Re: Export to PDF?

[Peter Senna Tschudin <peter senna gmail com>]

I have sent this earlier today but was blocked. Check what is
available for me: http://mondroid.com/dia.png

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com> wrote:
> There is a Dia export to pdf.  Got to File/Export/ pick the select by file
> extension and the 4th one down is export to Cairo Portable Document Format
> (*.pdf)
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
> <peter senna gmail com> wrote:
> > It is funny that nobody cares about my original question. So please
> > focus on my question. Let's start again:
> >
> > -- // --
> > Are there any plans of making dia export to PDF? If not, can I ask it
> > as a new feature?
> > -- // --
> >
> > Now I'll add:
> >
> > -- // --
> > If it is already a feature and it is not present in Fedora 19, what should
> > I do?
> > -- // --
> >
> > 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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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > 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
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > dia-list gnome org
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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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> > > > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq
> > > > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > dia-list gnome org
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
> > > 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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>
>
>
> --
> 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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-- 
Peter