Re: Dia: Why is it so hard to do simple things? dia-list Digest, Vol 89, Issue 7

[Edheldil <dia001 eowyn cz>]

At 09.09.2011 11:00, Edheldil wrote:
> On 09/08/2011 11:29 PM, Michael Ross wrote:
> > It is worth noting that many people like this software and work
> > productively
> > with it who did not write it.
>
> [ To nobody in particular ]

Hi, Hans,
Nothing I have said has been meant as a criticism of your work - I am
sure that your free time is limited and I am glad somebody is working on
Dia at all.

On 09/10/2011 12:50 PM, Hans Breuer wrote:
> The fact is, Dia lacks many needed features and has annoying bugs and
> > limits.
> Care to be more specific? Of course there is much room for
> improvement, but I tried to eliminate many of the annoying bugs over
> the last years.

Hmm, I did want to be specific, but e.g.

bugs:
 - it's difficult to place a text onto a rectangle elsewhere than into a
center
 - zigzag line was repeatedly switching from _| to |_  or -|_as soon as
I moved a handle

and features:
 - rotating objects
 - editing and adding shape anchors
 - editable shape constraints
 - editable properties for SVG shapes
 - no labels and anchors on lines/connections

(something could be old version of Dia - I have Ubuntu's default 0.97.1)

Well, I see it's rather features than bugs. My bad.

Edheldil