Re: Fixed size custom shapes

2016-09-01 Thread Andy Ng
Thank you very much for the responses. I have used the default-size tag on each object. It works for me. :) Again, very much appreciate your replies. Andy On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Michael Ross wrote: > Andy, > > This generally how Dia works: a general flexible, customisable method will

Re: Fixed size custom shapes

2016-08-21 Thread Michael Ross
Andy, This generally how Dia works: a general flexible, customisable method will be implemented and applying the customisation is left to the user. What ask for would restrict function. You can probably create a work around. If you have a Dia that works for you, where your shapes are the size yo

Re: Fixed size custom shapes

2016-08-21 Thread Andy Ng
Thank you for your kind reply. I just want my shapes not to be resized on the canvas. Kind regards, Andy On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Michael Ross wrote: > It used to be the shape sizes were in centimeters within Dia. A 1 x 1 shape > would be 1cm x 1cm. > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:43 PM, A

Re: Fixed size custom shapes

2016-08-18 Thread Michael Ross
It used to be the shape sizes were in centimeters within Dia. A 1 x 1 shape would be 1cm x 1cm. On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Andrey wrote: > Greetings, Andy Ng! > > > I would to design some new shapes, but I don't want those to be > > resized when placed on canvas. Is there any way to achiev

Re: Fixed size custom shapes

2016-08-18 Thread Andrey
Greetings, Andy Ng! > I would to design some new shapes, but I don't want those to be > resized when placed on canvas. Is there any way to achieve that? You can't really prevent the resize, I don't think. Else you wouldn't be able to print your diagrams to scale. But you can specify starting size

Fixed size custom shapes

2016-08-10 Thread Andy Ng
Hello, I would to design some new shapes, but I don't want those to be resized when placed on canvas. Is there any way to achieve that? Thank you Andy ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at

Re: Feature requests for custom shapes

2014-12-03 Thread Hans Breuer
use lines within shapes, but a custom shape will always behave like a box. For connection-like custom shapes see the custom_lines plug-in. 3) Can I define user-fillable text-boxes? Creating custom shapes for each specific text is cumbersome, especially if such texts very per placed shape. Basi

Feature requests for custom shapes

2014-12-03 Thread Nico Rikken
Dear Dia developers and users, I recently addressed the mailing-list about special features in custom shapes and about recreating other shapes. I've now started recreating shapes in the field of electrical engineering as Dia custom shapes [1]. There are however some features I like to us

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-04 Thread Andrey Repin
ng was changes due to the huge amount of exisiting shapes. > That is unfortunate, since it would straighten-out shape definitions. I > guess just adjusting all upstream shapes wouldn't be sufficient since > users might have custom shapes to work with. If the change is straightforwa

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-04 Thread Hans Breuer
Am 04.11.2014 um 07:42 schrieb Nico Rikken: On Mon, 2014-11-03 at 23:57 +0100, Hans Breuer wrote: As I said (or tried to say) neither the specification nor the implementations is available yet. But I could still make it work by writing objects in code for upstream adoption, rather than just u

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-03 Thread Nico Rikken
27;s currently implemented some while ago: > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2008-July/msg00084.html > > But IIRC nothing was changes due to the huge amount of exisiting shapes. That is unfortunate, since it would straighten-out shape definitions. I guess just adjusting all upstream

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-03 Thread Hans Breuer
subshapes. This wont give an extra dialog, but just another option with the standard properties. As I tried to put forward in my email I have experimented with custom shapes, although I wasn't aware of the enum functionality. As I said (or tried to say) neither the specification no

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-03 Thread Nico Rikken
ive an extra dialog, but just another option with the standard > properties. As I tried to put forward in my email I have experimented with custom shapes, although I wasn't aware of the enum functionality. Observing the UML objects (especially the class) in the source code has shown me the

Re: Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-02 Thread Hans Breuer
ng Dia) but I'm wondering if there are any handles on a preferred regular size. Ideally I'd like to know beforehand, rather than changing it afterwards. Custom shapes are always scaled so the underlying size does not matter match. If you are creating your shapes with the help of Dia'

Advanced options for custom shapes

2014-11-01 Thread Nico Rikken
Dear Dia users and contributors, I spend some bits of my time working on a sheet of power system symbols. The supplied electrical sheets ('Electric 2') fall short on this topic, and since I like using Dia, I thought I should make this contribution for myself and others. I started with a regular D

