Re: What do you want to do for Dia 0.97?

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Apr 16, 2008, at 1:15 AM, Shishir Ramam wrote:

> My usecase -
> - Use Dia (with some custom shapes) to draw a diagram.
> - use Python plugin to generate some data based on the diagram.
> - Export the diagram to PDF for review.
>
> There are a few aspects of this simple usecase that can improve -
> 1. A shape's default size and attributes are not controllable.
>   They are typically too big to fit a substantial diagram on a page.
> 2. When exporting #1 requires all kinds of scaling to make the  
> diagram fit.
> 3. I've not managed to successfully position the exported image in
>    the center of the page.
>
> Oh, and upgrading the python bindings would be really nice!
>
> Thanks for the excellent work.

I'm very thrilled to hear so many people who want to help develop Dia.  
Or maybe y'all didn't read Hans' message thoroughly - he asked what  
you want to *do* for 0.97, not what you want to have done. There's no  
lack of suggestions for improvement, but a serious lack of people  
doing any work (me included at the moment). So please, if you like  
Dia, and are not afraid of a little C hacking, a bit of effort on your  
part can go a long way towards a better 0.97.

-Lars