Re: A couple of questions - sizing objects and printing

[Chris Green <cl isbd net>]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 07:11:32PM +0100, Steffen Macke wrote:
> Chris,
>
> On 01/27/2012 06:51 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> > That only works if I want to set a size that fits the grid. Typically I
> > will use the grid at some nice integral scaling factor.  It's then OK if
> > I want to set a rectangle to, say, 50cm x 100cm but what happens if I
> > need to set something to a size like 497mm x 942mm, quite likely if I'm
> > drawing out a layout of some equipment or similar.
> Are you able to run Python plugins? It should be easy to create a
> simple size entry plugin.
Yes, I can run Python plugins I think.  I.e. I can write Python, it's my
preferred script writing language, I haven't really looked at how it's
done in dia though.  My dia does have a Python Console in the Dialoges menu.

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Chris Green