Fw: Dia for programming

[jrycman gmail com]

@kp

If I understand you correctly, a possible (alternative) solution may be to use ext-attributes to store the 
code.

http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/custom-shapes-chapter.html#N41016

Caveat: not sure whether "programatically access" includes Python scripting.

An additional benefit would be that you can double-click on the object to edit the code.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>
Sender: dia-list-bounces gnome orgDate: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:38:29 
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Subject: Re: Dia for programming

At 09.05.2012 09:36, k p wrote:
> I use DIA mainly for my programming, which is mainly in assembler.
>
> I just wonder if the following would be possible by using Python in DIA ?
I dont quite get the model you have in mind, but it is certainly possible 
to do diagram to source code transformations with PyDia. See for example:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/plug-ins/python/codegen.py

> I would like to have it, so, there are essentially 2 identical layers, with
> one layer being the pseudo description (and flow diagram) and a second
> layer being where I enter the source code.
Like in a text editor? And you want to overlay the source code with the
diagram?

> I would then generate the complete source code from the source layer.
>
> Any logical flow change would result in a change the source layer.
A Dia Python plug-in can listen on object creation and removal. But it can 
not listen on any "logical flow change".

> My current thoughts are that with every shape added, it will automatically
> add one on each layer and then I would just need a way to click on each
> shape to send it to the background.
Now you have finally lost me ;)

> A menu button to send all pseudo or source layers to the for/background
> could be done a well.


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