Re: custom shapes fail to parse

2014-09-26 Thread Hans Breuer
Am 26.09.2014 um 22:20 schrieb Amit Kucheria: Hi, I saved the UML class shape with a custome name "rtapp-thread" in order to try and customise the shape by adding it to my own sheet. But dia fails to parse back the shape in question. Which version? I've tried current master and Dia 0.97.3 branc

Re: custom shapes fail to parse

2014-09-26 Thread Amit Kucheria
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Amit Kucheria wrote: > Hi, > > I saved the UML class shape with a custome name "rtapp-thread" in order to > try and customise the shape by adding it to my own sheet. But dia fails to > parse back the shape in question. > > Google led me to a similar problem[1] but

custom shapes fail to parse

2014-09-26 Thread Amit Kucheria
Hi, I saved the UML class shape with a custome name "rtapp-thread" in order to try and customise the shape by adding it to my own sheet. But dia fails to parse back the shape in question. Google led me to a similar problem[1] but that doesn't fix my issues. Any help is appreciated. Error message

Re: : custom shapes

2013-11-05 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:41:27 +0400 Andrey Repin napísal: > Plus, Dia shapes only understand a subset of full SVG specification. > Namely, I have no idea, how Dia react to multi-layer SVG. Layers are OK, because they are simple g (group) elements. > So far, I've had best results designing m

Re: : custom shapes

2013-11-05 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Germana Oliveira! > I am trying to make my personal shapes, dong this steps: > 1. find a .svg image i want to modify or add to my personal shapes. > 2. save it as plain svg format; or > inkscape printer.svg --export-plain-svg=printer1.svg > 3. i put make the .shape file, i use: > xs

Fwd: custom shapes

2013-11-05 Thread Germana Oliveira
Hi! I am trying to make my personal shapes, dong this steps: 1. find a .svg image i want to modify or add to my personal shapes. 2. save it as plain svg format; or inkscape printer.svg --export-plain-svg=printer1.svg 3. i put make the .shape file, i use: xsltproc -o switch-24.shape svg2dia.xsl

Re: Parametrized Custom Shapes

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Wendorff
agram type could be typed in a shape sheet and even the UML stuff could be pulled from static code to dynamic interpretation of the shape file. regards Peter Am 20.09.2013 17:03, schrieb Martin Wichmann: > Hi, > >> So: How do I add parameters to custom shapes? > I'm not 100% su

Re: Parametrized Custom Shapes

2013-09-20 Thread Martin Wichmann
Hi, So: How do I add parameters to custom shapes? I'm not 100% sure, but I think that these parameters are added as sourcecode, e.g. for UML usecase in "./objects/UML/usecase.c" [1]. But I can't tell you how thats done... So maybe it's easier to use normal shapes

Parametrized Custom Shapes

2013-09-20 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi, is there any documentation around how to define custom shapes with parameters? The built in UML stuff for example is highly parametrized: it allows to specify different labels, arbitrary number of attributes and so on. But the FAQ only talks about simple cases for custom shapes: draw it

Custom shapes and subshapes

2013-05-12 Thread Slavko
Hi all, i am playing with custom shapes again. I am mostly success with this. I have only one problem with subshapes, see below. First, while reading the manual (http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/custom-shapes-chapter.html), i found two small problems: 1, in the 11.2. Shapes chapter in the

Re: custom shapes, OK ... custom connectors?

2013-01-15 Thread Michael Ross
Paul, I don't think there is a distinction between shapes and connectors. And there are only custom shapes. Good luck, Mike On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Williams, Paul C wrote: > Greetings, > > ** ** > > I'm working on a project where it would b

custom shapes, OK ... custom connectors?

