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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

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> Rui Paulo
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