Re: Family Tree
Hi Wayne, Julian, have you tried the "Tree" object from the "Misc" sheet? http://dia-installer.de/shapes/Misc/index.html The object context menu (right click) will allow you to add/remove handles as necessary. Note that you can rotate the tree. For the Nodes, have you tried the "Process/Auxiliary Operation" object from the "Flowchart" sheet? http://dia-installer.de/shapes/Flowchart/index.html You can write text in this object, background/outline can be changed/removed if you don't want a frame/background around your node. Regards, Steffen On 03/11/2014 01:38 PM, Wayne Babb wrote: I have the same problem as this post:- "On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Julian Hagenauer https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=hagenauer%20uni-heidelberg%20de> wrote: Hi, i want to draw a tree. The nodes should be text, and lines should connect the nodes. With dia it seems not possible to connect text with lines" ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Automated file export
Hello Martin, have you tried the following command? dia myfile.dia -e myfile.svg Running dia --help should show you some more commandline export ideas. Regards, Steffen On 02/08/2014 10:56 AM, Martin Goik wrote: dia2svg myfile.dia myfile.svg. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: thanks for nothing - a look at the uninstaller
Hello Christophe, On 01/30/2014 07:30 PM, Christophe Ponsard wrote: https://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/installer/win32/dia.nsi Unless you've build the installer yourself, this is not the installer source. Please have a look at https://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/installer/win32/dia.nsi?h=dia-0-97 instead. there seems to be a recursive rm loop in the uninstall part Yes, secured by an explicit warning dialog. note the uninstall directory is shown at the first step of uninstall (but could be missed) later the uninstaller asks for confirmation for directory removal however at this stage the files are already deleted so I miss the point of this check If you look to the uninstall process in a little bit more detail, you'll see that the uninstallation is performed in two stages: First the list of files from the installation log is deleted. Then the user is asked, if he would like to delete the installation directory and all of it's contents (in some cases there are some artifacts like temporary files or files from previous installations in it). Only after confirmation from the user, the directory and its contents removed. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Improved Shape Search
Hello All, an improved Dia Shape Search is available from http://dia-installer.de/shapes/search.html The search results now contain the toolbox icons, which makes it much easier to judge if a listed object is really what you're looking for. The search should be much faster now, occurring as you type ahead (you don't have to click the search button any more). And searches are performed locally in the browser, your search terms are not send to any server. Compared to the old search, the data is more up to date with all objects from the Dia distribution and the Dia shape repository, including updated translations. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Adding a user defined attribute to the standard line - or another line-object, that works the same as the regular line object, but with user definable attributes in dia?
Hi Einar, On 01/15/2014 03:25 PM, Einar Indridason wrote: Cool! Any idea when that will become the next released version? (And, since I'm using Debian, that will be around 3-5 years from now :-) I'm sorry I have no idea. Depending on the complexity of your classification, it might also be possible to simply use layers to organize your standard lines. The Python code to walk over the layers and adjust the colors accordingdly should be pretty simple. I'm not sure though, if it's easy enough to move the lines between the layers. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Adding a user defined attribute to the standard line - or another line-object, that works the same as the regular line object, but with user definable attributes in dia?
Hi Einar, if you have a chance to look at the current development state of Dia in git master, you'll find that the standard line object is equipped with a number of meta fields that could be possibly used for your purpose. Besides there might be other solutions possible in Dia 0.97.2: You may connect text objects to your standard lines. If necessary you can add additional connection points. The text objects could be hidden in a separate layer. Have you considered to use a Python plugin to color your objects? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: dia: python plugin - get selected line length
Thanks, Neil! I've set up a little github repository to collect Python plugins and added your getlength.py: https://github.com/sdteffen/dia-plugins I've updated the comments a little bit, added some TODOs and removed an unused function. Anyone else who would like to share his plugins? Regards, Steffen On 12/18/2013 10:32 AM, Neil Hellfeldt wrote: Recently I needed to calculate how many feet of network cable our company was going to need for a rewiring and I noticed dia has no info on the actual length of the line drawn ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: would you help me, please?
Greetings, 별은빛나고! Does your loop symbol belong to a special "notation"? The symbol looks pretty basic, you could use a simple polygon for it and place a text object on top of it. Do you know how to create your own shapes? http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.html.en Regarding the alignment: Have you thought about "snap to grid"? Steffen On 12/26/2013 07:03 PM, 별은빛나고 wrote: I hope adding loop limit symbol as picture. How can I add loop limit symbol and*alignment *these symbol? ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Table object?
Eric, On 01/02/2014 11:05 PM, Eric Fowler wrote: I am looking for a simple Excel-type table object that I can use in Dia. I have tried the Database table but that is not what I need. Anyone know if one exists? did you have a look at the "Resizable Grid" in the "Misc" sheet? You can adjust the number columns/rows in its properties. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Copy paste in UML Packages
Hi Nicolas, On 13.12.2013 13:51, Nicolas Hohm wrote: Hey guys, i'm using DIA for creating a uml class diagramm. Now i have created a diagramm and like to create packages. How can i move existing classes into a package or using copy&paste to duplicate classes created in the package? Have you tried to 1. Select package and class together (e.g. by holding down the shift key) 2. Choose Objects->Parent from the menu Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
HVAC shapes available in the Dia Shape Repository
Hello All, Joshua A. Shaw has created a set of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) shapes for Dia. The shapes are freely available from http://dia-installer.de/shapes/HVAC/index.html.en and via diashapes. Thanks, Joshua! Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia
Hi Ray, On 09.11.2013 16:27, Ray Kornele wrote: In Dia, I would like to see the capability to rotate objects, at least, in 45 degree increments, preferably in 15 degree increments. Rotation support has been asked for many times. If you're able to run Python plugins in Dia, there's a plugin that provides some rotation support: http://dia-installer.de/doc/rotation.html.en The page also contains information how you can testdrive the upcoming group rotation support in future Dia version using e.g. the Dia Development VM. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Icon for human or user?
