Re: Comments in .fig files?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On 4 Sep 2003, Garth Webb wrote:
> Hi, I am using Dia .91 and I've very happy with it.  I'm having a
> problem with opening a .fig file generated by GraphViz.  Specifically,
> when I try to open these files I get the error:
>
> Couldn't identify FIG object: Undefined error: 0
>
> I have no problem opening these files in xFig.  After some investigation
> I found that Dia has a problem with some '#' style comments that are
> scattered throughout the file, ie:
>
> # inventory table
> 2 3 0 1 0 7 0 0 20 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 5
> 401 1745 1751 1745 1751 278 401 278 401 1745
> 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2
> 401 611 1751 611
>
> After removing all such comments, I was able to open the file.  I'm not
> sure if this is a bug or an oversight since I'm not familiar with the
> .fig format.  However, unless something prohibits this, it might be a
> good idea for Dia to ignore lines beginning with '#'.

Indeed, it hadn't registered on me that they could appear throughout the
file.  Fixing.

-Lars

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