It is funny that nobody cares about my original question. So please
focus on my question. Let's start again:
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Are there any plans of making dia export to PDF? If not, can I ask it-- // --
as a new feature?
Now I'll add:
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If it is already a feature and it is not present in Fedora 19, what should I do?
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Thanks,
Peter
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Alejandro Imass <aimass yabarana com> wrote:
> If your working with Latex perhaps PNG or EPS is better than PDF, IMHO
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
> <peter senna gmail com> wrote:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> Thank you for the help, but the print to PDF do not work for me. I
>> want to include the PDF in Latex documents and print to PDF do not
>> work, due formatting issues.
>>
>> Print to PDF is different from export to PDF.
>>
>> But maybe I'm in the wrong place... Should I contact Fedora package maintainer?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com> wrote:
>>> No, think it will make a pdf just like it would print - segmented as shown
>>> by the page breaks. If you scale the dia to fit all within one page,
>>> whaterever size you choose, then you will get exactly that. BTW, I had to
>>> look at that export list twice myself to see the pdf output and I knew it
>>> was there.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
>>> <peter senna gmail com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > In the event this does not work there are "PDF printers" well for Win
>>>> > OS.
>>>> > You can google that.
>>>>
>>>> This is not the same thing. Printing a file to PDF makes the content
>>>> fit into a page, not to the diagram size. So if my diagram is a singe
>>>> letter, the print to pdf will generate one entire page(A4/Letter) with
>>>> a single character instead of generating a pdf with only a letter a.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Alejandro Imass <aimass yabarana com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Peter Senna Tschudin
>>>> >> <peter senna gmail com> wrote:
>>>> >> > Hi,
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [...]
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >> It currently does. What version and OS are you on?
>>>> >> > Fedora 19.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I meant DIA version _and_ OS version but assuming you installed via
>>>> >> the Fedora packages you should have the Cairo dependency. So go to
>>>> >> File -> Export and at the bottom of the dialog you should see PDF via
>>>> >> Cairo.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Alex
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>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
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>>>> > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness?
>>>> > Dalai Lama
>>>> >
>>>> > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
>>>> > Thomas A. Edison
>>>> >
>>>> > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
>>>> > Warren Buffet
>>>> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain
>>> happiness, or should I help others gain happiness?
>>> Dalai Lama
>>>
>>> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
>>> Thomas A. Edison
>>>
>>> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
>>> Warren Buffet
>>>
>>> Michael E. Ross
>>> (919) 550-2430 Land
>>> (919) 576-0824 Google Phone
>>> (919) 631-1451 Cell
>>> (919) 513-0418 Desk
>>>
>>> michael e ross gmail com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq
>>> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Peter
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