It's really a great job, but I can't download the software from the following address, http://sourceforge.net/projects/callplot
who can do me a favor to send me a copy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jonathan Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Dave Ladd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:04 AM Subject: Re: callplot tool for generating call flows > Thank you, Jonathan! > > I think this is a good example of "community problem solving" - solve it > once, share, and it's solved for all of us! > > Harald > > --On 18. mars 2004 12:45 -0500 Jonathan Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > One of the challenges in producing an Internet Draft is the creation of > > ASCII art call flow diagrams (aka sequence diagrams), such as those in > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3665.txt. I tend to do a lot of these in the > > drafts I write. > > > > To make the process easier, a colleague of mine, Dave Ladd, wrote a tool > > called callplot. Callplot takes a source file that describes the > > callflow, and then compiles it into an ASCII art version suitable for > > inclusion in Internet drafts. It does automatic message numbering, > > labeling, and so on. It can also spit out other formats that can be > > included in MS Office documents, for example. > > > > To illustrate, running callplot on this input: > > > > opt/columnPitch/15 > > guy/f/Fred > > guy/b/Barney > > f->b/Please > > note/b/Gives bowling ball > > b->f/Stuff > > b..f/RTP > > f->b/Thank You > > b->f/You're Welcome > > > > produces this diagram: > > > > Fred Barney > > | | > > | | > > | | > > |Please | > > |------------->| > > | | > > | | > > | |Gives bowling ball > > | | > > | | > > | | > > |Stuff | > > |<-------------| > > | | > > | | > > |RTP | > > |..............| > > | | > > | | > > |Thank You | > > |------------->| > > | | > > | | > > |You're Welcome| > > |<-------------| > > | | > > | | > > | | > > | | > > > > > > I think this tool would be useful to the IETF community at large. As a > > result, we've decided to make the tool open source, available at > > sourceforge at: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/callplot > > > > Callplot is written in Java. Please feel free to download, use, and > > provide improvements on this tool. > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan R. > > -- > > Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Ph.D. 600 Lanidex Plaza > > Chief Technology Officer Parsippany, NJ 07054-2711 > > dynamicsoft > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX: (973) 952-5050 > > http://www.jdrosen.net PHONE: (973) 952-5000 > > http://www.dynamicsoft.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message was passed through [EMAIL PROTECTED], which > > is a sublist of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not all messages are passed. Decisions on > > what to pass are made solely by IETF_CENSORED ML Administrator > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > > > > > > >
