I'm sold ... for what that's worth. Is there any UML-type facility for the project's future of design & spec-chasing?
On 14-12-15 10:41 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: > On 15/12/2014 1:30 PM, Todd Thorner wrote: >> Yeah, graphs & charts represent special cases. > > For the first applications of our ETVL, org charts were a very useful > output since we were dealing with people in organizations where a clean > hierarchy is the common way that companies are organized. It was useful > to have the organizational structure (departments, divisions, etc) as > well as reporting relationships between people. > > Graphviz is capable of producing very complex charts and has a fair > amount of language features to support customizing the appearance. > > Ron > >> >> >> >> On 14-12-15 09:49 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: >>> If people don't like the idea of using the Graphviz version that I made, >>> there is a viewer for graffle that runs on the PC. Not sure if any of >>> their other free utilities will output an SVG. >>> Graphviz can outout SVG. >>> I am not sure if it would be easy to use svg as a source. >>> >>> Graphviz offers high level control over placement that usually gives a >>> clean graph without having to manually place nodes. >>> >>> I have just started to use the dynamic javascript version of graphviz in >>> my ETVL tool to output org charts embedded into HTML pages from >>> hierarchical data. >>> Works fine but the org charts are not as nice looking as GetOrgChart's >>> charts and GetOrgChart produces a chart that can be interrogated in the >>> browser to view the detail information stored at each node so I support >>> both ways of generating charts in HTML format. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On 15/12/2014 12:04 PM, Todd Thorner wrote: >>>> What happens if you change a .graffle file's extension to something >>>> else >>>> like SVG or XML? Any luck? I know very little about Mac lock-ins, but >>>> if you can get a text-based file to display (e.g. if .graffle is .xml >>>> underneath) you might be able to edit the text. >>>> >>>> You could also try taking a screenshot and then editing that by >>>> overlaying the newer links on top of the old image. Quality might >>>> suffer. >>>> >>>> Perhaps committers could consider SVG as a forward-thinking standard >>>> format for the project's graphical source files (production-ready files >>>> can be exported as whatever). My preferred tool is Inkscape >>>> (Windows/Mac/Linux). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14-12-15 06:33 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: >>>>> Can we move them to open source products such as Open Office or >>>>> ArgoUML >>>>> or Freeplane? >>>>> These run on all platforms and are all free. >>>>> >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> On 15/12/2014 7:30 AM, Sharan-F wrote: >>>>>> Hi All >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone in the community have access to Graffle on a Mac who is >>>>>> willing >>>>>> to help us update one of our wiki diagrams? >>>>>> >>>>>> The diagram that needs to be updated is called >>>>>> OFBizComponentDependencies.graffle (see link below) >>>>>> >>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It forms part of the page around Component Set and Component Set >>>>>> Dependencies page that we want keep up to date. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We need to update some links so please respond if you can help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Sharan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Help-needed-to-update-an-OFBiz-Wiki-Graffle-Diagram-tp4659615.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>>> >>> > >
