Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24:56 -0800 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which port for this job? Message-ID: <20091216182456.DF2455B1E@mail.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 EST." <4B292072.6040502@telenix.org> References: <4B27F616.3090009@telenix.org> <4B27FCDB.6080407@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B292072.6040502@telenix.org>
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 EST Chuck Robey <chuckr@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 draw with.
> >
> > graphviz if you hate the idea of point'n'click.
>
> Well, actually, I'm after a UML designer, but it has some special needs for me:
> it has to understand python's arch (not just java, as most do). I've found a
> couple that go that far, but unbelieveably enough, they won't print...
> klassmodeler was a big disappointment like that. Dia actually printed it's
> output, but the authors were so proud of their ability to print huge mosaics
> made up of bunches of 8.5x11 sheets that they offer no options to get it all
> into one sheet, even when it s just not all that complicated.
Googling about this problem reveals
http://projects.gnome.org/dia/faq.html#FitToPage
Did you try it?
I have used tgif, xfig, inkscape, dia etc. in the past.
Generally they can all be made to do what you want but you
have to spend time learning the tool.
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