PyDia (was Re: Compiling DIA)

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 11:53 24.11.02 +0100, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> Le Sat, Nov 23, 2002, à 06:32:58PM -0600, Lars Clausen a écrit:
>
> > > Another question: I saw some python stuff in there. Is it possible to
> > > write python
> > > plugin (or is this planned ine some future) ?
> >
> > It's supposedly possible, though I haven't seen any examples.  Cyrille, is
> > the Python plugin good enough to do a simple example?
2001-05-01  Hans Breuer  <hans breuer org>

        * plug-ins/python/debug_objects.py (new file): 
        sample using the above
[Dumps Dia Object properties to console]

2001-01-06  Hans Breuer <Hans Breuer Org>

        * plug-ins/python/export-object.py
        * plug-ins/python/export-render.py : test and documentation 
        implementations for export filter implementations in Python

> I never suceeded in doing anything with that plug-in. I believe it was
> mainly intended for scripting? If I remember correctly, Hans did build it,
> maybe he's got a better clue than I.
The following should probably be added to the L(esser)FAQ 
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/search?query=python&subquery=%2Buri%3A%2F%5Eht
tp%3A%2F%2Fmail.gnome.org%2Farchives%2Fdia-list%2F&reference=off

Especially:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2001-July/msg00054.html

"There is probably no senseful way to write Dia Extensions in Python without
being able to read and understand the C-Sources"

But yes it is possible to write Dia Python plug-ins, or at least it
was last time I tried ...

        Hans

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