! I'm working on this! I'm adding the functionality to objects/custom/ as we speak. (I already have it working locally with some code ugliness). So please stand by, I'll submit a patch in approx. 2 weeks (I only work on dia on fridays). cheers, Marcel 2007/11/3, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PRO

Non-uniform scaling preview.

2007-11-09 Thread Marcel Toele
ustom_shapes_with_non_uniform_scaling.html greetings, Marcel -- Marcel Toele Kern Automatiseringsdiensten BV ___ 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: Non-uniform scaling preview.

2007-11-12 Thread Marcel Toele
hough in this reply I may seem a bit stubborn, I *am* open for suggestions. After all, I can't foresee every type of usage upfront. However, I *have* given the current design decisions and naming/value schemes quite some thought, so certain choices are likely to be less arbitrary than they, at f

Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch

2007-11-23 Thread Marcel Toele
the patch works for you as well, if it doesn't please advise or supply further instructions. greetings, Marcel Toele Kern Automatiseringsdiensten BV subshape_for_dia_svn_rev3861.patch.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data subshape_for_dia_demo_shapes_and_sheets.tgz Description: GNU Zip

Re: Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch

2007-11-25 Thread Marcel Toele
2007/11/24, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I tested your patch against 3861 with the sample shape you provided, but > it worked just like any other shape, the star in the corner scaled just > as much as the box. > > -Lars > > I just couldn't believe my eyes when I read that. So on my ho

Re: Pasting text into dia diagrams. Was: Re: hello

2007-11-26 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi Todd, pasting text from the paste buffer in dia does not use 'ctrl+v', but rather 'ctrl+shift+v'. I never understood this design decision¹ either but it's the way it works for now. ¹ I think it has to do with the fact that: 1. A selected text object in dia always has keyboard focus;

Re: Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch

2007-11-30 Thread Marcel Toele
all is well and the shape with both subshapes are correctly rendered *with* non-uniform scaling (i.e. no distortion). I'm investigating the matter further... cheers, Marcel 2007/11/26, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2007/11/24, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch

2007-11-30 Thread Marcel Toele
ms to have switched from true to false. Please beware of doing that, as it seems to incur a huge functional regression for the custom_objects plugin/shapes: These shapes usually depend on having their backgrounds drawn to reflect their icons. 2007/11/30, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch

2007-11-30 Thread Marcel Toele
not on this end. greetings, Marcel 2007/11/30, Marcel Toele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Just to inform you, I'm trying to figure out was is going on. > > I have just reproduced my initial result (The outline shape, with only a > star drawn at the top/right position, but it *d

Any new comments on the non-uniform scaling patch?

2007-12-04 Thread Marcel Toele
Lars/any dev with svn acces/anyone else, Can you please comment on the updated information about the non-uniform scaling patch (I've added extra information via Replies to that thread) # Request for approval: Non-uniform scaling (a.k.a. subshapes) patch, Marcel Toele (http://mail.gnom

Re: Any new comments on the non-uniform scaling patch?

2007-12-07 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi again, I'm currently repairing the 2x2cm "bug". It already works in my test bench. What I have done is: - I have separated the Unit definitions from lib/widgets.c and lib/widgets.h and put them in lib/units.c and lib/units.h so they can be used elsewhere in the code. - I have added two option

Re: Any new comments on the non-uniform scaling patch?

2007-12-07 Thread Marcel Toele
I'm not convinced that the default_scale attribute is the right way to > > go about handling the scaling issues. It means that whereas the > > super-shape ignores the absolute scale and just uses the coordinates as > > relative coordinates in a 2x2 cm space, the sub-shape actually uses the > > uni

Re: Any new comments on the non-uniform scaling patch?

2007-12-07 Thread Marcel Toele
2007/12/4, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 12:28 +0100, Marcel Toele wrote: > > Lars/any dev with svn acces/anyone else, > > > > Can you please comment on the updated information about the > > non-uniform scaling patch > >

Re: Configure dia systemwide

2007-12-14 Thread Marcel Toele
Can't you use skeleton files (/etc/skel)? 2007/12/12, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 11:28 +0100, schoenfeld / in-medias-res wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for our developer systems I try to set a configuration option for dia > > systemwide. But I found no global configurati

Re: The process of making custom shapes

2008-01-09 Thread Marcel Toele
Dia's custom shapes support a subset of SVG, so not everything that inkscape can do can be rendered by dia. However, with a little care you can use inkscape to author .svg file that can be turned into .shape files. For the company I work, for I have written a small script that will convert a direc

Re: Poor website - poor product

2008-01-10 Thread Marcel Toele
Please do read the following article: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm 2007/12/29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The link specified in the text > > Up to date RPMs for various distributions can be found at Ximian. Up to > date packages can also be generated from the source by run

Dia non-uniform scaling (aka "sub shapes") patch UPDATE (against svn rev. 3875)

2008-01-10 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi guys, first of all, best wishes for the new year! With this post I present, to you, the latest update to the non-uniform scaling patch. This post is an update to the original posts: - The Preview Post: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2007-November/msg00023.html - The Request for Appr

Dia custom lines objects patch UPDATE (against svn rev. 3875)

2008-01-11 Thread Marcel Toele
disabled yet as this is a non-trivial task. Like yesterdays patch (about the non-uniform scaling), I'd wish to see it included in SVN. Comments are welcome! cheers, Marcel -- Marcel Toele Kern Automatiseringsdiensten BV customlines_for_dia_svn_rev3875-1.patch.gz Description: GNU

Re: Dia non-uniform scaling (aka "sub shapes") patch UPDATE (against svn rev. 3875)

2008-01-28 Thread Marcel Toele
h I do not address the draw_background/fill background default behaviour that apparently changed. So for each shape that you draw in svn dia, you will probably need to turn on drawing of the background manually in the object's properties dialog. Hope this helps, Marcel Toele Kern Automatiser

Re: documentation of shape size

2008-02-12 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi Thomas, I also replied this to Ricardo, who asked somewhat the same question: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2008-February/msg4.html --snip-8<---snip---8<- I have two pending patches, one of which will solve this problem. In short, it allows you to define the initia

Re: Dia shape sizes

2008-02-12 Thread Marcel Toele
Hi Ricardo, I have two pending patches, one of which will solve this problem. In short, it allows you to define the initial (drag 'n drop-size) of a shape in de .shape file. If you only specify either the height or width, it will honor the aspect ratio of the shape you authored and derive the oth

Re: Dia custom lines objects patch UPDATE (against svn rev. 3875)

2008-04-04 Thread Marcel Toele
Hey Hans, 2008/3/5 Hans Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Marcel, > sorry for not commenting earlier. I only found the time to look at your > patch a few days ago. Unfortunately the way it was done is not portable. > As already noted in the ChangeLog ObjectTypeOps or even the Object > definitions

Enforced icon size?

2008-06-19 Thread Marcel Toele
Hey guys, I was wondering, what is the rationale for enforcing the icon size to 22x22? I have a sheet/set of shapes here that have auto-generated icons, these need to be at least 32 px wide, otherwise you cannot distinguish any of them, there are too many of these shapes to start polishing up my