Re: Margins for A4 sheet

[Thomas Harding <tom thomas-harding name>]

Sorry for long quote : tht's tedious with a cellphone to wipe :)

So, your method is the right one: starting from templates where needed.

And fortunately it would be easy to code, with almost no impact on ui: ''new diagram'' ''pause'' ''from 
template'' ''templates menu'' ;

 keeping ''new diagram'' short click as usual. 

Ability to add templates would be great, keeping settings into (sheets, colors), would be a must... (long 
future).

I have not even an hour to code that. But I'm tired of that regular flamewar subject on Dia list!

Any volunteer 0:=>

Regards,
TSFH


Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com> a écrit :
> I have a Dia called Start Dia File that has all the settings I like,
> grid
> size, scale some layers, margins, and so on.  It is completely
> unreasonable
> for me to expect Dia to have exactly what I want as a default, but this
> simple solution does provide that:
>
> When I start up, my Start Dia File is in the list of recently used
> files,
> and I pick it, then save as another name and move along.  Or in the
> nearly
> inevitable case where some of those those defaults don't fit what I am
> doing at the moment, I change the settings.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I have wished for a more conventional way to set
> defaults on start up.  But this is what we get unless we learn to write
> the
> code.  I seem to recall there was some difficulty providing the change,
> and
> it required a lot more work than you might think.  More work than those
> doing it were willing to undertake when a simple workflow change solves
> the
> problem.
>
> This is a common occurrence - a new user has a bunch of suggestions
> (that
> are often repeats of previous ones from years past) that are not
> informed
> by experience with the program, how open source work gets done, and an
> unwillingness to adapt to what is given.  I have had the same reaction
> myself.  If someone points out a functional work around - it may be the
> path of least resistance to use it.  We do not understand the inner
> workings of SVG, the basis of Dia, and over which the Dia developers do
> not
> have any more control over than we do over Dia.
>
> I have been using Dia for more than ten years now.  I have looked
> around
> and tried other programs, but I have returned to Dia a number of times,
> because it is very utilitarian.  There is actually a community of users
> that are promptly helpful (as opposed to a number of other open source
> programs I use), and the program is very adaptable - by the user,
> without
> intervention of the development group.  In conjunction with Inkscape
> and
> GIMP

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