Re: dia from makefile

[Pontus Pihlgren <pontus pihlgren farmbio uu se>]

Hi

Check out the -e -t options. I think they do what you want.

Regards, Pontus.

allan stokes ca wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was setting up a small documentation project using DocBook and I thought
> I'd use DIA for the diagrams.  The Docbook sources and DIA sources are all
> under source control.  I was intending to set this up so that anyone who
> checks out the source control tree could type "make" and have the finished
> manual produced from scratch.  I wasn't intending to have the composited
> document under source control.
>
> Unlike most other image tools I've used, DIA doesn't seem to have any
> command line options for processing DIA files directly to the available
> output types, such as PNG, without going interactive.  Did I miss
> something?
>
> I did a quick scan of the FAQ and archive and didn't find much other than
> a reference to Python bindings that aren't ready for prime time.
>
> One thing I like about DIA is how the XML output that integrates well with
> source control, so I find it strange that there is no simple way (that I
> can find documented) to automate generation from source within a Makefile.
>
> Allan
>
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