Re: Kivio support ?

[Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere teaser fr>]

According to Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>:

> > I was wondering if someone actually planned to write a Kivio[*]
> > import/export plug-in. That would be great that Dia be open to data
> > exchange with other open source Diagramming software.
>
> Hadn't seen that.  There's a couple things in there that we should
> consider, like subselections and automatically refinable grid.  No online
> manual, so I had to install it (yum, apt-get:).  Ah, here we go.

Works like a charm. YUM

> The Kivio format is gzipped XML, but with binary junk at the front.  The
> stencils (shapes) that are used in the file are stored in it (a neat
> feature, but should be optional for Dia).  Other than that, it looks quite
> easy, at least to export to.

Try a "tar ztvf" on the Kivio file :-)
Surprise !
This is the way ALL KOffice file are done.


Hub