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DIA

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Updated: 9 January 2002
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NAME

Dia - a diagram drawing program  

SYNOPSIS

dia [-h | --help] | [-e OUTPUT | --export=OUTPUT] [--nosplash] [ files ... ]  

DESCRIPTION

Dia is used to create diagrams. Dia has a number of basic tools, like lines and boxes, but can also dynamically load "sheets". A sheet is a collection of tools that are used in a certain type of diagram.

Most diagram objects in Dia have "handles". Lines can be connected to these handles; this way, graph structures can be formed. When objects are moved or resized, the connections will follow the objects.

Diagrams drawn in Dia can be exported to a number of output formats, depending on what plugins are installed. Plugins for PostScript, EPS, CGM, HPGL, PNG, SVG, TeX PStricks macros, WPG, and .fig format are included.  

OPTIONS

Dia accepts the following options:
-h, --help
Display a list of all command-line options.
-e OUTPUT, --export=OUTPUT
Export the first file given to the file OUTPUT. The output format is determined by the extension part of the filename OUTPUT.
--nosplash
Do not display a splash screen when starting Dia.
 

SEE ALSO

X(1)

There is an online help facility in the program with more documentation. >From the program's Help menu, select the item Manual.

The Dia project has a home page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999 Alexander Larsson

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  

AUTHORS

Alexander Larsson <alla@lysator.liu.se>

This manual was written by Fredrik Hallenberg <hallon@lysator.liu.se> and updated by era eriksson <era@iki.fi> for Dia 0.88.1.


 

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