2013-01-15 Thread Williams, Paul C
Greetings, I'm working on a project where it would be useful to create custom connectors (e.g. an Arc that has visible text and hidden metadata attributes). I see in the documentation some mention of creating custom shapes, but nowhere about custom connectors... Is it possible to c

Re: Problem creating custom shapes with editable text

2012-10-02 Thread Hans Breuer
svg:text is used for _static_ text within the shape, for me it works as intended and documented ( http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/custom-shapes#n237 ) but as always the documentation could be improved ;) If I enter the textbox node into my XML, I can enter text into the shape alright

Re: Problem creating custom shapes with editable text

2012-10-02 Thread Thomas Harding
ent: http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/custom-shapes If your shape is a custom one, you'll find it: On Linux/UNIX: in your ~/.dia/shapes if unmodified from main: in one of the subdirectories of /usr/share/dia/shapes/, depending on sheet it belongs (see Sheets

Re: Problem creating custom shapes with editable text

2012-10-02 Thread Martin Wunderlich
text into the shape alright, except that I don't know how to specify the formatting or the default text. Is this documented anywhere? I tried here, but couldn't find anything on the required additional options for the textbox element: http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/doc/cus

Re: Problem creating custom shapes with editable text

2012-09-30 Thread Marchand Eric
Le 30/09/2012 22:04, Martin Wunderlich a écrit : Hi all, I have been trying to create custom shapes where the user can enter text (see my other postings about the recipe diagrams). However, editing text doesn't work once those custom shapes are added to a doc. So, I have cut it down t

Re: A couple of questions about custom shapes...

2012-01-29 Thread Hans Breuer
At 29.01.2012 01:02, Daniel Katz wrote: Hi, So I'm doing a bit of work involving a Python export filter which interacts with a small library of custom shapes, and I've run into a couple of questions. First a question about properties. Using the custom shapes module I can add custom

A couple of questions about custom shapes...

2012-01-28 Thread Daniel Katz
Hi, So I'm doing a bit of work involving a Python export filter which interacts with a small library of custom shapes, and I've run into a couple of questions. First a question about properties. Using the custom shapes module I can add custom properties to a shape. That's g

Re: Save custom shapes

2012-01-25 Thread Ron Wilson
That and many other answers can be found in: http://projects.gnome.org/dia/faq.html On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:58 AM, wrote: > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:19:04 -0500 > From: "Matthew Lamberson" Subject: Save custom shapes > > I need to draw very simple schematics fo

Re: Save custom shapes

2012-01-25 Thread Michael Ross
> will do everything I want, but I need to save some custom shapes like a > battery (simply 2 rectangles), light bulb, etc. baut cant seem to figure it > out. Can this be done? Any info you can give would be appreciated. > >

Re: Save custom shapes

2012-01-25 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Matt, On 01/25/2012 02:19 AM, Matthew Lamberson wrote: will do everything I want, but I need to save some custom shapes like a battery (simply 2 rectangles), light bulb, etc. baut cant seem to figure it out. Can this be done? Any info you can give would be appreciated. Under http://dia

Re: Edge aware center point for custom shapes...

2011-11-30 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Dan Katz! > so I'm exploring creating custom shapes, and I have a question about how to > create center connection points that act the same as for the built-in > shapes like rectangle, ellipse, etc. > center of a built-in rectangle to a built-in circle

Edge aware center point for custom shapes...

2011-11-30 Thread Dan Katz
Hi all - so I'm exploring creating custom shapes, and I have a question about how to create center connection points that act the same as for the built-in shapes like rectangle, ellipse, etc. I'm creating some kind of closed shape, and in the XML for the Custom Shape Module I can of c

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Hans Breuer! HB> But if you want an opaque textbox with shapes - like the draw background HB> option of Standard - Text - that's indeed not possible with resize="no". :/ That not sounds very good. Should I add it as an enhancement request to the

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-10 Thread Hans Breuer
At 10.09.2011 18:35, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Hans Breuer! HB> But if you want an opaque textbox with shapes - like the draw background HB> option of Standard - Text - that's indeed not possible with resize="no". :/ That not sounds very good. Should I add it as an enhancement request

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-10 Thread Andrey Repin
rather counter-intuitive to me. >> Or is there a workaround? Like, can I add a subshape with textbox and >> resize=yes to work around a problem? >> > I don't think so after briefly looking at the source > (objects/custom/custom_object.c). The user editable text in custo

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-10 Thread Hans Breuer
27;normal' filling. Or is there a workaround? Like, can I add a subshape with textbox and resize=yes to work around a problem? I don't think so after briefly looking at the source (objects/custom/custom_object.c). The user editable text in custom shapes is rendered independently of subsha

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-09 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, discussions about usage and development of dia! HB> But if you want an opaque textbox with shapes - like the draw background HB> option of Standard - Text - that's indeed not possible with resize="no". :/ That not sounds very good. Should I add it as an enhancement request to the track

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-08 Thread Hans Breuer
Hi Andrey, At 29.08.2011 18:11, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, All. I'm trying to create some custom shapes to automate my diagram creation, but I'm unable to find a way to have field span outside element boundaries and maintain it's readability at the same time, as it is possi

Re: Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-07 Thread Michael Ross
than a palette of shapes, but it does solve the problem. The saved file of special grouped items can be called up when ever you need it. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, All. > > I'm trying to create some custom shapes to automate my diagram creatio

Non-transparent background for custom shapes - possible?

