Before requesting development, please try out the newest SVN version. Several of the things you mention have been implemented already.
-Lars On Apr 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, David Nguyen wrote: > Hi, > > I have some requests for dia (mine is on Windows, > dunno if it's the same on Linux). > > 1- Deletion of Text > Everytime I want to update text, if I 'del' text then > it doesn't work properly, it deletes the whole object. > > I have to use the backward deletion key '<-' to change > text and that's quite annoying. When I want to update > text, first I add text then I delete the old one, so I > can check what I have written. > > 2- Network Drive > Second problem is on network drives, Dia doesn't allow > to save or open dia files on a windows network. This > trouble is less annoying. I have to work on my drive > and then copy it on the network. > > 3- Customized group of shapes > I would like to create custom group of existing > shapes. Let's say some BPMN, some UML, some SDL, so > when I open my customized group and I have all objects > I need. I did it with File menu/Sheet and Objects, ok. > > For example, Cisco have 4 groups of shapes but only > one Cisco shape directory, I wonder also how can it be > possible ? When I look at dia/sheets directory I read > *.sheet but I can't understand how Dia can get the > shape directory. Maybe <object name ="DirectoryName - > ShapeName"> , is it ? Then when I modify the sheet, > adding objects with the UI I can't see update in the > *.sheet, where modifications are stored ? Any docs > about *.sheet. > > 4- Diagrams in one window > I'd like to have all my open diagrams in one window > (like in Notepad++) like the first image in > http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/. Now, I > have a MDI, I click 'Dia Object Window' and then click > 'Dia Diagram Window' to include new objects. Or having > the possibility to choose between SDI or MDI in > preferences. > > 5- UML, AADL > Where are the shapes, I can't see any directory ! I > can't see any UML, AADL *.shape in dia/shapes/ Maybe > it's 'allin' the dll ? > > 6- UML Text annotation > I'd like to change the text annotation object, because > there are 2 problems, the ratio aspect is fixed and > the text font is monospace whereas all other fonts in > use are sans, so the end result is quite weird. Is it > possible to make the ratio aspect variable and use the > standard font sans. Sometime, I add a text annotation > object to fill it later, so having this little object > is bad, I want to resize it before adding text. If I > can't do it by modifying *.shape can someone do it ? > > 7- Swimlane shape > I will try to create a swimlane shape, I will follow > http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/custom-shapes, I > have question for the textbox, how can I do it, when I > save I get a svg:text, I would like a modifiable > <textbox> like a BPMN Task. And I would like also that > the shape can be rotated to 90°. I also have to create > a png icon. And I would like it possible to include > other objects directly in the swimlane. Any hints or > online docs about textbox, object includes, > transparency ? > > > BR, > David > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > Envoyez avec Yahoo! Mail. Une boite mail plus intelligente > http://mail.yahoo.fr > _______________________________________________ > Dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
