graphviz output type 'dia' please

[Moses Moore]

Binary package hint: graphviz

(dunno how I can mark this item "wishlist," since it's a feature request.)

"man 1 dot" mentions .... "Traditionally, dot supports the following: -Tps (PostScript), ... , -Tdia (GTK+ based diagrams), ... " However, "dot -T help" does not list "dia" among the formats available for output.
It would be nice to use /usr/bin/dia to make those last little tweaks to a graphviz graph, like making it planar or labeling subgraphs without partitioning them.

[Alex Willmer (alex-moreati)]

From graphviz-2.26.3 Changelog:
December 10, 2009
        - Release 2.26.0
        - Core features:
                - added: "smyrna" - a new opengl-based viewer for large graphs
                - added: rudimentary "gml2gv", "gv2gml" converters
                - extended support for various image formats in node images
                - removed vestiges of codegens, now all putput formats supported
                  through plugins. Dropped some output formats for which
                  plugins have not been developed: -Tdia, -Tmif

It was removed upstream, but out of date documentation lingers - even on graphviz.org

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Pander (pander)]

could you report this upstream, please?

[Moses Moore (moses-ubuntu)]

Looks like it already is upstream: https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/issues/689 Submitted on 2010-02-18 . if '-Tdia' was removed, maybe it's better to label this WONTFIX and patch the man page to omit mention of 'dia' output format.