Re: Adding shapes to dia

[myken <myken iae nl>]

Hello Thimo,

Yes please. If you can send me the draft version that would be great,
maybe I can even add my experience to it ;-)

Thanks.
Robert

On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 12:12 +0200, Thimo Langbehn wrote:
> Dear Robert,
>
> > Is there a detailed tutorial on how to add sheets/shapes to dia?
>
> there is a tutorial, however it is not yet ready for publication.
> Nevertheless, it might be of help to you even in its current state.
> If you are interested, I can send you a copy.
>
> > This is my problem:
> > I like to add/change a sheet to the dia core.
> > So I copied the SADT.sheet.in to mySADT.sheet.in and the SADT sub-dir to
> > mySADT. 
> > Changed the file names "box.c" to "mybox.c"
> > Changed the references to the SADT shapes into mySADT shapes (mySADT -
> > fbox).
> > Changed the library reference (libmysadt_objects.la)
> > Changed the objects/Makefile.am
> > Changed the sheets/Makefile.am
> > Added "objects/mySADT/makefile to AC_OUTPUT in configure.in
> >
> > Now if I run ./autogen.sh, ./configure and make all is fine (no errors).
> > If I start Dia (./app/run_dia.sh ) Dia runs as expected. I can even see
> > me sheet (mySADT) BUT there are no shapes visible. I can not select
> > anything.
>
> Verify that the name in the mySADT.sheet.in (object name="XY") is the
> same as in your mybox.c (ELEMENT_NAME="XY") and that the object file for
> your shape is build.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thimo Langbehn
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