From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 16 18:41:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9451065672 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:41:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Received: from mail.bitblocks.com (mail.bitblocks.com [64.142.15.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15878FC31 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:41:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bitblocks.com (localhost.bitblocks.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.bitblocks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF2455B1E; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24:56 -0800 (PST) To: Chuck Robey 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> Comments: In-reply-to Chuck Robey message dated "Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 -0500." Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24:56 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <20091216182456.DF2455B1E@mail.bitblocks.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which port for this job? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:41:38 -0000 On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:22 EST Chuck Robey 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.