Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:31:02 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which port for this job? Message-ID: <4B29A5F6.3080109@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <24BE9F83-E13F-4F80-B90E-4D2F762701F6@freebsd.org> References: <4B27F616.3090009@telenix.org> <24BE9F83-E13F-4F80-B90E-4D2F762701F6@freebsd.org>
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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"
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