Re: exporting from the command line without X

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On 22 Apr 2002, Andreas Leitner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we are using images drawn with dia in our project. It's an awesome
> project - keep up the great work guys.
>
> Anyway we have a minor problem with exporting from the command line. It
> seems that the way dia works (or at least the debian packages are built)
> dia depends on X, even if all one wants to do is export a dia file to
> say eps on the command line. We use the "-e" facilty from our Makefiles,
> but we cannot fully automate building because dia requires X (not only
> the libs, but a running instance of it)
>
> Do the export filters really need a running X, or could this dependency
> be stripped out?

They do.  We use the X fonts system to get font data, and GTK is fairly
deeply entwined with Dia.
There are pseudo-X-servers around that may fulfill your needs, though fonts
might still be a problem.

-Lars

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