On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Hans Breuer wrote: > At 23.09.2008 18:41, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > I gather that dia has an API, > Yes. See the sources: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/dia/trunk/ > > that is a mechanism > > for producing diagrams from a user-written program, > Sorry, I don't follow your conclusion. Dia *is* a program to produce > diagrams. It can be extended with plug-ins written in C or Python.
I thought that the engine could be used by something other than the GUI. E.g., if I wanted a dia-gram of the ruler function or to space boxes with a formula, I could write a program that would use the engine. Though diagrams are to look at, eyeballs and mice aren't always the best way to generate them. > Another extension mechanism are shapes, see: > http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/dia/trunk/doc/custom-shapes?view=markup > > > but I haven't found any documentation on it. > > If there is, where is it documented? > > > Depends on what you are looking for. > > -------- Hans "at" Breuer "dot" Org ----------- > Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to > get along without it. -- Dilbert > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." _______________________________________________ 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