Hi Eric, On 10/28/13 8:14 PM, Eric Fowler wrote: Easy question: does dia have an icon for a human or a user, other than the UML 'Actor'? If you look at the "Cisco — Miscellaneous", you should find several icons (shapes) of human beings. http://dia-installer.de/shapes/ciscomisc/index.html If these are not what you're looking for, could you describe in a little bit more detail what kind of image you're looking for? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: All-in-one window option (--integrated)
Hi Doom, On 10/24/13 10:59 AM, Doom wrote: So I have done a .bat file which name is 'dia_integrated.bat' in bin of Dia. There's only one line in this batch : "D:\Programs\Dia\bin\dia.exe" --integrated %1 Could you try to change dia.exe into diaw.exe in that file? dia.exe is the commandline (console) version of dia, diaw.exe the console-less Windows version of Dia. If that doesn't work - how did you install Dia (e.g. what's the URL of the installer you've downloaded?) Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia Error
Hi Andy, On 22.08.2013 15:49, Andy Parker wrote: Can you please help on an issue a user is experiencing with DiaShapes - we receive the error "Unable to Download Sheet Information" when we try and run the application Which version of Diashapes do you use? Is the app able to access the internet? Antivirus software or internet access via proxy servers might cause problems. Try to use a connection that does not require a proxy (if possible). The "Sheet Information" is located under http://dia-installer.de/sheets.xml - you may want to check if this location is accessible via your browser. As internet connection and server are involved, this might have been a temporary glitch and you might want to check again. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Wiki mess
Hi, for a while, http://live.gnome.org/Dia is redirecting to http://wiki.gnome.org/Dia. That wasn't perfect, but working But now it looks like all the pages are gone. There's a fragment under https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dia but that's not much. Once again there's the question "Which should be Dia's homepage and how do you want to maintain it?" Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Performance of Dia
Hi Nalini, On 17.07.2013 22:39, Nalini Karthik wrote: Can any one tell me how is the performance & scalability of Dia? For example if I want to generate diagrams with items in the range of more than 1000s in it. Instead of waiting for some kind of marketing statement here: Why don't you just try it yourself? Performance will depend last not least on your hardware (and you didn't tell us which hardware you use) Performance will also depend on the objects and their connections (the diagram content), whether you work antialiased or not and many other things. If you don't have that diagram with "more than 1000s" of objects in it ready, just a add some object to your diagram and repeat the following steps: * Select all * Copy * Paste You'll soon reach thousands of objects. And you'll be able to judge if the performance meets your requirements. Also how would be the look & feel? Does it arrange itself neatly? In most cases, Dia will not alter your diagrams, unless you tell it to do so. It provides a number of alignment options that you could use to "arrange itself neatly": http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/objects-chapter.html#aligning-objects Is it easy & possible to extend its feature to import/export XML file? Dia's native format is an XML format. Dia is open source and can be extended in any way you wish. E.g. using XSLT, Python or C. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Need some clarifications
Dear Nalini, On 15.07.2013 11:58, Nalini Karthik wrote: 1. As far as I have seen its possible to import any diagrams (ER, BPMN, UML, graph or any diagrams) defined in specified file format. Is it right? Besides its native .dia format (actually xml), Dia supports a range of different import formats (e.g. DXF, VDX, SVG, fig). A number of raster graphics formats can be embedded in Dia and there are several tools who provide specialized import/export facilities. 2. Does it support ER diagram generation from the database schema? Dia itself does not provide this capabilities, but other tools like AutoDia, SQL2Dia or PostgreSQL AutoDoc See for example https://wiki.gnome.org/Dia/Links 3. If I try to import a svg file, there was a broken image (with 'X' symbol in red colour) too. Is it displayed by default? Try embedding your SVG file - it might give better results. 4. Is the tool available as an eclipse plugin? Currently: No. But I'm sure you'll be able to configure Eclipse to open *.dia files with Dia 5. Is there an API available to call the tool programmatically?. Yes, you can use C or Python to extend Dia's functionality. https://wiki.gnome.org/Dia/Python Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia Development
Hi Bruce, On 11.07.2013 17:50, Bruce Como wrote: I have VS 2010 which has C++. Is there a dia project I can import? With VS 2010 you'll most probably have to recompile all underlying libraries, because VS2010 doesn't use the msvcrt.dll runtime. There's no VS project to import. But there's a set of nmake makefiles (look for the makefile.msc files) that will allow you to build Dia. Unless you have VC++ 6 around, using the readymade Dia Development VM should be much easier - but of course it will not give you Windows binaries. If you would like to donate to dia-installer.de, have a look at http://dia-installer.de/support/donations.html Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: vsd2svg - Batch file to process vsd files with several pages
Hi, there's a new vsd2svg release that adds an "-a" option, allowing to export all drawing pages into numbered svg files. vsd2svg -a example.vsd example.svg Creates example1.svg and example2.svg, if the example.vsd has 2 drawing pages In addition, there's a Windows installer, Windows Explorer integration and a little Windows GUI: vsd2svg-win, plus the underlying libvisio was updated to version 0.0.28. http://dia-installer.de/vsd2svg Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Can't print my dia diagram on my printer
Hi Lynn, sorry to hear this. On 09.07.2013 00:11, lynn gattis wrote: I have downloaded Dia to complete an assignment in college and I can't get it to print on my printer. My printer seems to be working fine for other print jobs. Please tell me what to do. I need to be able to print this assignment for the 12th of this month. Which operating system do you use and which printer? Dia can export your diagrams as PDF files, allowing you to use a PDF viewer software of your choice to print your diagrams. Just select File->Export from the menu and select "Cairo Portable Document Format (*.pdf)" as the document type. Save the file, open it and print it. Hope this helps. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia for command line ?
Hi Nigel, just try "dia --help" on the command line to see all available options dia -e file.png file.dia will produce file.png from file.dia. The -t option allows you to select format/renderer. Note that there are several PNG renderers available Cheers, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: What is "update queue"?
Hi Bao, On 05.07.2013 07:06, Bao Niu wrote: From the python API documentation I read this term "update queue" in several places. - add_update_all() - flush() - add_update() - update_extents() But I can't find a definition for this term. Could someone please give me a little explanation on this term and also a brief explanation on the circumstances that one should use one of the above four different methods? When you change diagrams programatically, the diagram displays are not always up to date. Your changes are first written to the "update queue". Calling update_extents() will recalculate every object to update the diagram extents and flush() will cause the diagram/display to be redrawn according to the update queue. add_update() can be used to mark specific regions for redrawal and add_update_all() marks the entire visible area for update. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: How to get hexadecimal colour value from Python API?
Hi Bao, On 08.07.2013 08:52, Bao Niu wrote: Now if I want to extract colour value for an object from Python API, there is only one form, namely decimal RBG value, and even worse, they are three separate attributes (value.red, value.blue, value.green), is there a way to extract a single hexadecimal colour value? Or at least extract a grouped RBG value from one call instead of three different calls? Thanks. Assuming that c is a DiaColor object, the following Python code should give you a "hexadecimal color value". '#%02x%02x%02x' % (c.red*255, c.green*255, c.blue*255) I don't think that this is too difficult. You can wrap that in a function that takes a DiaColor object as the argument. And Dia is open source, you can provide a patch that adds additional functionality. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia file turned to 0 byte
Hi Shelley, On 03.07.2013 04:53, Shengyun Liu wrote: Hi there, I am new to Dia :). I have to admit that it is gdexcept for the file crash. My files (end with .dia) currently were turned to 0 byte files. I am using a Win7 system and I really need those files back. Would you help me? Thanks! If you've overwritten your .dia Files with empty files (0 byte files), Dia will not be able to help you. You'll need a data recovery tool. Have you checked if there are any .dia.autosave files? Could you describe the "file crash" in a little bit more detail? What where you doing, what happend? P.S. I am using the newest version, though. I assume that you're using Dia 0.97.2. P.S.P.S. I have once changed one of my file in to .jpeg. Would that do any help? (i.e. is changing it back to .dia file possible?) The question is "how" did you change your file (I assume that it's a .dia file) ? If you simply renamed foo.dia to foo.jpeg, you can get back foo.dia by renaming the file. If you've used some kind of conversion tool, your data might be lost. Whatever operation you do on your files now: First create a backup copy of all files to be on the save side - if possible on a different drive (e.g. a USB drive). Good luck recovering your data! Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: some windows 7 silent install/uninstall issues
Hello Peter, sorry for the late reply. On 25.06.2013 13:40, Peter BRENEIS wrote: i noticed that there is a .dia folder in "%userprofile%" created after the program starts first time. what is the reason for that behaviour and how can i change that path to another location for all users on the machine? (without adding set variables, e.g. %userprofile%\Documents\dia\) The .dia folder contains per-user configuration data, user-defined shapes and sheets, python scripts, etc. If you look at Linux/UNIX programs you'll find that this is a very common behaviour. Dia places the .dia folder in the users home directory. Thus changing the enviroment variable "HOME" will change the location of the .dia folder. If you would like to place it in %userprofile%\Documents, try SET HOME=%userprofile%\Documents the uninstaller does work when running it from windows explorer, but running the uninstaller with option /S from an elevated command prompt does not work, it does not delete the folder structure. You will notice that there's a prompt asking you to confirm the deletion of those files and folders. With /s, there's no such confirmation and in turn no deletion. User data is at risk here. If you're working with unattended/automated uninstallations, judge yourself if you can safely delete these files/folders and add a script for this. > is there any information on silent switches for the installer? These are the standard switches for NSIS installers: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Which_command_line_parameters_can_be_used_to_configure_installers Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: How to import other modules from my own code?
