On 25 Aug 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:09 , Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > Once 0.92 is out, the next version will feature a totally >> different text edit system with a separate text edit mode that would >> allow for multiple editable fields in an object among other things. I >> hope you can wait that long. I'm looking at the last patches to go into >> 0.92 right now, and expect to send out a pre1 maybe later this week, >> maybe next week. >> >> -Lars >> > > Thanks Lars. Do you mean to say that the next version *after* 0.92 will > have it, or that 0.92 is this "next version" that will have it? That is, > will the 0.92-pre1 coming in the next couple weeks include the ability to > have multiple edit boxes per shape?
Should have been more clear perhaps. 0.93 is slated to have this. > I'd like to see the new shape DTD, example shape XML files, and/or the > new "custom-shapes" document, if it's not too much trouble. I think we > can wait a little while for the functionality, but we would like to know > as soon as possible how closely it will meet our needs. We have none such yet. Since the DTD doesn't specify that there's only one textbox per shape, I doubt it's going to change. Your own multi-textbox files would probably (hopefully) work. The custom-shapes document will be updated when something for it changes. > I hope you don't mind me asking, but are there open-source or inexpensive > alternatives to Dia that I should consider? I have looked at Xfig, > Sketch, and Scribus, and none of them seem to support object > "connections". I am doing ladder logic work, and inter-object connections > are required to be able to process the diagram and build the equations. I > don't mind spending some money, but we need to get away from Visio and > Microsoft's closed and bulky file format. My platform is Win2k. Take a look at the Links page found on our homepage. Xfig does allow 'smart links,' which is kinda the same, I just really hate the interface. -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
