Re: Changing default behaviour of Dia when loading a diagram?

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 09:21 +0100, christian ridderstrom gmail com
wrote:
> I might have mentioned this before, but I'd like to check the current 
> status. Today, every time I open a diagram I have to change the settings 
> in order to work with the diagram efficiently[*]. I do the following:
>
> * Toggle snap-to-grid (to enable snap-to-grid)
> * Disable the 'Dynamic grid' in the Diagram properties
>
> It's very annoying to have to do this everytime I open a diagram, and it's 
> made it impossible for me to get my co-worker to also use Dia (he's used 
> to AutoCAD software, and "needs" snap-to-grid etc).
>
> Is there some way I can change the defaults?  (I'm not necessarily looking 
> for session states or a setting per diagram, I'm fine with changing these 
> settings for *every* diagram I'll ever open. Or even disable 'Dynamic 
> grid' permanently (I'll still need to be able to toggle snap-to-grid). In 
> fact, if it's not too difficult I'll even consider recompiling Dia to 
> achieve this. I'm on Windows though, so the threshold is quite a bit 
> higher :-(

Check out the preferences dialog, under Grid lines.

-Lars