Hi Bao,
On 30.06.2013 03:56, Bao Niu wrote:
dia_rotate.py is located in Home/.dia/python . The code doesn't work. If I
try importing from the python console, it simply gives me an ImportError,
simply can't find them. What should I do to import it?
That's strange. Have you checked that your dia_rotate.py is the original
one from [1]?
[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/plug-ins/python/dia_rotate.py
Below is a Python Dia Console log that shows a successful import.
Do other scripts get loaded from your Home/.dia/python ?
Steffen
>>> import dia_rotate
>>> dia_rotate
>>> help(dia_rotate)
Help on module dia_rotate:
NAME
dia_rotate
FILE
/home/user/.dia/python/dia_rotate.py
DESCRIPTION
# PyDia Rotation
# Copyright (c) 2003, Hans Breuer
# Copyright (c) 2009, 2011 Steffen Macke https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq
Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: New Shapes: AUTOSAR
Thanks, Martin! I've added your AUTOSAR shapes to the Dia Shape Repository. http://dia-installer.de/shapes/AUTOSAR/index.html Installation via Diashapes is possible, an updated Debian dia-shapes package is in the work. Steffen On 22.06.2013 13:32, Martin Wichmann wrote: Hi, I created some new Dia shapes for the AUTOSAR standard. I needed these for my master thesis, so I implemented only a subset of the standard, but I think the important stuff is in. It's available in my git repo [1]. AUTOSAR is a architecture (and more) that's used in the automotive ECU development. The graphical notation of AUTOSAR is described in [2]. All of this is released under GPL so go ahead and use/add them if you like. I wrote all of these by hand and I'm not really good with svg, so there are probably some problems. ;-) ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Fwd: API documentation for beginners
Hi Bao, On 6/20/13 7:51 AM, Bao Niu wrote: layers[0] vs. active_layer automatically refer to the same object that referred to by active_layer? Or it refers to something that only resides in memory and not being rendered yet? That why I asked if the two are the same. In this special case they're the same. Depending on what you want to do with your code, the assumption that there's only one layer might be a bit shaky, so active_layer might be a better choice for robust code. But of course, you may have a worked out a complete different set of logic worked out to deal with your layers. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Your program
Hi Tammy, I'm sorry, there's no Dia version for the iPad. Regards, Steffen On 6/18/13 1:19 AM, Tammy Fontenot wrote: I was wondering if you have an app I can put on my iPad? Thank you for your time. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
New Value Stream Mapping shapes, Diashapes 0.3.0
Hi, Adam Černý created new Value Stream Mapping (Kanban board) shapes. They're available from http://dia-installer.de/shapes/value_stream_mapping/index.html If you want to install those shapes over your existing value stream mapping shapes, please make sure that you use the new Diashapes version 0.3.0 - the possibility to overwrite an existing sheet has been added in this version. Diashapes is available for Windows, Mac OS X and LInux: http://dia-installer.de/diashapes/index.html Debian Unstable users may also use the dia-shapes package to install Adam's Value Stream Mapping shapes. Thanks to Adam and all those who have helped to create those packages! Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Electrical (Belgian domestic electricity) shapes available from Dia Shape Repository
Hello All, the 77 electrical shapes created by Killian de Volder can now be installed using diashapes. They've been added to the Dia Shape File Repository: http://dia-installer.de/shapes/Electrical/ Thanks to Killian for making these shapes available! Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia shapes - Belgian domestic electricity
Hi Kilian, Killian De Volder hat am 24. Februar 2013 um 12:35 geschrieben: > Hello no ... it's more like asking, what license do I need to put it under so > it can be added > here: http://dia-installer.de/shapes/index.html > or even in included with Dia ? In both cases, GPL v2 will allow for the fastest inclusion. And as you're continuing your work on the shapes, placing them in a Git repository would be a big plus (if you know how to operate git). Sites like http://github.com or http://sourceforge.net will let your create open source git repositories for free. And of course: A big thanks for sharing your work! You've asked a lot of technical questions about custom shapes interna. Are you aware of http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/custom-shapes ? It might answer some of your questions and provide you a guideline to create high quality shapes. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Question
Hi, On 02/14/2013 06:21 AM, Yidong Li wrote: I just downloaded latest Dia and going to use it to draw a flow chart. How can I embedded a "Dia" file into a MicorSoft Word File ? Thanks I assume that you're using Dia 0.97.2 on Windows. Have you tried Edit->Copy Diagram from the menu followed by a paste in Word? If that's not working, try to export your file in one of the many supported formats (EMF or WMF might be good choices) The exported diagrams can be added as images in Word. If "embedding" means for you that you'll be able to edit your diagram in Word using an embedded version of Dia, that currently not possible. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: DIA: improving existing and developing new templates
Hi Darryl, On 07.02.2013 16:59, darrrylctx wrote: I would like to change/add functionality to some existing DIA templates and possible create some new ones. How is this done, and what is the best resource for learning how to do it? I guess that you're talking about Dia "shapes" - step-by-step instructions how to add your own shapes to Dia can be found under http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.html.en Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: DIA & Windows 8?
Hola Donaji, On 05.02.2013 18:31, Donaji G. wrote: I would like to know if DIA can be downloaded in spanish for Windows 8, 64 bits. If so what is the linlk to acces to the download? It's not mentioned (yet) on the page, but the installer from http://dia-installer.de has been tested successfully on Windows 8, 64 bits. Make sure that you install the "translations" if you would like to use the Spanish version of Dia. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia Source code
Hi Alexandros, Dia's source code is available from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dia/0.97/ If you prefer the sources from a git repository, have a look at http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia Regards, Steffen On 08.01.2013 14:28, Alexandros Charalambous wrote: Hello, I am a second year student in a university of London studying Computer Science and for a project of mine i choose Dia to analyse its source code.The problem is that i can't find the source code of it and i was wondering if you can help me by sending it to me. Thanks in advance,Alexandros Charalambous ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: For Windows platform: which Dia plugin or App to simplify design and documentation of small Database Applications ?
