Python-Scripting in Dia

2010-08-02 Thread Florian Sittel
Hi Guys, I am building an application for storing data as semantic network. I would like to use Dia as of front-end. (ie, a gui for a semantic database) For that purpose, I wanted to write a python script that asks the backend for data and creates a diagram representing the network. Unfortuna

Celebrating the 1000th community member

2010-08-02 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi, I would like to celebrate the Dia community reaching 1000 members (hopefully soon) by giving away a book or something else. Your ideas are welcome! http://sdteffen.blogspot.com/2010/08/gift-for-dia-community-member-1000.html It may be hard to find the atcual no. 1000 accurately, but I'll try

Re: Problems with dia for Windows Download

2010-08-02 Thread .
The download works fine. You have problems with your browser or local system setup. Can't help you further (and this is not the right place for that). Sorry. Regards Andreas On 08/02/2010 10:10 PM, Eduardo Depablos wrote: > Hello, > > I have problems with the dia for windows dowload, is not po

Re: Nodes at crossing points

2010-08-02 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Pooya, Have you tried to use a small filled circle as your connection point node? Create the desired node circle first and connect the lines to it. Are you talking about straight lines? The context menu for straight lines offers to insert connection points - do you use this option? I think simi

Question

2010-08-02 Thread Jon Oesterheld
Hi, How do I set an object that I created to snap to the grid with the center of the object? Right now my object snaps to the grid with the upper left corner. Kind Regards, Jon Oesterheld Automation Project Engineer EROWA Technology, Inc. 2535 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heigh

Re: Problems with dia for Windows Download

2010-08-02 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Eduardo, I just checked the link once more - it's working for me. You could try the following download link: http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/dia-installer/dia/0.97.1/dia_0.97.1-1_win32.zip If your problem is still there: >From where (which country) do you try to download? Is your opera

Problems with dia for Windows Download

2010-08-02 Thread Eduardo Depablos
Hello, I have problems with the dia for windows dowload, is not possible to do it, the page of sourceforge ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/files/dia/0.97.1/dia_0.97.1-1_win32.zip/download) just get freeze, please can you help me with this, thanks in advantage. Grettings. -- Eduardo

Re: Text loses its color!

2010-08-02 Thread Steffen Macke
On 08/02/2010 10:00 PM, artimess wrote: > Hi, > I am new to this mailing list and I do apologize if my question may not > belong to here. > I am using Dia to do some block diagrams, mainly rectangles, arrows, and some > text. > When I export it to tex and use it, I notice that the text in the dia

Text loses its color!

2010-08-02 Thread artimess
Hi, I am new to this mailing list and I do apologize if my question may not belong to here. I am using Dia to do some block diagrams, mainly rectangles, arrows, and some text. When I export it to tex and use it, I notice that the text in the diagram loses its color! Any suggestions as what may

Nodes at crossing points

2010-08-02 Thread Pooya
Hi, I am new to Dia and have a question: Is it possible to create a node at crossing points? or at arbitrary position on a line? I tried to realize this by changing the beginning of a line to a node symbol and then dragging it to the desired position. But the problem occuring then is, that th

Re: [UI] Sheets and Objects dialog

2010-08-02 Thread Thomas Harding
Le 01/08/2010 17:27, Arv Evans a écrit : > There would probably be more users creating custom sheets and custom > symbols > if the process were more intuitive, or documentation were embedded as a > pop-up > within dia itself. > > Question...is it a good idea to have embedded sheets and symbols in