From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 17 03:30:22 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 9AFA9106568B for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:30:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C118FC12 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12546 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2009 03:30:21 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (HELO april.telenix.org) (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Dec 2009 03:30:21 -0000 Message-ID: <4B29A5F6.3080109@telenix.org> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:31:02 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rui Paulo References: <4B27F616.3090009@telenix.org> <24BE9F83-E13F-4F80-B90E-4D2F762701F6@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <24BE9F83-E13F-4F80-B90E-4D2F762701F6@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:30:22 -0000 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 a semester course in it (or 6 months rereading the UML >> spec). 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. > > Use dia, export to png and resize the diagram with gimp or something similar. > I finally just figured out how to get dia to stop printing those huge mosaics, and since it has a pretty good balance between complexity/simplicity in the UI (most power without requiring me to keep the UML spec open on my knee) I think I might just back away from Violet and use Dia instead. Thanks > -- > Rui Paulo > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"