Hi Paul, there's a tutorial for "database design with Dia": http://left.subtree.org/2007/12/05/database-design-with-dia/ As you're "Windows only" and not familar with perl scripts, you may prefer the compiled version of the PERL tool parsediasql. It's available from http://dia-installer.de/parse-dia-sql/ It's still a commandline tool, just replace all "tedia2sql" occurrences in the tutorial with "parsediasql". You can open the commandline prompt with parsediasql in the path from the Start Menu. Is this what you're looking for? Regards, Steffen On 23.10.2012 00:32, Paul Smith wrote: Hi, I am looking for a tool to simplify design and documentation of small Database Applications, ideally starting creation of the ER Diagram, from which the SQL DDL is generated to create the tables in the target RDBMS. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Custom Extensions to new Shapes
Hi Edheldil, On 20.09.2012 09:23, Edheldil wrote: P.S: since I have mentioned them ... any comments on http://www.eowyn.cz/dia/Racks-Cisco_Routers_ASR_9000.zip ? See http://www.eowyn.cz/dia/Racks-Cisco_Routers_ASR_9000.png for a screenshot ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia They look great! Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: export code visual to flowchart to dia
Hi Alain, On 19.09.2012 16:51, alain.lecoze wrote: I bought code visual to flowchart, but the export function allow only microsoft software. Can you give me a advise to try dia ? the Code Visual to Flowchart website just says "Visio" but doesn't specify if that's *.vsd or *.vdx files. If it's generating *.vdx files: Dia is able to import them. In case it's generating *.vsd files and you're able to operate the commandline, you may want to try vsd2svg to convert the vsd files into SVG. SVG can be imported to Dia or inserted as an image object into Dia. http://dia-installer.de/vsd2svg Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re:
Hello Christian, On 19.09.2012 11:52, Christian Bruns wrote: So I copied the folder ".dia" from documents and settings to the new computer. Now I can see the new sheet, but the problem is, that if I want to add an object to my file I have no picture, because they have a path to a not existing folder. So my question is, where the paths to the pictures of new objects are saved, so that I can edit them? You'll have to edit all the *.shape files in your .dia folder that have problems. You can use a text editor to edit the files. It's a good idea to backup your complete .dia folder before editing. Do you know the difference between a "relative path" and an "absolute path". I guess that your problems are because the files currently use an absolute path. Moving your images next to your *.shape files and using relative paths should resolve the problem. In short: Remove the complete path and just leave the file name. You'll have to restart Dia once you have finished your edits. Good luck and please let us know if things worked out. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: New version
Hi Michal, thanks for your interest in Dia. On 08.09.2012 10:58, Michal Kolesa wrote: Why it will new version 0.98 ? There's no fixed release schedule that Dia follows. Version 0.98 will be released once it's ready. As the source code is available, you don't have to wait until the 0.98 release in order to testdrive new features. In case you don't want to compile yourself, you can use the Dia Development VM, which is available from http://dia-installer.de/developer/index.html Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Question on adding shapes
Hi Martin, great to see that things have worked out for you. One thing that I've learned with open source is that you should never wonder if "this would be useful for the community at all". I've seen much more exotic code being reused. If people are not interested, they'll simply not use it - we're not harming anybody. But if you don't publish, interested parties will have to repeat your work... It would be great if you could follow up the licensing issue. If the GPL is confirmed, the easiest way to "express" this is to include the "COPYING" file with the GPL from Dia in the zip file(s) you're creating. And of course, the interest in your shapes will only be as big as the sample diagramm illustrating it. You're German recipe looked really tasty. Regards, Steffen On 11.09.2012 22:42, Martin Wunderlich wrote: BTW, this files are not meant for publication, yet. I have to check with the original author first to see, if he is ok with adding these shapes under GPL. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Lingua italiano diaw.exe 0.97.2
Buon Giorno Giampaolo, On 13.09.2012 16:04, gcante...@alice.it wrote: Buon giorno, ho istallato il programma diaw.exe 0.97.2 su un sistema operativo seven in lingua inglese e il programma non mi permette di cambiare lingua in italiano. I'm sorry that I don't speak Italian, but I hope that you'll be able to understand the English answer or find someone to translate. I assume that you're using the Dia for Windows installer from http://dia-installer.de Did you select "Translations" during the installation process? Otherwise Dia will only be installed in English. If you're not sure if you've selected "Translations" during the installation process, simply install Dia again. If you're sure that you've selected translations, but Dia still doesn't start in Italian language, there's something wrong with the language detection code. In that case, please download http://dia-installer.de/src/dia_it.bat and save the file in the bin folder of your Dia installation (next to diaw.exe). Use dia_it.bat to start Dia - it'll force the use of Italian translations. If all this doesn' help, please contact us again. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Question on adding shapes
Hi Martin, if it's ok for you to publish your shapes (ideally under the terms of the GPL), I could add them to the dia-additional-shapes package, fix the sheet for you and you could install them using diashapes. If this like a good idea to you, please enter a "Dia bug" into Bugzilla and attach your files there: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi Note that you can choose your *.shape file from a different place, the Sheet and Objects Dialog will copy it to the right place for you. Does your Sheet show at all in Dia? (You'll have to restart Dia) If not, the location of your sheet file is wrong. If the sheet shows up, but empty, either the shapes are placed in the wrong directory or the names in sheets/shapes do not match. Regards, Steffen On 10.09.2012 10:47, Martin Wunderlich wrote: I have recently discovered Dia as a tool to create recipe diagrams as per the design by Sascha Wahlbrink ( www.saschawahlbrink.de/index.php/ein_kochbuch.html ) In order to make the creation of these recipes easier, I wanted to create a number of custom shapes and add them to a new Dia sheet. I have been able to create a shape and export it. I have also created a new sheet. However, I am stuck now in trying to add the shape to the sheet so that it shows up in the object selector. There seem to be two problems: - I am not able to add the shape using the built-in dialog, because the .dia directory is hidden on the Mac and is not showing up in the selection dialog. - Adding the shape manually by editing the sheet XML doesn't seem to work, because there is not pointer to the shape file ( I have posted my sheet XML below). ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia -- Steffen Macke Betrieb von Webseiten Veersser Str. 14 29525 Uelzen Deutschland +49 322 234 782 36 d...@diagramr.biz http://dia-installer.de ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: How to place extra connection points
Hi Xavier, I've finally found the time to implement the "visual utility" to help you. Here's a blog post that explains it: http://sdteffen.blogspot.com/2012/08/improved-dia-shape-export-draw-your.html Regards, Steffen On 14.03.2012 20:35, Steffen Macke wrote: Hi Xavier, On 03/14/2012 12:27 PM, Xavier Marchador wrote: there any visual utility that could help me with that? I'm working on something in this direction. Please be patient. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: How to make Mac OS Dia open a file on desktop following double click
Hi VIpin, Sorry for this. My first thought was that only "$@" is missing in the wrapper script. But that's causing different problems. I've added it to Bugzilla so that it doesn't get lost: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682566 Steffen On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Vipin Asopa wrote: Hi, When I double click a file on the desktop on Mac OS, Dia program opens, but does not load the file. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Updated Dia 0.97.2 DMG for Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Hi, I've joined the Mac Developer Program and was able to sign Dia.app for Mac OS X. Depending on your security settings Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper might check this signature and cause problems. Thanks to all donors that made this possible! As Mountain Lion also removed X11 from the detailed installation, I added an X11 check to the app that will tell you about the problem and automatically take you to the XQuartz website, allowing you to download and install XQuartz. The updated DMG (0.97.2-5) is available from http://dia-installer.de/download/macosx.html Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia won't run on mac