2011-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, All. I'm trying to create some custom shapes to automate my diagram creation, but I'm unable to find a way to have field span outside element boundaries and maintain it's readability at the same time, as it is possible with simple text field. Is there a way that I'

Re: Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-30 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi, Looks like you need to add 'xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; ' to your http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns"; xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";> Yes, that seems to have fixed it. I didn't create the shape from scratch; I exported it from Dia. I guess the export is inc

Re: Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
>> I've created some custom shapes that use a background image. They >> work fine but when I place them in my diagram, I get warning messages >> on my console: >> >> /home/chrisn/.dia/shapes/sixnet/5ES.shape:15: namespace error : >> Namespace prefix xlink

Re: Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Valek Filippov
Hej Chris, Looks like you need to add 'xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; ' to your http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns"; xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";> -- Cheers, Valek On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Chris Nelson wrote: > I

Weird message when using custom shapes

2011-07-29 Thread Chris Nelson
I've created some custom shapes that use a background image. They work fine but when I place them in my diagram, I get warning messages on my console: /home/chrisn/.dia/shapes/sixnet/5ES.shape:15: namespace error : Namespace prefix xlink for href on image is not defined:image x="0&qu

Re: custom shapes and lines

2010-03-16 Thread Allan Eising
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:26 +0100, Edheldil wrote: > Steffen Macke wrote: >> Hi Allan, >> >> sorry for the late reply. >> >>> When I include my newly defined shape, some how dia overrides the >>> borders of each and every rectangle within the shape, making them >>> follow the properties of the

Re: custom shapes and lines

2010-03-12 Thread Edheldil
Steffen Macke wrote: > Hi Allan, > > sorry for the late reply. > >> When I include my newly defined shape, some how dia overrides the borders >> of each and every rectangle within the shape, making them follow the >> properties of the object itself. This adds an ugly black border even to >> plac

Re: custom shapes and lines

2010-03-11 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Allan, sorry for the late reply. > When I include my newly defined shape, some how dia overrides the borders > of each and every rectangle within the shape, making them follow the > properties of the object itself. This adds an ugly black border even to > places where no border should be. The

custom shapes and lines

2010-03-10 Thread Allan Eising
Hi there, I apologize if this question has already been raised here, but my google- fu did not return any valid results. I'm trying to build some custom shapes using dia, and I build the shapes within dia, save them as .shape and import them into my sheets. When I include my newly de

Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2009-05-13 Thread W. Martin Borgert
Quoting "Lars Ræder Clausen" : I have pondered dumping an SVG representation of each shape into the .dia file, mainly for allowing rendering without having to reimplement e.g. the UML classes. This sounds like a very good idea! Esp. if people use some custom shapes or sth. from

Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2009-05-13 Thread Lars Ræder Clausen
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 10:38 +0200, Edheldil wrote: > Hans Breuer wrote: > > At 21.08.2006 21:36, Pascal Ronecker wrote: > >> I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific > >> shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but > >> replace them by the "stan

Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2009-05-13 Thread Edheldil
Hans Breuer wrote: > At 21.08.2006 21:36, Pascal Ronecker wrote: >> I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific >> shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but >> replace them by the "standards" polygon and beziers line that compose >> the shape ? >

Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2009-05-12 Thread Hans Breuer
At 21.08.2006 21:36, Pascal Ronecker wrote: [sorry if this message comes twice, had a problem it seems] Hi, I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but replace them by the "standards" polygon and bezi

Re: changing colour of custom shapes

2009-01-03 Thread waldbauernbub
Referring an ancient question for which Hans provided help: Finally I managed to create shapes with colour editing capabilities. As it is explained in the custom shapes document (http://projects.gnome.org/dia/custom-shapes ) you have to use symbolic names in order to add colour editing

Re: changing colour of custom shapes

2008-11-27 Thread Hans Breuer
rgons and ellipses is changed to the desired one. Looks like pure coincidence though I currently can not find the reason in the souce code. I did a lot of research to find an answer to this question. I would appreciate your help. I think this is (kind of) answered in the custom-shapes doc

changing colour of custom shapes

2008-11-27 Thread waldbauernbub
Dear Dia-Users! I am trying to create a dia-sheet with symbols used in power-engineering (power station, cooling and heating cycles) which I intend to make available to other users once it's finished. I am experiencing problems with the shapes which I created myself: Exporting the shapes, imp

Re: "Custom Shapes Module"??

