Re: Upcoming Dia 0.97.3 bug-fix-only

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 10.03.2014 09:11, Octavio Alvarez wrote:
> On 03/08/2014 05:04 AM, Hans Breuer wrote:
> > [...]
>
> Just something I noticed: if page scale is set to a small value, like
> 20, export will be very small, to the point of being pixelized. I
> usually set page scale to "Fit 1x1". If there is a lot of information,
> page scale values automatically reduce to fit the diagram in the page
> and triggers this bug without giving me a chance to choose an export size.
Actually that's a feature. The page scale is used as the only way to scale 
pixel based export.

> > So if you are building Dia from source now would be a good time to pull
> > the branch dia-0-97. Please try to break it ;)
>
> As far as the kerning bug it's concerned, it didn't break other than
> what it was described.
Thanks again for your analysis.

> > If you are not building Dia from source, please hesitate to drop in with
> > your favorite feature request you want someone else to develop for you.
>
> It would be great to let objects (or at least texts) have configurable
> margins around. This will let me attach text objects to other shapes and
> automatically give them some space. Useful for labeling objects in
> network diagrams without making them look klunky or having to insert
> spaces manually. This could even be a general attribute available to any
> object.
Definitely not stuff for bug-fix-only. And an interesting reading of my 
disclaimer ;)
Having - and handling - an extra attribute for every object just to ensure 
text in some distance does not look like the right approach to me.
But having a margin property with the Text object could work and even 
address an old request: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108770

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