User Commands                                              dia(1)



NAME
     dia - a diagram drawing program

SYNOPSIS
     dia [--credits] [--export=file] [--help] [--nosplash]  [--
     size=WxH]  [--filter=TYPE] [--version] [--log-to-stderr] [--
     show-layers] [--verbose] [--nonew] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
     Dia is a general purpose diagram editor.  Dia has  a  number
     of  basic  tools,  like lines and boxes but can also dynami-
     cally load sheets. A sheet is a collection of tools that are
     used  in a certain type of diagram. Dia is easily extensible
     through the use of user defined sheets.

     All diagram objects in Dia have handles.  Handles are  small
     boxes  on an object which allow the object to be resized, or
     connected to. Lines can be connected to each other and other
     objects  with these handles and in this way graph structures
     can be formed. When objects are moved or resized the connec-
     tions will follow the objects.

     Diagrams drawn in Dia can be exported  to  numerous  formats
     which are described in the EXPORT FORMATS section.

OPTIONS
     Dia accepts the following options:

     -c, --credits

         Display credits and exit.



     -e, --export=file

         Export loaded file to file.



     -h, --help

         Display a list of all command line options.



     -n, --nosplash

         Do not show the splash screen.






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     -s, --size=WxH

         Export loaded file in decimal given width and/or height.
         You  may  only specify width or height. E.g. --size=520x
         exports an image that  is  520  pixels  wide,  while  --
         size=x900 exports an image of 900 pixels in height.

         Note this option is currently only implemented  for  the
         PNG export filter.



     -t, --filter=TYPE

         Export loaded file in format TYPE and exit. Formats  are
         described below.



     -v, --version

         Display Dia version and exit.



     -l, --log-to-stderr

         Send error messages to stderr instead  of  showing  dia-
         logs.



     -L, --show-layer=LAYER,LAYER,...

         Show only specified layers (e.g. when exporting). Can be
         either the layer name or a range of layer numbers (X-Y).



     --verbose

         Generate verbose output.



     --nonew

         Do not create an empty diagram.







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EXPORT FORMATS
     The following export formats are suppored by Dia:

       ]o  cgm (Computer Graphics Metafile, ISO 8632)
       ]o  dia (Native dia diagram)
       ]o  dxf (Drawing Interchange File)
       ]o  eps or epsi or eps-builtin or  eps-pango  (Encapsulated
          Postscript)The  format  specifications  eps,  epsi, and
          eps-pango all  use  the  font  renderer  of  the  Pango
          library,  while  eps-builtin  uses  a dia specific font
          renderer. If you have problems  with  Pango  rendering,
          e.g. Unicode, try eps-builtin instead.

       ]o  fig (XFig format)
       ]o  mp (TeX MetaPost macros)
       ]o  plt or hpgl (HP Graphics Language)
       ]o  png (Portable Network Graphics)
       ]o  shape (Dia shape file)
       ]o  svg (Scalable Vector Graphics)
       ]o  tex (TeX PSTricks macros)
       ]o  wpg (WordPerfect Graphics)
       ]o  wmf (Windows Metafile)

EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Launching dia

     example% dia

     Example 2: Exporting dia file to cgm format

     example% dia --export=dia-test.sgm --filter=cgm dia-test.dia

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     -1        Error



     0        OK



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/dia            Executable for Dia.



ATRIBUTES




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     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWdia                     
    
     Interface stability          Volitile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     Dia Manual

     attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES
     Written by Frederik Hallenberg, W. Borgert, Matt Keenan, Sun
     Microsystems Inc., 2008.


     Copyright 1991 Alexander Larsson.
































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