which port for this job?

Chuck Robey chuckr at telenix.org
Thu Dec 17 03:30:22 UTC 2009


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

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