Jason, sorry to hear this. On 09.08.2012 20:56, Alejandro Imass wrote: On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:05 PM, jmarch wrote: Hello, I have just downloaded Dia and Dia shapes from dia-installer.de but it won't run on my macbook air !? I have ran both the MacPorts version and am currently running the binary from http://dia-installer.de I run Mac OS X 10.7.4 and it works perfectly Which version of Mac OS X do you run? Maybe 10.8 Mountain Lion? In this case you'll have to install X11 first: * Please install X11 (XQuartz) first - you may even have to logout/login or reboot after this. http://xquartz.macosforge.org * Try to start Dia again. Right now, you'll also have to adjust a security setting http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US As the current Dia app is unsigned, you'll have to "allow applications downloaded from anywhere". I'll try to create a signed version in the coming days. Sorry that the installation information on dia-installer.de is currently outdated. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia 64 bit
Hi Kevin, I just had a chance to test Dia on Mountain Lion. After optional X11 install in Snow Leopard and a default installation with Lion, Apple has removed it in Mountain Lion: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293 * Please install X11 (XQuartz) first - you may even have to logout/login or reboot after this. http://xquartz.macosforge.org * Try to start Dia again. (The Gatekeeper hint might still be relevant). Using this approach, the Dia App was running on my Mountain Lion 64bit test system. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia 64 bit
Hi Kevin, On 05.08.2012 00:19, K Patts wrote: There is no displayed error message or even for that matter a notification message. Dia is simply not launching. Usually the "Console" gives helpful information in these cases. Applications -> Utilities -> Console. In case you're familiar with Terminals, you may also want to open a terminal and try to start Dia.app/Contents/Resources/bin/dia I have noticed that in the application information in Mac OS X 10.8 it gives as per attached the status of Dia being a 64-bit = No report. Are you aware of Gatekeeper? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US As the current Dia app is unsigned, you'll have to "allow applications downloaded from anywhere". I guess I have to sign up to the Mac Developer Program in order to sign the app. In case anyone wants to contribute to the cost: http://dia-installer.de/support/donations.html Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia 64 bit
Hi, On 02.08.2012 10:11, K Patts wrote: The currently available Dia for Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) seems to be a 32 bit only. Would it be reasonable to make a 64 bit version available (on Intel architecture) as well please? Maybe the problem is not with 64bit (because the DMG available from http://dia-installer.de/download/macosx.html works fine on my 64bit Lion test machine), but with "Mountain Lion". Is there an error message when you try to start the application? If yes, could you post it here? Did anyone else try to run Dia on Mac OS X "Mountain Lion"? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: REMINDER Enquiry diaw.exe for commercial using
Dear Dirk Haller, there were two answers to your initial mail. I guess you didn't receive them because you're not subscribed to the Dia mailing list. You can find these answers as well as additional information (similar questions have been asked before) in the mailing list's archive: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2012-July/msg00031.html https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2012-July/msg00033.html Below is another attempt to answer your questions On 03.08.2012 17:05, Dirk Haller wrote: Please send a formal quotation with specify terms and conditions for delivery as well as availability, anticipated delivery time and delievery charges/proccesing fees and dealer discounts. Dia is free software released under the terms of the GPL version 2 All the terms and conditions are specified in the license text: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html There are no costs, though you might charge for shipping & handling and media, if you wish. See the license text for the details. We also need to know which operating system the software supports. If you look to dia-installer.de, you'll find binary installation packages for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, Linux and Mac OS X. Most Linux distributions ship with Dia. Also we need informations on which language do you´ll deliever the software. Besides English, Dia has been translated to more than 60 languages. Though not all translations are complete. An overview of the translation status is available from http://l10n.gnome.org/module/dia/ As Dia is open source, you're free to add missing translations. At last let us know on which form the software will be delievered: Boxproduct or electronicaly delievery. I'm not aware of any boxed Dia package. Is "Boxproduct" a hard requirement for you? How is the procedure after the first year if our customer buy the support/maintenance option. Will renewal this automatically and our customer must cancel this explicit ?? If so we need to know the details about the cancellation procedure. I'm not aware of commercial support for Dia. You can get free support through the mailing list and/or the bug tracker. Is this sufficient? Or do you need certain guaranteed response times? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia layout drawing
Hi Mike, On 09.07.2012 20:20, Mike Cola wrote: I have been testing the Dia app for layout drawings such as floor plans and was wondering if its possible to set and display dimensions of lines as well as set a specified scale for the entire drawing? Besides the explanations that Alejandro has given in https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2012-July/msg7.html please have a look at the Miscellaneous shapes. You'll find a "Measure distance" object which will allow you to draw dimension lines. Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Updated Windows installer: Dia 0.97.2-2
Hi, an updated Windows installer is available from http://dia-installer.de This is a pure bug fix release of Dia version 0.97.2. If you're using Dia on other operating systems such a Linux or Mac OS X and you're using dia 0.97.2 already, there's no need to update. What was broken? Dia uses the gdk-pixbuf library to load several image formats (e.g. SVG) in the Image object. It also uses the library to embed SVG images in Shapes (The Gradient shapes from the Dia Shape Repository are an example for such shapes). Unfortunately, the previous installer installed several gdk-pixbuf DLLs in such a way that Dia couldn't use them. Sorry for this! Thanks to Killian de Volder for reporting the problem and Hans for his analysis! Only relevant to software developers: If you're compiling Dia on Windows, the compilation instructions were updated accordingly: http://dia-installer.de/howto/compile_msvc/index.html Happy Diagramming! Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Issue with 0.97.2-1 Installer
Hi, I've found no option to pass the environment variable without opening a black window that will irritate the users or creating another wrapper exe. Here's an ugly hack: Setting GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE in winmain.c seems to work. Hans would you accept this? I would call g_setenv with overwrite=FALSE so that you could still pass a different/correct module file via the environment variable. Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Issue with 0.97.2-1 Installer
Hi, Of course you would have to replace above with the correct installation path. Or wait for Steffen to create an installer with a fully working gtk+ build. Or switch back to dia-0.97.1-1 installer, which had this working using an older gtk+ build. I'm using the "official" GTK+ all-in-one-bundle provided on www.gtk.org. Filed a bug report about the missing libpixbufloader-*.dlls in the current builds: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678714 Let's see if this get's fixed quickly. Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Issue with 0.97.2-1 Installer
Hi, On 20.06.2012 20:51, Hans Breuer wrote: Of course you would have to replace above with the correct installation path. Or wait for Steffen to create an installer with a fully working gtk+ build. Or switch back to dia-0.97.1-1 installer, which had this working using an older gtk+ build. Thanks for the analysis. I'm just back online. It took my ISP several days to fixe the connection. I'll update the installer accordingly. Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: floor plan shapes
Hi Chris, On 10.06.2012 18:21, C Walker wrote: I recently installed Dia. Love it! Are any floor plan drawing shapes available for Dia? I want to layout a floor plan of a bathroom that I can import into my 3D home modeling program. Floor plan shapes for Dia have been requested several times. But as of today, I'm not aware of any. Sorry for this. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Need help for dia for MAC os