2008-09-21 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Doug, > I'm trying to find the "custom shapes module", in order to build my own > library of shapes, but have only been able to find a text-file > describing it at a fairly high-level ... no actual plug-in. Could > someone please point me in the right direction?

Re: "Custom Shapes Module"??

2008-09-21 Thread Slavko
customize the final shape file to remove some SVG properties... I can to answer to your questions by jabber, go to MUC at [EMAIL PROTECTED] slavko On Saturday 20 September 2008 18:23:38 Doug Elias wrote: > Greetings ... > > I'm trying to find the "custom shapes module",

"Custom Shapes Module" -- nevermind

2008-09-21 Thread Doug Elias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry for earlier note: I hadn't bothered to check the FAQ. However, if there *is* something more to be said on this, please do drop me a note ... otherwise, again, apologies. doug -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Co

"Custom Shapes Module"??

2008-09-21 Thread Doug Elias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings ... I'm trying to find the "custom shapes module", in order to build my own library of shapes, but have only been able to find a text-file describing it at a fairly high-level ... no actual plug-in. Could someone please

Re: [custom-shapes] ext_attribute feature, cannot understand.

2008-07-31 Thread Thomas Harding
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:01:36PM +0200, Lars Clausen wrote: > >So, what is the purpose of extended attributes? > > Being able to store user data with the object. So, If an english-natural-language man could precise it in the custom-shapes /doc file, I'll be glad to him.

Re: [custom-shapes] ext_attribute feature, cannot understand.

2008-07-31 Thread Lars Clausen
On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Thomas Harding wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 08:51:20PM +0200, Hans Breuer wrote: A cool idea but it currently can not work because there is no connection between svg interpretation and extended attribute handling. So, what is the purpose of extended attribut

Re: [custom-shapes] ext_attribute feature, cannot understand.

2008-07-29 Thread Thomas Harding
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 08:51:20PM +0200, Hans Breuer wrote: > A cool idea but it currently can not work because there is no connection > between svg interpretation and extended attribute handling. So, what is the purpose of extended attributes? -- Thomas Harding. La phobie de la connaissance

Re: [custom-shapes] ext_attribute feature, cannot understand.

2008-07-29 Thread Hans Breuer
. The svg of custom shapes is only parsed once at program start. If there are references to the property system they are "compiled" at the same time, e.g. every use of style="stroke: foreground" is replaced by a reference to the property value "line_color" and ac

[custom-shapes] ext_attribute feature, cannot understand.

2008-07-29 Thread Thomas Harding
Hello, I tried several solutions, but nothing seems work, except I can fill property in the properties dialogs, and changes are saved. Here is the last sample: [...] fill:none; stroke:fg; stroke-width:8; stroke-linecap:round; stroke-linejoin:round [...] Wha

Re: How to consistently handle custom shapes line_width?

2008-07-26 Thread Hans Breuer
control in the toolbox. But I did not notice yet it is double- clickable as well ;-) I've always choosen my defaults from the predefined 0 .. 0.2 with a single click on one of the lines. I have just realized that border width affects custom shapes. (Thank you for yor explanations).

Re: How to consistently handle custom shapes line_width?

2008-07-23 Thread Hans Breuer
Am 24.07.2008 07:26, loli schrieb: On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:01:04 +0200, Hans Breuer wrote [...] Two questions: 1) For each possible shape there seems to be two different property dialogs: the one obtained by double clicking on the drawn shape in canvas and the one labeled "predetermined". t

Re: How to consistently handle custom shapes line_width?

2008-07-23 Thread loli
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:01:04 +0200, Hans Breuer wrote > While creating my own custom shapes and improving the documentation > of custom-shapes [1] I noticed that the "stroke-width" given by the > shape file is not consistently handled. Only the very first line- > width use

How to consistently handle custom shapes line_width?

