Re: [long] lots of problems, you did ask ... [was Re: RC1 stats]

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

> I think the dia wrapper should test for the existence of
> the HOME variable, and set it if it doesn't exist. Perhaps
> it already does that? Anyway, this would allow _you_ to
> set HOME in your AUTOEXEC.BAT if you want.

im not going to argue over the choice of directory.
other programs dont use wrapper scripts on windows, it does not seem
right to me ill bet there is an
appropriate registry setting for the home variable, if i had time i would
look into it further.

quick look at the installer script
ReadRegStr $0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER "Environment" "HOME"
IfErrors HomeIsNotSet HomeIsSet
HomeIsNotSet:
WriteRegStr HKEY_CURRENT_USER "Environment" "HOME" "%USERPROFILE%"
HomeIsSet:

a bit of research and tweaking work on the installer and it should be
doable to set the variable in the registry and avoid the wrapper script
entirely.

> > I would suggest that the default zoom level should be what is
> > currently 200%.

> I agree. I find myself always zooming before doing any
> work in dia.
>
> > It would be great if dia could be set to
> > (centi)meters rather than inches based on my locale (but im
> > geussing this is another win32 flaw).

> Dia is set to (centi)meters on this Linux box. Why is that
> different under Windows?

i think i have made a mistake.  i think maybe i am just getting confused
by the fact that what Dia calls 100% does not relate to the actual
physical size of a page.

So i just want to reemphasise my point about the Zoom level then.

Sincerely
Alan Horkan