Re: Default font size for UML objects

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Lars Clausen wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Aaron Burt wrote:
>> > Howdy.  Been digging through docs, list archives and whatever
>> > Dia-related files I can find on my system, but I can't find a way to
>> > set a smaller default font size for UML objects.
>>
>> No, there's no way outside of recompiling to do that.  Why?  Because the
>> UML class doesn't use StdProps yet, so it doesn't have automatic
>> defaults settings.
> 
> Is there a template or example for converting these guys to StdProps?

The reason they haven't been converted yet is that they're quite
complicated.  In particular, we don't yet have a property widget that can
handle the fancy multi-line props that UML class is awash in.

> Either way, where would I want to start nosing around in the source?
> I'm sure I could just grab the SRPM for the version she's using (whatever
> comes with RH 8.0) and tweak the source, making for minimal disturbance.

You want to look at fill_in_font_data() in objects/UML/class.c for the
quick hack.

-Lars

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