Hi Vinay, On 11.06.2012 12:32, vinay Kumar wrote: Could you please help me about what are the requirements to install dia sdk and other toll for development. I'm not sure if you're running Dia on Mac OS X already. If not, the easiest starting point might be the DMG that is available from http://dia-installer.de/download/macosx.html I'm also not sure what you're referring to with "Dia SDK". In case you want to compile Dia on Mac OS X, I would recommend MacPorts to you. It provides a one-stop solution to fetch and compile Dia with all its dependencies on Mac OS X. You can find the Portfile with relevant links here (also linked from the above page): http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/gnome/dia/Portfile But maybe you're rather looking for code generation tools that are using Dia or you would like to create Dia shapes and/or plugins. Could you clarify what you would like to do? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: shape default size
Hi, On 07.06.2012 09:40, vwf wrote: On my Debian Linux with Dia 0.97.1, the shape is 100x too large... might it have something to do with the interpretation of centi? I would suggest that you upgrade your Debian Dia to 0.97.2. We cannot fix problems in historic Dia versions. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: svg in MS Windows
Hi Frits, On 06.06.2012 20:00, vwf wrote: I made my own shapes and used svg images for the "content". This works fine under Linux, but when using the same shapes in MS Windows, I get an error on loading: "Couldn't recognise the image format for file C:\Do..." Is this a MS problem or did I do something wrong? Which Dia version do you use on Windows (and from where did you download it? - also there's the Portable version and the installer version). Information regarding the operating system might also help to backcheck on your problem. Using Dia 0.97.2 from dia-installer.de, SVG shapes should work just fine as you can see if you use the Gradient shapes: http://dia-installer.de/shapes/gradient/index.html If shapes that you've created are causing problems, it might be a good idea to present a sample file. This might make it much easier to track down the problem - if it's related to the shape and not the installation. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: shape default size
Hi Frits, On 02.06.2012 07:51, vwf wrote: Hello, I made my own shape that works fine. The shape is '10' wide, but 10-what? When I put a shape on the canvas it is about 2.5 screen units, but the A4 seems about 15 wide. The unit for default width/height should be centimeters. I f it's not: Which Dia version do you use? How do I set the default size of a shape? See http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/custom-shapes?id=a336abd7ed1a07a43420608e526ad702714faa55 for information on default shape sizes. Now I'm on the topic: how do I set all defaults: e.g. linewidth, arrowheads, font, fontsize, png export-resolution? Doubleclick on the respective icons in the toolbar. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: fram shape
Hi Frits, On 05/30/2012 06:33 PM, vwf wrote: My first attempt to make such a shape failed. The hexagon is there, the shape has six connectors, but the letters are missing. At present the That's a bug: svg:text is not rendered. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676959 Until it's fixed, your only chance will be to redraw your letters or embed image(s). The textbox is acting a bit strange but that may be my poor understanding of how "textbox" works. What's wrong with the textbox? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: BPMN shapes have disappeared from sheet
Hello Huub, On 05/30/2012 05:26 PM, Huub van Niekerk wrote: I have been using the BPMN sheet and tried to add 2 custom shapes to the sheet. However, after restarting Dia, I find that all BPMN shapes have gone. Sheets like UML are fine, so only BPMN seems corrupted. How can I restore the sheet? 1. Find your ".dia" folder (note the "." in front) I should be located in in your home directory. That file would be: C:\Documents and Settings\yourlogin\.dia on Windows prior to Vista, or C:\Users\yourlogin\.dia on Windows Vista and newer, or ~/.dia on *nix systems like Linux. Inside this folder you'll find a "sheets" folder and that should contain your corrupted BPMN.sheet 2. Delete the corrupted *.sheet file 3. Restart Dia Please let us know if this helped. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia Shapes for Finite Automata
Thanks Faraz, Thanks Minh! I've updated the shapes a little bit and added them to dia-shapes: http://dia-installer.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=dia-installer/dia-additional-shapes;a=summary The shapes are also available from http://dia-installer.de/shapes/Automata/index.html and can be installed using Diashapes. Are there more shapes hidden in the mailing list archive that we've forgotten about? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: shapes with text
Hi John, On 05/25/2012 05:22 PM, John Bollenbacher wrote: Are there any known issues with creating shapes which contain text? I have had success creating shapes with just a box or a box plus a .jpeg, however a box containing text shows up as an invisible shape (though the icon looks as expected). Here is the shape that appears blank: I think you've found a bug. Thanks for reporting this! I've created a bugzilla entry for it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676959 Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: creating and populating sheets
Hi John, sorry for the late reply. On 05/18/2012 06:02 PM, John Bollenbacher wrote: I understand how to create new shapes and how to move shapes between existing sheets. However, I can't see how to create a new sheet or place a new shape into an existing sheet. Can anyone help? I've just added an explanation how to create new sheets to the "new shape howto": http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.html.en#create_sheet Adding shapes to sheets is also explained in the document: http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.html.en#add_shape_to_sheet Hope this helps, if this doesn't solve your problem, could you provide a little bit more detail? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia to SQL conversion
Hi Slavko, On 05/10/2012 09:32 PM, Slavko wrote: The parsediasql produces the triggers for foreign keys in sqlite3 for me, but i expect the constraint definition, for example: CREATE TABLE table_name( some_id INTEGER, some_other INTEGER, FOREIGN KEY(some_other) REFERENCES another_table(another_id) ); or the same by other way: CREATE TABLE table_name( some_id INTEGER, some_other REFERENCES another_table(another_id) ); as described here http://sqlite.org/foreignkeys.html I tried parse my SQL model to some other DB types - i forgot which, because i did many tries in last days :-) And for these not SQLite3 types i got SQL with direct foreign keys definitions (without triggers). Then IMO the SQLite sopport for foreign keys in parsediasql is poor (outdated?). I do not tried if this triggers are working yet, but i think that it will be working. I see only one problem, that the constraints definition is more readable and straightforward, than triggers definition. And more short :-) Sorry that I got you wrong here. The parsediasql code seems to be older here than sqlite's support for foreign keys. Consider adding a bug/report feature request on CPAN https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Parse-Dia-SQL or contact the Parse::Dia::SQL developers (unless they're already following things here on the list). As the new syntax is much closer to how other databases handle foreign keys, it should not be much of an issue to change the syntax. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia to SQL conversion
Hi Slavko, sorry for the late reply. On 04/30/2012 09:53 PM, Slavko wrote: Parse-Dia-SQL, to get the dia examles and learn how things are working. I was success to create SQL from my simple attempts, simple tables, custom types (typemaps), default values, etc. But i am not able find way to create FOREIGN KEY constraint for my relations. My expectation is, that this will be created from UML associations (which i take from rt53783.dia example. I just tested parsediasql --file long_fk_name.dia --db sqlite3 successfully (Parse-Dia-Sql version 0.20). So I guess it's just a matter of using the UML association a little bit differently. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: UML Code Generator for PHP
Greetings, Steven, On 05/06/2012 07:02 AM, Steven Garcia wrote: Greetings and salutations, I've extended the PyDia Code Generator from UML Diagrams to write Object Oriented PHP source code. Please, see the attached patch to The patch looks good to me. I've pushed it to git master: http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/commit/?id=31260b8420948700485832750ee0da7755dcab2d Thanks for contributing to Dia! Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia in swedish
