GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 116554
Links within files and to external files, using XLink, probably
Last modified: 2019-03-20 11:07:37 UTC
people keep asking for this so it is quite surprising that no one has ever bothered to file it. the Xlink DTD should probably be added to the file format. Beyond that I am not really sure how to go about implementing linking this, I leave that to whatever developer might step up. here is just one of the many mails to the list requesting Linking: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2003-June/msg00065.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2003-June/msg00067.html
This has been requested again in the discussion forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1494711&forum_id=53187
*** Bug 458362 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 613967 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 379759 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
7 years have passed... millions sheets of paper used.... how do you think how many sheets of papers would you had saved if you implemented this feature? I think I will add a clause to monitor this thread to my testament... hopefully my children will be get more out of Dia than myself.
In the meantime, hyperlinks have been implemented. If you cannot wait until Dia 0.98 and would like to testdrive them (and don't want to compile Dia yourself), you could try the Dia Development VM, it's available from http://dia-installer.de/developer/index.html
In Dia 0.97+git , it looks like hyperlinks should now be working, but they aren't providing the function that I need. Following the instructions at http://dia-installer.de/howto/compile_msvc/index.html#ubuntu onto Ubuntu 12.04, everything seem to install fine. I created two entities, and drew a line between them. (1) Selecting the first entity, ... right mouse button ... Properties ... Meta ..., adding in a value (e.g. http://myurl.com ) for the url didn't seem to stick. When selecting the "Apply" button, the URL would disappear. However, if I fill a value both for url and for id and select Apply, the id field blanks out, but the url value remains. (2) I really wanted the URL to be saved with objects in SVG. When I ... File ... Export ... as SVG ... the URL doesn't seem be in the script. I'm disappointed that this feature isn't working. It seems as though I may have to go back to either hand coding, or working again with Inkscape!
(In reply to comment #7) > (1) [...] remains. > Looks like a usability issue: currently the entry needs to be confirmed with return. Clicking outside of the text field just cancels the editing. I might change that. > (2) I really wanted the URL to be saved with objects in SVG. [...] There are three SVG exporters, only one of them converts the url to a link. > I'm disappointed that this feature isn't working. It seems as though I may > have to go back to either hand coding, or working again with Inkscape! Feel free to provide patches or work with Inkscape ;) Usually complaining does not accelerate anything.
Thanks for the response. I had tried two of the three SVG exporters (Scaleable Vector Graphics, and Cairo Scalable Vector Graphics) and was deceived by the name to not try the third (Plain SVG). > (2) I really wanted the URL to be saved with objects in SVG. [...] There are three SVG exporters, only one of them converts the url to a link. The Plain SVG does retain the hyperlink. I can now proceed happily along!
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