Re: Latex PGF plugin

[Dirk Schenkewitz <schenkewitz docomolab-euro com>]

Hi Guys,

momomaniac wrote:
> Lars Clausen wrote:
>
> > ...
> > I think that's a really bad idea.  It means that all but the most
> > trivial texts will look strange.  The Right Way, of course, is to make
> > it selectable, but until then the various TeX-directed exports should at
> > least agree on enscaping:  See message
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2005-December/msg00002.html.
> >  
> OK, I now made a version with escaped text, like in pstricks, but with 
> some latex language fixed.
> patch is here: http://home.arcor.de/kirmse/dia/escapedText.patch
>
> However I will keep using the unescaped version for myself, since I just 
> want dia to place the latex code at the right coordinates. But I can 
> conceive, that it is better to escape for a release.

I don't know about either of these formats, but: Would it be "expensive"
to have two export filters, one with escaped text and one with unescaped?

I assume that it's not possible to give an option to an export filter.
Right?

Thanks for the work & documentations! :)
  Dirk