Re: Default size for shapes

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 06.11.2012 15:46, Harold wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm taking my first steps into making some Dia shapes but I'm having
> some trouble with the size of the shapes when you add one to your
> layout. Ideally I'd like to create shapes with a predefined size and
> that aren't scalable. I'd like to use these shapes to draw electrical
> schematics.
>
> If I create a shape with either a size of 1000 or 1, the object is
> always the same size when adding them to the layout.
Please take a look into the specification of custom shapes:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/custom-shapes#n109

IIRC this documentation is also included the user manual.

> How can I create a smaller shape? Bonus points for telling me how I
> can create a non-scalable shape ;)
Having some extra state to enable non-resizable shapes would require some 
source code modification in the custom shape module, e.g.:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/objects/custom/custom_object.c#n759

It is not part of specification or implementation yet.

HTH,
        Hans

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