On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Lars Clausen wrote: > >> > 500 records. Instead of typing them in, I have a file with all of >> > these values. I cannot simply open the Dia file with a text editor and >> > add them as the file seems to be encrypted or in binary form, so is >> > there a way to add this data without having to enter it in through the >> > Dia GUI? > > I pondered the idea of text import/insertion, would be cool to be able to > import loads of text and split it up into differnt textboxes based on > linebreaks or other string tokens. For something as much as 500 records > autolayout code would be a godsend but now i am off in the blue skies > with the wishful thinking and the stream of consciousness and the sleep > deprivation and the ... mmmhoi! * > >> The file isn't encrypted, it's simply gzipped. You can either uncheck >> the option of compressing files when you save the diagram, or >> uncompressed the file using gunzip. > > I would humbley suggest that to avoid these kinds of questions in future > that gzip compression be off by default. > > What are the reasons for having it on by default?
The reason is that XML files tend to be large and very compressible. For instance, the 15K compressed file samples/AST.dia uncompresses to 600K, a factor 40. > If diskspace is really a concern (and i have started to notice > the cumulative effect of almost never compressing my files) then > being able to save as .dia compressed with bzip2 would be a nice > enhancement. The difference between gzip and bzip2 is a small amount of size and a somewhat greater amount of > I quite like the way Abiword has gzipped abiword as a seperate file > format (.zabw). Adobe Illustrator (amongs others) has gzipped SVG as a > seperate format (.svgz). > > It also makes things simpler when programs dont use the same extension > for different contents, but i should know better and use "file" instead > of crude guessing based on file extension. I agree that having a different extension would be nice. Maybe .diaz? .zdia? I prefer .zdia. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| Hårdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
