Re: Naming and stuff [was Re: Structuring DIA sheets]

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On 17 Dec 2002, Lars Clausen wrote:

> >> > Isometric map symbols :-)
> >
> > Ill definately think about it.
> >
> >> > BTW, speaking of names, there should be (if there is not already)
> >
> > grudgingly i guess you are right, i will probably decide some time on a
> > right way and do up a shedload of patches.
> > The convention for Menu Items is 'First Letter Up' and i think that it
> > would be wise to follow that convention, and as much as possible avoid
> > pronouns.
>
> First Letter Up?  But Not Following The Book Title Capitalization System,
> Where A Few Words Are Not Capitalized?

Now that you mention it i dont think menus capitilise 'of a or and etc.'

> >> Good point.  Some guidelines for object creation would be useful.  Alan,
> >> have you started anything in that direction?
> >
> > I vaguely intend to edit most of the current black and white shapes to
> > use 'foreground' and 'backround' so that users will be allowed and able
> > to easily change the colours.
>
> That would be a lovely thing to get done.
>
> > I should probably add a section to the
> > manual about how to create new shapes (save as .shape) and addtional
> > things you can do to tweak the XML by hand.  The first thing i need to do
> > for the manual is to write a good description of UML, and then for every
> > other sheet.  I also have about 20 PNG i spent a whole afternoon cutting
> > and cropping that i should add to the documentation.
>
> I'm finding Dia itself is decent at making icons, if you give it a little
> planning.  Especially if you're doing the colored background, it's easy to
> place a colored square and then build on top of that.  Export as 22x22 PNG
> and it's ready to go.

I prefer the clarity you get by drawing icons pixel by pixel but
admittedly it takes far to f---ing long

I am not sure if mentioned this but i really fancied the idea of getting
Dia to import the SVG Theme for Nautilus by Jimmac called Gorilla.
This would provide lots of nice icons for file types and stuff, which
would be nice for software and web site diagrams.  after looking at the
XML this will actually be way harder than i had hoped, jimmac seems to use
gradients *everywhere* even in places that seem fairly solidly coloured.

Sincereley

Alan Horkan