Re: Is there some shape repository for dia ?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> Le Tue, Aug 06, 2002, à 12:48:48PM -0500, Lars Clausen a écrit:
>
> > > I specificaly want to draw some forms like i deed it in visio and did
> > > not found any more shapes than the ones that came in the distribution.
> >
> > We've considered shape repositories several times, but haven't made
> > progress on the idea yet.  So the shapes in the distribution are indeed
> > the only ones.
>
> I suggest the proper place for such a repository is the dia module of
> cvs.gnome.org, subdirectory "shapes". Together with our grand plan for
> more than one yearly release..

We already have a megabyte worth of shapes, and more coming in.  The extra
size of the distribution and in particular the start-up time will
eventually become problematic.

-Lars


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