Re: Dia Shape Types

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

Am 09.07.2008 20:44, Marleine Daoud schrieb:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Hans Breuer <hans breuer org> wrote:
>
> > For the standard objects there are some specialized 'constructors' in
> > http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/dia/trunk/lib/create.h?view=markup
> > but that's the only thing special in there handling.
> Thank you for your tip, it really helped me.
>
> Now I can know the object types of any shapes drawn on the canvas and can
> select a specific shape but I have difficulties finding out the properties
> of each shape. How can I, for example, print out the properties, color, line
> style, etc..., of a certain shape drawn on the canvas? Can
> object->ops->get_properties(object, FALSE) or object->ops->get_props help?
In principle, yes. In PyDia there is a dictionary in the Object interface 
which simplify the access, i.e. can give you all objects properties at once.

> If yes, how to use it or how to get the GPtrArray of props for a certain
> shape and then how to print it?
The key to use Object::get_props() in C is Object::describe_props() and 
prop_list_from_descs().

Still I'm convinced that using the C interface for prototyping is the wrong 
approach. And I wont provide any sample code there.

        Hans

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