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Re: [mdt-papyrus.dev] Serialize all size/position in notation
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Hi,
Good question.
Currently, the GMF notation model combines the cue for automatic computation of layout in the attributes of a view that would store the computed layout information. In particular, location or size set to (and thus persisted as) their default (-1, -1) values indicate that layout is automatic.
To change this such that the auto layout is a separate attribute is feasible, but then storing the computed layout information implies possibly unacceptable version control impact. If changes in the model that trigger adjustment of the layout, then we would have a greater likelihood of conflicting changes is the notation in a team situation.
It seems to me that it would be easy to build an export function in the diagram editor that produces a notation model with the layout "pinned" for interchange purposes, but I'm not sure how that would be more useful than exporting directly to DD/SVG/whatever.
Some $0.02 to contribute to the discussion, at least.
Christian
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:41 AM, MAGGI Benoit <Benoit.MAGGI@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Here is a question/suggestion made Maged Elaasar when I met him last month.
What about saving all position/size in the notation file ?
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It will help to reuse the the notation file in different context
For example : It will help to generate a static website for documentation (using Hudson nightly build)
His use case was transform a diagram in DD DI and svg.
He has to load the diagram with Papyrus to get the auto layout mechanism running and finally get the positions
Regards,
Benoit
1 :
http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/1.1/PDF/
2 :
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/
