Re: Keeping defaults for next time

[Chris Green <chris areti co uk>]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:54:21AM +0200, Lars Ræder wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:20:26 +0100, Chris Green <chris areti co uk> wrote:
> > Is there any way to save things like line width and text size defaults
> > for the next time one runs dia?
> >
> > I mean those things that appear when you double-click on an object.
> > When set on the tools (as opposed to objects) they set the defaults
> > for 'this' run of dia but I'd like to be able to save them so I get
> > the same defaults the next time I run dia.
>
> What version of Dia are you using?  Saving defaults for objects have
> been there for several versions, but only 0.94 has saved line width,
> color etc. settings.
Sorry, I should have said, it is version 0.94.

I'm pretty sure it's not saving defaults.  Am I right in thinking that
all I have to do is set the defaults in the toolbox?  I'm sure (for
example) that I've set the font size to 0.4 there but when I start dia
again later it's back at 0.8.  I'll check more thoroughly though.


> > Also the fonts seem to print very bold on my system, I have a
> > smattering of fonts in addition to the serif, sans, etc. such as
> > Bitstream ones, Luxi ones and a couple of others but they all print
> > out very bold, even in non-bold.  Especially in small font sizes this
> > makes them somewhat illegible.  Is there any way to reduce the
> > boldness of the fonts and/or can anyone recommend a less bold one?
>
> We print them the way we get them from Pango (though there's an
> antialiasing issue for non-selected objects sometimes).
They actually print a lot thinner looking on my HP Laser printer than
they do on my HP inkjet so maybe it's a printer driver issue.  The
trouble is that I'd really like to use colour to allow differentiation
of different sorts of lines and that means I need to use the inkjet
(until I get a colour laser?).

-- 
Chris Green (chris areti co uk)

    "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."