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Flat files vs. Packages
Is there any benefit to using packages over flat files when saving an OmniGraffle document?
I do know that the flat file will make it more source management safe, but beyond that, I don't know if there are any performance or file size advantages to one versus the other.
I do know that the flat file will make it more source management safe, but beyond that, I don't know if there are any performance or file size advantages to one versus the other.
I’m undecided
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Inappropriate?When saving images in a flat file, the images are written into the XML of the file as base-64 encoded text. This ends up expanding the size of those images by about 4/3. That encoding on save and decoding on load also adds a small additional step. So in a document with lots of images, a flat file will be both larger and slightly slower to save/load.
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Inappropriate?That's super helpful. Thanks!
The great this is that when flat they can be checked into source management.
I’m satisfied
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Inappropriate?Clay, the word on the street here at Omni is that we no longer blow away the .svn folder so should be able to also save OmniGraffle 5 packages into version control.
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Inappropriate?If you hit any roadblocks on this, our support ninjas (yes, real ninjas) can give a hand at support@omnigroup dot com... I'm still an "intermediate" OmniGraffle user ;)
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Inappropriate?Oh my god - this just made my day... I've upgraded to OmniGraffle 5 and all my SVN issues just went away. Ethan - you rock!
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