RE: It is possible to change shape type without deleting and recreating it?

[Len Boyle <Len Boyle sas com>]

Windows ie 9 does svg  , but you need windows 7 to install.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home?ocid=ie9_bow_Bing&WT.srch=1&mtag=SearBing

If you want to try ie10 you can look here. You can download a  preview of  windows 8 with ie10. 

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

-----Original Message-----
From: dia-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:dia-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Andrey Repin
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 7:03 AM
To: Steffen Macke
Subject: Re: It is possible to change shape type without deleting and recreating it?

Greetings, Steffen Macke!

> > I could do it by hands inside the Dia document source (XML, after 
> > all, is very flexible format...), but I'd like to have a more straightforward solution.
> Something like this might be possible with the help of a Python plugin.
> But "the devil is in the details".
> Could you provide two "before and after" diagrams?

Sure. I cut a part of it for an illustration. (Original is like 100 times
bigger)

> Tricky questions might be:

> * How do you select the placeholder shapes?

The default shape, that is most common.

> * How do you select the replacement shapes?

Well, when you know if it's different from common... :)

> * Do the connectors match (somehow)?

They are the same for all shapes in group. (The center point)

P.S.
Anyone know a fast and reliable SVG viewer for Windows? Pref. with text search. 
I'm running short of ideas for search query :/


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon freemail ru) 24.09.2011, <14:59>

Sorry for my terrible english...