[dia] doc: update on image properties and capabilities
- From: Hans Breuer <hans src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [dia] doc: update on image properties and capabilities
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:08:34 +0000 (UTC)
commit 27378a65a7ebd24767799bfacf66934d78d97215
Author: Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>
Date: Mon Apr 25 18:10:57 2011 +0200
doc: update on image properties and capabilities
Mention embedded image data. Also paste image menu entry.
doc/en/Makefile.am | 1 +
doc/en/graphics/standard-image-properties.png | Bin 0 -> 26740 bytes
doc/en/usage-objects-basic.xml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/doc/en/Makefile.am b/doc/en/Makefile.am
index a3a86cb..29bc906 100644
--- a/doc/en/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/en/Makefile.am
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ pngfigures = \
graphics/stacked.png \
graphics/defaults-box.png \
graphics/standard-line-properties.png \
+ graphics/standard-image-properties.png \
graphics/defaults-text.png \
graphics/toolbox-basic.png \
graphics/toolbox-image.png \
diff --git a/doc/en/graphics/standard-image-properties.png b/doc/en/graphics/standard-image-properties.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0b377
Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/en/graphics/standard-image-properties.png differ
diff --git a/doc/en/usage-objects-basic.xml b/doc/en/usage-objects-basic.xml
index 31dff6d..ea91b54 100644
--- a/doc/en/usage-objects-basic.xml
+++ b/doc/en/usage-objects-basic.xml
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
<title>Line Arrows</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Line Arrows</screeninfo>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/line-arrows" srccredit="Mark Dexter" />
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/line-arrows" srccredit="Hans Breuer" />
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
@@ -291,13 +291,6 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="image">
<title>Image</title>
- <figure>
- <title>Image</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Image</screeninfo>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/toolbox-image" srccredit="Mark Dexter" />
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
<para>
A diagram can contain images as well as shapes.
To add an image, click on the Image icon and click on the canvas.
@@ -306,6 +299,13 @@
Click "OK" and then the image will display on the diagram.
You can resize the image as desired using the object handles.
</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Image</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Image</screeninfo>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/standard-image-properties" srccredit="Hans Breuer" />
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
<para>The following image are usually supported for inclusion in
<application>Dia</application> diagrams:
<itemizedlist>
@@ -318,6 +318,21 @@
The exact list depends on your system configuration (the concrete import
format filters available to gdk-pixbuf).
</para>
+ <para>
+ With Dia 0.98 there is an additional way to create image shapes.
+ Choosing
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Paste Image</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ will either update the image data in a selected image object or create a
+ new image object contaioning the content of the clipboard.
+ </para>
+ <tip><para>
+ Images can be stored embedded in the diagram ("inline data").
+ You should handle this option with care, because embedding images increases
+ not only the files size, but also the load and save times for the diagram.
+ </para></tip>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="outline">
<title>Outline</title>
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