Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

[Edheldil <dia001 eowyn cz>]

Hans Breuer wrote:
> At 21.08.2006 21:36, Pascal Ronecker wrote:
> > I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific
> > shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but
> > replace them by the "standards" polygon and beziers line that compose
> > the shape ?
>
> If you are still interested in this feature (or anyone else): it got
> implemented for dia-0.97 as:

Hi all,

would not a better approach be to include the shapes used as a part of
the .dia document? This way you would not lose the structural information.

Of course the 'substitute' approach might be needed for programmed
objects (like UML, for example), but IMO the result should still be that
the .dia document refers shapes, which are defined elsewhere in the
document.

User can then decide whether they want to use embedded shapes always or
only when a local shape is not available.

Embedded shapes should be used only with the document they are embedded
in, to avoid proliferation of 'neutered' shapes and possibly some IP
issues, although that might be hard to ensure.

Cheers,
Edheldil