Re: converting a DIA file to PNG in Batch

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> is there a clean way to convert a DIA file to PNG in batch mode?
>
> The obvious answer 
>
>   dia -e foo.png foo.dia
>
> does not suit me, because it does not work in batch mode.
>
> To run this command, you need an X11 display:

A batch processing option is on our wishlist.  It has only now become
possible at all since Pango is now used for rendering fonts.  We haven't
yet gotten to where we try to avoid opening a display for conversions.  But
it shouldn't be too difficult (I think).  Please file us a bug report about
it, it's been asked for before.

-Lars

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