Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-07 Thread Ron Wilson via dia-list
Where I work, Di is very usable on both MS Windows and Linux. We currently have only 2 significant usage issues: 1. No way to set default text properties. For text objects, the work-around is easy. For objects with "text fields", like UML shapes, this is more work. 2. The UML Transition shape

Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-06 Thread Michael Ross via dia-list
I agree Steve. Hans worked very hard to keep Dia like this. I can continue with the current version of Dia - it is always available. If it strays too much and it doesn't suit me I will simply stop using newer releases. Dia has already lasted far longer than other programs I use for nearly 20

Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-06 Thread Edheldil
On 05/12/2018 18.32, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > What's wrong with Dia just the way it is? It works. It's exportable > into Inkscape for conversion to SVG. Hi, all, Though I like Dia (*), there are (many) places where it's sorely lacking. My biggest peeves are:   * Shapes rotation - you

Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-05 Thread Andrey Repin via dia-list
Greetings, Steve Litt! > What's wrong with Dia just the way it is? It works. It's exportable > into Inkscape for conversion to SVG. "It works" is the most you can say about it. When you start to actually USE it, you immediately discover different small annoyances, the more - the deeper you

Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-05 Thread Thomas Harding
Le 5 décembre 2018 18:32:47 GMT+01:00, Steve Litt a écrit : >What's wrong with Dia just the way it is? It works. It's exportable >into Inkscape for conversion to SVG. Good point, but that also means to repeatidly rewrites by hand the diagram shapes and so on. An UNIX way would be to

Re: What's wrong with Dia the way it is?

2018-12-05 Thread rhkramer--- via dia-list
+1 (from an occasional user) On Wednesday, December 05, 2018 12:32:47 PM Steve Litt wrote: > What's wrong with Dia just the way it is? It works. It's exportable > into Inkscape for conversion to SVG. > > Sure, I have a few qualms with the way Dia works, mainly having to do > with the