Hi Manu, thanks for getting involved with the Dia translations! On 05/08/2012 09:36 PM, manuk7 wrote: However i got a question: i'd like to check my translation in Dia before to send it. So i compiled Dia, installed it locally (in my home), but when running it with ./app/run_dia.sh , Dia isn't localised (everything is in english). Same thing when passing before LANG=fr_FR.UTF8. Did i do something wrong ? or how may i check my translations ? The easiest way to do that would be a "make install". Be careful because you might mess up your existing stable dia installation. If you don't mind, "make uninstall" and a reinstallation of the original package will bring you back to where you started. Alternatively, you could only copy the binary translation file over the existing installation (if you have a localized one, which I doubt, because you see Dia in English - configuration prefixes may add some complexity here, but I'm not sure). Do other software packages (or even better: an existing Dia installation) on your system use the French locale? In case you're able to run a VM in VMWare Workstation 8 format, you could try the one from http://dia-installer.de/developer/index.html There you'll be able to run "make install" without messing anything up (besides the VM). Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Updated Dia Development VM based on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
Hi, an updated Dia Development VM is available from http://dia-installer.de/developer/index.html The VM now uses Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and the VMWare Workstation 8 format. It also comes with autodia and dia2code installed. The download size is approx. 46% smaller than the previous version (only 1.5 GB). This new version also has Python support enabled. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia in swedish
Hi Kalle, On 05/04/2012 11:43 PM, Kalle wrote: How come Dia isn't available in Swedish? I agree that the Swedish translation of Dia is incomplete, but approx. 75% should be there. But maybe I've misunderstood your statement and you're having problems to use the existing Swedish translations? In that case we would need some details about your setup (OS, how you installed Dia, etc) in order to help you. I saw that you would like to help to improve the Swedish Dia translations. Please have a look at http://live.gnome.org/Swedish and get in contact with the Swedish GNOME translation team (they're responsible for Dia's Swedish translations). In case the procedures/tools outlined there are too complicated, please get back back to us. Your help is appreciated! Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Request to link to your website
Hello Janel, you're most welcome to spread the word about Dia. Please do link to http://live.gnome.org/Dia Please do also post a link to your site with the Dia reference here (if that's possible and once it's in place), so that we can share it with others. Regards, Steffen On 04/29/2012 06:32 PM, Kerr, Janel wrote: Hello, My name is Janel Kerr and I am an instructor in Engineering and Technology Education at the University of Idaho. I am also a contracted author with the International Technology and Engineering Educator's Association national curriculum, Engineering by Design. I would like to request permission to link to the following website in the curriculum guide for the course Technological Systems, 3rd Edition: http://live.gnome.org/Dia I would like to recommend your software as part of the internet resources section of this curriculum guide. ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Reg: problem is opening the tool
Dear Ethies, sorry to hear this. On 04/24/2012 06:08 AM, E T H I E S wrote: I am using windows 7 OS with all essential softwares but need to have Dia software for editind diagram. I successfully installed the tool and executed the tool. All the process did fine, at last when i marked the 'Run now' checkbox and clicked Submit button. It does not opened the tool. From where did you download your Dia copy? Do you have the necessary rights to install software on your machine (are you an administrator)? Have you tried to run Dia from the start menu? After successful installation, you should find Dia in the Start Menu. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: how to print one page
Hi Dapo, please select File->Page Setup from the menu. The Page Setup dialog will allow you to scale your Diagram e.g. to fit 1 by 1 page (Scaling section). Hope this helps Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Import FDOT Symbols
Hi Mark, http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.html.en describes step-by-step how to create additional shapes for Dia. Alternatively, you could create JPG images of your symbols and convert them into Dia shapes using http://sheetcreator-dia.rhcloud.com/ The contents of the generated zip file(s) you'll have to unzip to your .dia folder (note the . before dia) Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: dia-list Digest, Vol 96, Issue 11
Hi yac, Am 04/17/2012 10:10 PM, schrieb yac: of finding what I want. But do you mean a FS search or something else? This mailing list is about Dia. I'm referring to Dia's search capabilities. Actually it can be. Like in environment of linux kernel, Torvalds mentioned that he doesnt do backups anymore, it is sufficient to know sha hash of his last commit and he can safely pull them from someone else. My assumption is that your data does not get not cloned as much as the Linux kernel. Anyway. you made clear that you don't want to use git for this purpose. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: [PATCH] Highlight color for bright text.
Hi, Am 04/16/2012 06:22 PM, schrieb Thomas Harding: http://live.gnome.org/Dia/HowToSubmitPatches Notably the "Bugzilla" link (after you has been done reading the guidelines). You can also mail to Steffen Macke (see credits in "about"). Hans is Dia's maintainer, sending patches to me is not a good idea. Bugzilla is the preferred way to submit patches, but patches sent to the mailing list (if they're reasonably small like in this case) is also fine. Don't worry if you're not getting a timely reply. Things are not getting lost. Everyone here is working on Dia in his free time, sometimes it just takes veeery long. Your patches and bug reports are most welcome. Please be patient. Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Look and feel
Hi Andries, Am 04/16/2012 02:22 PM, schrieb Boshielo, Andries: when running my application it opens the Diagram Editor window separately from the diagram1.dia. Hope I'm making sense. I would like them to be on the same screen as above. Try running dia --integrated from the command line Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: organization, workflow
Hi yac, Am 04/12/2012 08:50 PM, schrieb yac: * How do you organize diagrams in such a project? I think you're in the best position to organize this. You're doing the work and you should feel comfortable with it. * How do I orientate in the files? Would enabling window title bars help, is there other way? or will this go away once I get the grip? I've never working without window title bars. Is your screen so small that you have to get rid of them? If that's the case: How about getting a bigger/additional screen? * Is it possible to have nested layers? What's your problem with "just" having layers? Do you use the "Search" function already? In complex contexts, I often prefer search over navigational structures (like layers or file system trees) I tried storing the files ungzipped in git for like a week but it's a mess and grows quickly and diffs arent very helpfull. Storing them just in binary would also grow quickly on frequent commits. What's your current data size and weekly growth? What's the disk space you have available? Unless you're exceeding your available disk space within your project period (or the next time you're going to upgrade your hardware), there's no need to worry (add a little bit of safety margin, if you want to be on the safe side...) I've successfully storedgigabytes of binary data in subversion (which is basically the same as git) without any problems. And that was several years ago. * How do you manage versioning, backuping and sharing? s. above I would go for git. If there's a problem, could you describe it in detail? * Did you actually try using git for longer time? with what results? What's your point here? Are you worried about git's reliability? You shouldn't. But of course, git is NOT a substitute for backups. In case you're replicating your git repository frequently to several machines and you ignore that risk that all these machines are compromised at the same time (e.g. by an attacker or virus), a weekly backup could be sufficient. But of course, if your time frame is very tight and you have to avoid the risk of a one week data loss at all cost, you'll need more frequent backups... Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: A rip-off is a rip-off !!!!!!
Dear Fred Teeboom, I just realize that the eBay offer is still online. From the vendor page: "Guarantee Full 14 day refund policy" Did you ask the vendor for a refund? What was his reply? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: A rip-off is a rip-off !!!!!!
