FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Tutorial

A nice little Dia tutorial

Dia TWiki

A part of the Faemilia TWiki is dedicated to documenting Dia, in particular the ins and outs of programming new objects and plugins.

Dia chapter

A chapter on Dia from the free book "Guide to GNU/Linux -- Desktop Survival".

Dia manual

The Dia manual is available in the following formats: PDF, HTML, CHM.

UML Tutorial

A brief Dia/UML Tutorial using Dia (partially retrieved from archive sites after the original site disappeared).

Dia fonts under X

A description of how Dia handles fonts under X, and why we don't use the X font system in Dia 0.91 and forwards.

Extending and customizing Dia

• How to create a new shape : *.shape XML file

• A step-by-step description of how to add a shape to the Dia toolbox.

• How to customize dia sheets : adding, deleting, copying & moving shapes

• Dia shape n' sheet repository : http://dia-installer.de/shapes.html

Graphics of this web site are made with the Gimp and Xfig by Toussaint Frédéric