Thanks for the tips. I also discovered that text can be deleted using ctrl-delete (or shift-delete) while typing.
Todd Lars Clausen wrote: > Todd Chambery sagde: > >> Hi All, >> >> I've been using Dia a lot recently, and am learning to really like it. >> I haven't found a non-commercial program similar to Visio with all the >> features Dia offers. That said, I have noticed a few "inconveniences": >> >> 1. When editing text, select/copy/paste don't work, and the delete key >> deletes the object. Given the amount of text in any drawing, it's >> tedious to have to retype everything. Not having a delete key just >> makes that task all the more difficult. >> > > You can copy the entire text of an object with "Copy Text", and similarly > insert text with "Insert Text", but you cannot currently do subselections > -- the right way to get that to work would be using a GtkEntryWidget for > text input instead of the horrible kludge we have now. THe current > "highlighting" of text being edited is a step on the way. It marks what > would be replaced with a proper widget, but you have probably noticed that > it's not fully congruent with the actual text editing yet. > > The delete key - same problem, the text input is a hack. Backspace does > work, though. > > >> 2. UML fonts and line thickness. I've seen some comments in the archive >> about this from a few years back, but the use of non-resizable monospace >> fonts and thick lines make the UML tool unsuitable for all but personal >> use. Since I don't need the diagrams for generation, I'm using nested >> boxes and text, but it would be much nicer to use the dedicated tools >> (especially when defining associations). >> > > You can set the fonts to other sizes and non-monospaced, but yes, the line > thickness should be editable. > > -Lars > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ 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
