From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 21 12:22:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926E737B41F for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-232-220-15.client.attbi.com [12.232.220.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0414743EE8 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gBLKMIB7004964; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gBLKMHiD004963; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:17 -0800 From: David Schultz To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Drawing diagrams a-la-Visio Message-ID: <20021221202217.GA4851@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Cliff Sarginson , FreeBSD Questions References: <20021221163420.GD31504@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021221163420.GD31504@raggedclown.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Cliff Sarginson : > I am looking for an application that will allow diagrams to be drawn > (such as network topologies) similar to the Windows program Visio (I > think that is what it is called). One that has some pre-defined > shapes/lines etc suitable for technical use. Does anyone have any > suggestions ... ? I can't think of a direct comparison any closer than xfig, and xfig isn't as featureful as Visio. However, if you just want a nice looking graph of network connections, and you're happy letting the computer arrange the nodes (for the most part), try graphviz. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message