Re: Dia - request 4 dev

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

Before requesting development, please try out the newest SVN version.   
Several of the things you mention have been implemented already.

-Lars


On Apr 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, David Nguyen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some requests for dia (mine is on Windows,
> dunno if it's the same on Linux).
>
> 1- Deletion of Text
> Everytime I want to update text, if I 'del' text then
> it doesn't work properly, it deletes the whole object.
>
> I have to use the backward deletion key '<-' to change
> text and that's quite annoying. When I want to update
> text, first I add text then I delete the old one, so I
> can check what I have written.
>
> 2- Network Drive
> Second problem is on network drives, Dia doesn't allow
> to save or open dia files on a windows network. This
> trouble is less annoying. I have to work on my drive
> and then copy it on the network.
>
> 3- Customized group of shapes
> I would like to create custom group of existing
> shapes. Let's say some BPMN, some UML, some SDL, so
> when I open my customized group and I have all objects
> I need. I did it with File menu/Sheet and Objects, ok.
>
> For example, Cisco have 4 groups of shapes but only
> one Cisco shape directory, I wonder also how can it be
> possible ? When I look at dia/sheets directory I read
> *.sheet but I can't understand how Dia can get the
> shape directory. Maybe  <object name ="DirectoryName -
> ShapeName"> , is it ? Then when I modify the sheet,
> adding objects with the UI I can't see update in the
> *.sheet, where modifications are stored ? Any docs
> about *.sheet.
>
> 4- Diagrams in one window
> I'd like to have all my open diagrams in one window
> (like in Notepad++) like the first image in
> http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/. Now, I
> have a MDI, I click 'Dia Object Window' and then click
> 'Dia Diagram Window' to include new objects. Or having
> the possibility to choose between SDI or MDI in
> preferences.
>
> 5- UML, AADL
> Where are the shapes, I can't see any directory ! I
> can't see any UML, AADL *.shape in dia/shapes/ Maybe
> it's 'allin' the dll ?
>
> 6- UML Text annotation
> I'd like to change the text annotation object, because
> there are 2 problems, the ratio aspect is fixed and
> the text font is monospace whereas all other fonts in
> use are sans, so the end result is quite weird. Is it
> possible to make the ratio aspect variable and use the
> standard font sans. Sometime, I add a text annotation
> object to fill it later, so having this little object
> is bad, I want to resize it before adding text. If I
> can't do it by modifying *.shape can someone do it ?
>
> 7- Swimlane shape
> I will try to create a swimlane shape, I will follow
> http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/custom-shapes, I
> have question for the textbox, how can I do it, when I
> save I get a svg:text, I would like a modifiable
> <textbox> like a BPMN Task. And I would like also that
> the shape can be rotated to 90°. I also have to create
> a png icon. And I would like it possible to include
> other objects directly in the swimlane. Any hints or
> online docs about textbox, object includes,
> transparency ?
>
>
> BR,
> David
>
>
>
>      
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