2008-07-22 Thread Hans Breuer
While creating my own custom shapes and improving the documentation of custom-shapes [1] I noticed that the "stroke-width" given by the shape file is not consistently handled. Only the very first line-width used during shape drawing was replaced by the one given in the shapes propert

[whish someone will] Add bgcolor_0..9 and fgcolor_0..9 to custom-shapes module?

2008-07-10 Thread Thomas Harding
ned colors: * background * foreground * default * inverse * text * none So, I wonder if it will be better to have the possibiliy in custom-shapes module to, also: * pre-define up to 10 (or 20, if we differentiate bg/fg) colors in the shape file * define these colors for fill/rule style along the s

Re: Data for Custom Shapes

2008-05-09 Thread Lars Clausen
On May 9, 2008, at 12:43 AM, Todd White wrote: Some of the sheets have shapes which have custom data on the shape properties dialog. Is there a way to add custom data fields to my own shapes? Do I need to create an addin? The only information I was able to find creating shapes is located

Data for Custom Shapes

2008-05-08 Thread Todd White
Some of the sheets have shapes which have custom data on the shape properties dialog. Is there a way to add custom data fields to my own shapes? Do I need to create an addin? The only information I was able to find creating shapes is located at http://dia-installer.de/howto/create_shape/index.h

Custom shapes are not aligned centered/middled

2008-05-08 Thread Marek Jawurek
enter. I expect them to be repositioned so that the centers of both objects lie on the same vertical line. So after: Instance neg OR I want: Instance neg OR but the result looks different. Could you please tell me whether the problem lies in my custom shapes or in dia or my use of dia ? T

Re: The process of making custom shapes

2008-01-09 Thread Rek Jed
> For the company I work, for I have written a small script that will > convert a directory of .svg files into a set of shapes with > accompanying sheet. It's a bit rudimentary and may not work in all > cases. If you are interested I can ask if it can be shared with this > mailing list. That w

Re: The process of making custom shapes

2008-01-09 Thread Marcel Toele
Dia's custom shapes support a subset of SVG, so not everything that inkscape can do can be rendered by dia. However, with a little care you can use inkscape to author .svg file that can be turned into .shape files. For the company I work, for I have written a small script that will conv

The process of making custom shapes

2008-01-08 Thread Rek Jed
Hi, I work for a small open source consultancy in London and I'd like to pay an artist to draw some Dia shapes that I could use to make beautiful network diagrams with and ultimately release them to the public under a free license. I read doc/custom-shapes and familiarized myself wit

Re: Re: creating custom shapes for visual storytelling (dave boyle)

2007-10-28 Thread Lars Clausen
On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 20:50 -0400, dave boyle wrote: > I see the xml in the *.shape files and the ext_attributes lines and > have played with them. Where can I find a list of all the different > types and their properties? Thanks! Sorry about the long response time. There's all the types listed

Re: Re: creating custom shapes for visual storytelling (dave boyle)

2007-10-04 Thread dave boyle
line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Dia-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. creating custom shapes for visual storytelling (dave boyle) 2. Re: creating custom shapes for visual storytelling (Lars Clausen) 3. Re: Now look what you made me do (Sameer Sahasrab

Re: creating custom shapes for visual storytelling

2007-10-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 22:08 -0400, dave boyle wrote: > I want to use Dia to write a screenplay. I need to create a sheet of > custom shapes with names like character, location, prop, costume, > interaction, etc. Each shape will need custom dialog boxes that appear > when Propertie

creating custom shapes for visual storytelling

2007-10-01 Thread dave boyle
I want to use Dia to write a screenplay. I need to create a sheet of custom shapes with names like character, location, prop, costume, interaction, etc. Each shape will need custom dialog boxes that appear when Properties is clicked. These dialogs will allow the inputting of the necessary data

Re: Dia 0.94 at Ubuntu Linux 6.06, custom shapes with textareas -> program crashes

2007-01-17 Thread Hans Breuer
On 17.01.2007 19:33, Dirk Sohler wrote: > Hi there, > > i created an custom sheet and added some custom shapes to it. It all > works fine, until i want to add a textbox to my custom shape. First i > thought i was wrong, but then i used the textbox-tag from one of Dia's >

