Re: XML to diagram & layout engine -- (was: Re: XML to diagram)

["Lars Clausen" <lars raeder dk>]

Luc Pionchon sagde:
> Hi,
>
> dia native format is XML. So you can either use dia format, either use
> your own format and transform it with an XSL transformation sheet. This
> is quite easy to realize.
>
> However dia does not have layout engine. It means you will have to tell
> dia where to put the elements.
>
> Adding a layout engine to dia is certainly a very exciting project, if
> you want to have a go!

I think I should mention at this point that dot, the graph layout program
in the graphviz package, now supports Dia format, see
http://www.graphviz.org/cvs/doc/info/output.html.

-Lars