Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Rui Paulo
On 15 Dec 2009, at 20:48, Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. So far, everything I've tried has either been so extremely full of jargon that one can't use it without a semester course in

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Oliver Fromme
Chuck Robey wrote: The last one I found, dia, was far simpler (enough so that I could use it) but it produced gigantic pdf exports, which needed like a mosaid of 5x5 printed sheets to view it, and no easy way tio shrink it. Shrinking PDF files can be done with these commands: $ pdf2ps

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Chuck Robey chu...@telenix.org writes: The last one I found, dia, was far simpler (enough so that I could use it) but it produced gigantic pdf exports, which needed like a mosaid of 5x5 printed sheets to view it, and no easy way tio shrink it. AFAIK, dia prints just what you tell it to. The

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Bakul Shah
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 EST Chuck Robey chu...@telenix.org wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. inkscape if you want something point'n'click to

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Chuck Robey
Bakul Shah wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 EST Chuck Robey chu...@telenix.org wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. inkscape if you want something

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-16 Thread Chuck Robey
Rui Paulo wrote: On 15 Dec 2009, at 20:48, Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. So far, everything I've tried has either been so extremely full of jargon that one can't use it without

which port for this job?

2009-12-15 Thread Chuck Robey
I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. So far, everything I've tried has either been so extremely full of jargon that one can't use it without a semester course in it (or 6 months rereading the UML spec). The last

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. inkscape if you want something point'n'click to draw with. graphviz if you hate the idea of point'n'click. Cheers Matthew -- Dr