Hi
Are there plans for adding diagram modules? A diagram module
would be a plug-in, like that for objects, that would
allow the creation of diagram windows tailored for a specific
type of diagram. They would have hooks for menus with actions
that apply to the diagram as a whole (instead of an object)
and maybe callbacks that would tell whether an object can
be placed in that diagram or not.
An example for a use of that (which 'by chance', happens to be
what I need) is to make diagrams that are a little more than
just graphics. Im hacking dia to make it export SQL scripts
from an ER model, check integrity of the model and some other
things. It would be good to have a menu that have these commands
and a submenu in the toolbox menu, with items such as "New ER Diagram"
In other applications, there could be commands to simulate
a diagram of a logical circuit.
That might fall outside the scope of Dia, but Dia already
does so much of what would be needed for that type of
application that I thought it would make sense to reuse it.
And instead of just hacking it for each new application,
it could either be extended to suport that kind of thing
pr maybe make it a framework that could be used to make
them.
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Alfredo
