Re: News version of DIA

[Shawn Rutledge <shawn t rutledge gmail com>]

Old versions of Visio (e.g. the Windows 3.1 version, before MS bought
Visio) used to have the ability to treat groups as if they were inner
documents: you could double click (?) to open the group in a zoomed
pane, popping up over the main document, and then edit everything
inside the group freely.  This would be a good feature for Dia.  If
you are building your own language of shapes for some kind of custom
diagram you need to be able to drag each of the composed shapes as a
whole, but also still edit some details inside (especially the text).

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Pauker, Stephen
<SPauker tuftsmedicalcenter org> wrote:
> if two shapes could connect and stick,
> then I could change the text in each??
> Steve
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> Subject: Re: News version of DIA
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> You can group a group - nesting.  So you can always group the text at the topmost level for easy access if 
> you need to access it.
>
> This way you have complete control over where in the group the text appears.  Otherwise, how would a 
> developer decide where you want the test to be without activating the mind meld function?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:02 PM, asturbcn <asturbcn gmail com> wrote:
>
>
>        Hello!
>
>        What about grouping objects?
>            Objects --> Group / Ungroup
>
>        Maybe it helps your pourpose.
>
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>        Al 26/07/10 02:33, En/na Pauker, Stephen ha escrit:
>
>                Steffen
>                Dia is great!!!!!!!
>
>                I use it for diagramming constraint theory and its thinking process.
>                It misses one key function: the ability to connect shapes themselves
>                without using connectors so they stick at connection points.
>                Once can sort of get around this by grouping but that's cumbersome.
>
>                Steve
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>                Stephen G. Pauker, MD, MACP, FACC, ABMH
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>                From: dia-list-bounces gnome org on behalf of Steffen Macke
>                Sent: Sun 7/25/2010 4:31 PM
>                To: discussions about usage and development of dia
>                Subject: Re: News version of DIA
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>
>                Hi Issa,
>
>                thanks for your email.
>                why do you think that the Dia development has stopped?
>                What do you expect from the next Dia version?
>
>                Regards,
>
>                Steffen
>
>                Regards,
>
>                Steffen
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>                        DIA is very good program, please can u continue the developpement of
>                        this program ?
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