Re: A couple of possible additions to Dia?

[Cong-Kien DANG <kiendc gmail com>]

On 12-Dec-08, at 12:42 AM, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote:

> On 12/11/08, Cong Kien Dang <kiendc gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to develop the mathematical function drawing ability.  
> > First
> > idea is that we define an object named Mathematical function like  
> > image
> > object. Next, in the properties dialog associated with this object,  
> > we
> > provide the fields to specify the function, the style ...
>
> By this, do you mean the facility to write mathematical equations and
> symbols in Dia? Most likely the correct way to do that is using LaTeX
> markup within a text box. I don't know the current state of LaTeX
> support in Dia, but I would love to see such a feature.

No I mean that Dia can draw function graph like gnu plot. But we  
consider all function graph like an object. In the properties dialog,  
the user specify  the function such as sin(x), x range, y range. The  
function graph is showed in a rectangle like an object
Kien
> > Now I don't know how to begin, anyone can show me some step to  
> > define a new
> > object, how to create a properties dialog and a button in toolbar  
> > associated
> > with this object.
>
> I think the best place to start would be the source code. Download the
> source and look inside the "objects" directory ... that contains part
> of the stuff needed to create existing objects.
>
> Sameer.
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