Dia 0.94 at Ubuntu Linux 6.06, custom shapes with textareas -> program crashes

2007-01-17 Thread Dirk Sohler
Hi there, i created an custom sheet and added some custom shapes to it. It all works fine, until i want to add a textbox to my custom shape. First i thought i was wrong, but then i used the textbox-tag from one of Dia's "built-in" shapes (in fact i used the complete shape def

Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2006-08-21 Thread Lars Clausen
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 21:36 +0200, Pascal Ronecker wrote: > [sorry if this message comes twice, had a problem it seems] > > Hi, > > I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific > shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but > replace them by the "s

export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

2006-08-21 Thread Pascal Ronecker
[sorry if this message comes twice, had a problem it seems] Hi, I wonder : is it possible to export a .dia file that uses some specific shapes into a .dia file that would not refer to thoses shapes, but replace them by the "standards" polygon and beziers line that compose the shape ? thx !

Re: custom shapes with additional attributes?

2006-08-15 Thread Lars Clausen
On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 21:35 +0200, dirk ooms wrote: > Thanks for pointing me to ext_attribute, just what i needed. I noticed that > the types string, integer, real and boolean are supported. Are there any > other types recently added? I was looking for a 'select' type (a string with > options).

Re: custom shapes with additional attributes?

2006-08-15 Thread dirk ooms
Thanks for pointing me to ext_attribute, just what i needed. I noticed that the types string, integer, real and boolean are supported. Are there any other types recently added? I was looking for a 'select' type (a string with options). dirk On Wednesday 16 August 2006 01:21, Lars Clausen wrote

Re: custom shapes with additional attributes?

2006-08-15 Thread Lars Clausen
dirk ooms sagde: > Hello list, > > I am creating my own dia sheet with a set of shapes. I was wondering > whether > it is possible to add additional attributes to a shape (beside textbox), > which would be editable via the Objects>Properties menu (similar to > specifying e.g. class attributes in th

custom shapes with additional attributes?

2006-08-15 Thread dirk ooms
Hello list, I am creating my own dia sheet with a set of shapes. I was wondering whether it is possible to add additional attributes to a shape (beside textbox), which would be editable via the Objects>Properties menu (similar to specifying e.g. class attributes in the UML Class object)? cheer

dia UML objects and other custom shapes

2006-04-19 Thread Nathan Lane [yho]
I just had a question about the seeming staticity of many of the custom shapes that are available with dia.  Is there any way to reduce the thickness of the lines that are used or make them more scalable without drawing my own?  Thanks,Nathan Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls

Re: creating latex macro from custom shapes

2003-08-27 Thread Mårten Svantesson
Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yeah, rotation is one of our weak (read: non-existant) points. As soon as > I figure out a good UI for it, though... I'm glad that you were able to > work around it. I just found the program Omni Graffle on a Mac OS X computer at school. It seems to be

Rotation GUI (was: creating latex macro from custom shapes)

2003-08-26 Thread Mårten Svantesson
Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yeah, rotation is one of our weak (read: non-existant) points. As soon as > I figure out a good UI for it, though... I'm glad that you were able to > work around it. I just found the program Omni Graffle on a Mac OS X computer at school. It seems to be

Re: creating latex macro from custom shapes

2003-08-26 Thread Lars Clausen
On 25 Aug 2003, Nathan Rollins wrote: > > Thank you for responding. Due to time constraints, I wan't able to debug > this issue. I was however pleasantly suprised at the quality of the > *.eps files that dia exports. The *.eps files that some other programs > create are poor quality diagrams. D

Re: creating latex macro from custom shapes

2003-08-25 Thread Nathan Rollins
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: creating latex macro from custom shapes > > > > > > Hey, > > Virus crapflood at the moment, other may not have seen your message so > please be patient and maybe ask again later or let us know if you make any > p

Re: creating latex macro from custom shapes

2003-08-22 Thread Alan Horkan
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Nathan Rollins wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:59:55 -0600 (MDT) > From: Nathan Rollins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: creating latex macro from custom shapes > > > Hey, Virus crapfloo

creating latex macro from custom shapes

2003-08-22 Thread Nathan Rollins
Hey, I'm trying to create latex macros from my dia diagrams. In my diagrams I use a lot of shapes I created myself. Among these shapes I created are OR and XOR gates. When I try to run latex on the macro I export from dia, latex coughs on the OR and XOR gates. This is the error it gives:

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