Dear Fred Teeboom, Am 04/11/2012 08:54 PM, schrieb Fred Teeboom: A rip-off is a rip-poff ! Your message has been heard. I'm sure that everyone here on the mailing list agrees that you've been ripped off (keep in mind that we're no lawyers). But you're addressing the wrong people. The Dia mailing list is not behind this rip-off. We're not advising anybody to pay for Dia. Instead we're offering software and support for free. Did you get in contact with eBay/PayPal? They might have a chance to freeze/return the money you've paid. And they might have a chance to amend their terms of use in such a way that prevents fraudsters from making people pay for GPL'ed software that is available for free on the internet. The gist of what I read is, that to obtain what I need I should read the source code and develop my own version? No Dia user is required to read/write source code or to compile Dia himself. Dia is available in binary form for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux - for free. What you should feature in your FORUM is: "If a vendor charges $14.00 for Freeware, not his own, on EBay, should he declare under the Product Description that this software is available free of charge, including the User Manual, for a couple of minutes of download time? No need to wait a week for a CDROM to arrive from England. And that the free download is a later version than the $14.00 version sent on a CDROM via USPS sneaker mail? Which "FORUM" do you refer to? If somebody want's to find a way to use Dia's popularity to rip off people, he'll find such a way. Regardless what the Dia community posts anywhere. Simply googling for something like "dia download" could have brought you to the conclusion that Dia is available as a free download - legally. Then there is the deception that Dia is a "simper" version of VISIO? I Where did you come across that description? downloaded a 60-day free trial of 2010 VISIO and I can tell you without reservation, Dia it is not even close! I'm sorry that Dia isn't what you've expected. But not all Dia users share your point of view. In fact 90% of those who are reviewing Dia recommend it: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/reviews/?sort=usefulness&filter=all#reviews-n-ratings But of course: They downloaded Dia for free. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Online shape creation from JPG files
Hi, Ruben Veger has created an online shape/sheet creation tool called DShapeCreator. You just upload your JPG files and get back a zip file containing a sheet and shapes created from those files. An initial version is available under http://sheetcreator-dia.rhcloud.com/ Expect this to be improved over the coming weeks. It's open source software written in PHP. Some things to note: * Right now only JPG files are supported * You can upload more than one file at a time Thanks Ruben! Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia Icon Keeps bouncing
Hi Gregory, thanks for the feedback! On 03/31/2012 06:13 AM, Gregory Ryslik wrote: I'm running Dia on Lion 10.7.3. When I open the program X11 starts up and so does Dia but the Dia icon keeps bouncing even after the program opens. This is a bit annoying as my eye keeps going there. One possible solution is to open the Dia executable in Dia/Contents/Resources/bin but I was hoping there is a rather nicer work around for the bug? Other users have noticed this too. On my system the bounce stops after a while (it definitely takes too long, though). You're the first who cam up with a workaround. I've added it to the bug report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672167 Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: About dia internationalization and localization
Hi Kulna, On 03/27/2012 11:46 AM, kulna wrote: I wonder if i can localize this software to sinhala language Sure you can. Here I want to know whether it's already internalized and to what languages it's been localized The existing localizations should be included in your Dia installation. You can also view them online: http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/po As Dia is a GNOME project, I suggest that you coordinate your work with the GNOME Sinhala team: http://l10n.gnome.org/teams/si/ If you need additional information, please let us know. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Windows 8
Hi Josh, On 03/22/2012 01:03 AM, Josh Young wrote: Are you guys going to be updating to support Windows 8 x86 tablets? Most things seem to work, but I can't use the Text tool to enter text with the virtual keyboard. Sorry to hear that. I've tested Dia in a virtual machine with Windows 8 Consumer Preview and everything worked just fine. However, I don't have a tablet available. Do you know if I can get the virtual keyboard without the tablet? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia 0.97.2 on OS X Lion not recognizing 'Gradient' .svg files
Hi Philipp, On 01/31/2012 12:41 AM, Phillip Middleton wrote: I have installed the latest version of Dia on my Mac to test and used the diainstaller to add other shape files. In attempting to use the gradient tool, the svg files being referenced don't appear to be recognized (at least that's There's an updated DMG (0.97.2-3) available from http://dia-installer.de/download/macosx.html that fixes this problem. It also includes a theme that makes Dia look more like a Mac OS X application. Thanks to the guys over at MacPorts and Inkscape who helped to make this possible. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: accelerator to create / new current type object
Hi Veronica, On 03/17/2012 05:29 PM, Veronica Cisneros wrote: The shortcut would let me press a key or two to create a new shape of the same type that is currently selected; in other words, if I just created a polygon, and I press the "acccelerator" keys, I would create a another polygon Have you tried the standard Ctrl+C followed by a Ctrl+V? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: using dia-lib for a simple program
Hi Julien, On 03/16/2012 01:00 PM, julienjavalo...@yahoo.fr wrote: So far, my best bet is to use GTK and dia-lib. Is is a good idea ? Is it possible to use dia-lib ? Have you considered the use of a simple Dia plugin and/or some specialized sheets/shapes? Here are some advantages: * Easier/faster to develop * Easier to maintain, because you just plug into the latest Dia release (In case your code makes it into Dia, you'll just have to maintain your code and you'll get the Linux/Mac OS X/Windows builds for free. Don't underestimate the packaging overhead. For a small project (like yours sounds from the initial description) this overhead might be a substantial part of the overall effort * Possibility to reach a broader audience * Plugin interfaces might be more reliable/stable than simply linking against the (internal) dia-lib Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Query
Hi Rashi, Can you please explain the same. After some point of time it can be charged or still can be used freely at any point of time. On 03/16/2012 09:32 PM, Sophoklis Goumas wrote: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html Besides the legal fine print that Sophoklis already mentioned, let me add the following: Dia has been available for free for more than 10 years now. Of course there's a (small) risk that the Dia development is discontinued in the future because there's no business living from Dia. But I don't think you should worry about this: The current functionality will not go away. If the Dia that you've downloaded today for free fits your needs, nobody can charge you for it (this version). Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: orientações software DIA
Hi, On 03/14/2012 07:40 PM, TANIA ROMANO DE SOUZA wrote: Boa tarde, Gostaria de saber se existe um tutorial do software DIA e se ele converte modelo relacional em lógico e físico. Obrigada! I think that not everyone on the mailing list speaks Portuguese. Here's the English translation (thanks to Erick Dominguez on Facebook) "Good afternoon. I wonder if there is a Dia software Tutorial and if it converts the relational model in logical and physical. Thank you!" Tania, I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here's a tutorial for database design with Dia: http://left.subtree.org/2007/12/05/database-design-with-dia/ Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: picture files to dia shape
Hi Ruben, On 03/14/2012 09:03 AM, Ruben Veger wrote: I thought it could be easier cause it toke a lot of time. I am working on a simple webbased utility to create Shapes. It creates the shapes That's an excellent idea! I'm looking forward to your tool. The more shapes the better. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: How to place extra connection points
Hi Xavier, On 03/14/2012 12:27 PM, Xavier Marchador wrote: there any visual utility that could help me with that? I'm working on something in this direction. Please be patient. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: no help file for v0.97.2
Hi Bernie, On 03/11/2012 06:39 PM, Bernard Cohen wrote: Thanks Steffen I can live with that. I'm current;y trying to convert to dia an application I developed in Visio. I need to extend dia with some interactive operations that should be invoked when certain events occur such as placing a shape on the diagram or making a connection to a shape's connection point. I've downloaded python. Now what do I do? You seem to hit all the problems with the Mac DMG: It does not include Python support (yet). If you would like to compile yourself: http://trac.macports.org/ticket/29790 I'll try to bump a Dia DMG with Python support on my priority list, but I cannot promise anything. Regards, Steffen -- Steffen Macke Betrieb von Webseiten Veersser Str. 14 29525 Uelzen Deutschland +49 180 355 185 6116 d...@diagramr.biz http://dia-installer.de ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: no help file for v0.97.2
Bernard, On 03/11/2012 04:40 PM, Bernard Cohen wrote: I have installed Dia on my Mac Mini 1.1 under OS X 10.6.8. It runs but there is no help file. Can I install help without recompiling and if so, where do I get it? Thanks Sorry for this. The bug has been reported before: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666731 As a workaround, the documentation is available from http://dia-installer.de/doc/index.html.en in various languages (HTML and PDF). Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Permission to Review Dia in a Book
Dear Rizaldy Rapsing, Dia is free software and therefore you're most welcome to review it, take screenshots from it and write about it! I guess you're aware already that all the legal fine print related to Dia is in the GPL (the license that covers Dia): http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Please let us know once the book is out so that we can promote it. Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Dia on Mac pro = Not work
Hi Göran, sorry to hear this. On 03/07/2012 06:06 PM, Göran Anckers wrote: Hi I did try installing dia on 1 mac pro 8core (64) then macbook pro (32) In both the x11 was installed Dia start and stop after 1-2 sek, an I see that x11 is running a short time of thest art time period. So it don't work ;( From where did you download the installer (and which version of it)? Which version of Mac OS X do you use? Are there error messages on screen or in the Console Log Viewer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_%28Mac_OS_X%29 Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Software dia
Hi Tábata, On 03/06/2012 02:22 PM, Tábata wrote: I would like to discuss some questions about the software Dia. I would like to know if is possible to put a background behind the library buttons. I did a shape file and a sheet file, but I would like to put a background of developing buttons. Is it possible to do this? From your description, I'm not sure if your "library button" is a Dia shape file. Could you clarify this? If it is, you could simply add your background as an image object and export it into your shape. Do you know how to change the drawing order (foreground/background) of objects on the Dia canvas? Regards, Steffen ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
