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Richard Kerry
Colledia Control Engineer
Siemens IT Solutions and Services Ltd
Room 457 Drama Building, BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12
7RJ
T: +44 (0)20 82259063 F: +44 (0)20 8576 8182 M: +44 (0)7921 244993
Email: richard kerry siemens com
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've =
recently=20
installed Dia, having seen a diagram in the Bugzilla documentation =
similar to=20
what I wanted to do.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I seem =
to have found=20
a handful of problems, some of them are issues where the =
help-file=20
doesn't appear to be correct. I don't know whether I'm =
misunderstanding=20
something or the help is not the correct build for the=20
program.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>1.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'd =
like to=20
c</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>hange a=20
drawing from compressed to uncompressed XML. The default is =
compressed but=20
I want to version control my document so prefer it to be uncompressed =
xml. =20
I needed to do this by saving with a new name, renaming, deleting to get =
this to=20
happen. Should I have been able to do this just by clearing the =
"Compress=20
saved files" option and resaving ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>2.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Right-click on the=20
canvas. Nothing happens. The manual says do this to get =
Select=20
Connected/Transitive Objects menu to appear but it doesn't. That's =
only=20
available from the Select menu.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>3.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I =
open existing=20
diagram file, I prefer canvas to be same size it was for last edit,=20
.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D889135510-04022009>3a. Subsidiary=20
windows (layers, diagram tree) open very small first time. Though =
on a=20
subsequent run they do pick up the size they were =
before.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D889135510-04022009>4.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009>Can't =
change a line=20
to a PolyLine. I've drawn my diagram with Lines. On =
occasions I've=20
found that I want to route one around another item. In this case =
I've=20
needed to create a new PolyLine for this. Would it be possible to =
remove=20
the distinction, at least internally, and allow corners to be added to=20
Lines.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D889135510-04022009>5.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D889135510-04022009>Editing Text. =20
The Delete key deletes the object not the character and is thus =
different from=20
most other Windows programs. Also ctrl+arrow doesn't jump by =
word. =20
I've seen an entry in the Archives indicating that some change have =
recently=20
been done in this area and also a discussion about a new Installer =
build, the=20
first since 2007; hopefully this will come soon.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D889135510-04022009>6.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009>Can I =
render to png=20
(say) from the command line ? Yes I can.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D889135510-04022009>Actually the Help=20
files say nothing specifically about the command line except for a =
handful of=20
references in passing. I have found that dia --help has a bit more =
to say=20
but it should be in the manual somewhere. And not even -?, --help =
was=20
mentioned in the current manual.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D889135510-04022009>7.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009>From a =
plain install=20
I always get a Warning dialog at startup - "Several object types were =
named=20
Cisco - CDDI-FDDI" etc. Surely this shouldn't be giving warnings =
without=20
my having done anything ?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D889135510-04022009>8.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009>The =
File menu=20
on a canvas includes Open but doesn't include recently used items =
but the=20
one on the toolbox does.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D889135510-04022009>I =
suspect several of=20
these are due to the very old Windows build so I hope a new build =
will be=20
available soon.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D889135510-04022009>Apologies if all=20
these have been addressed recently - I look forward to trying a new =
build but if=20
there isn't one soon I may move to a different =
package.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<P align=3Dleft><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Richard=20
Kerry</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Colledia Control=20
Engineer</SPAN></STRONG><BR><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana">Siemens=20
IT Solutions and Services Ltd</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></B><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Room 457 Drama =
Building, BBC=20
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