[PLUG] I Want A Good Linux Software Diagramming Tool!

Lance Means lmeans at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 03:20:11 UTC 2005


Have you checked out Inkscape? www.inkscape.org

They claim it has Visio-esque features.


On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:28:52 -0800, Jason Van Cleve <jason at vancleve.com> wrote:
> I think I'm going to lose it, here, fellows.  Visio is the one reason I
> still rely on Windoesn't for developing software.  UML diagrams are
> good, and I wouldn't want to design an application without them; but
> there really isn't a Linux equivalent to Visio.  Argo, last I looked,
> just doesn't hold a candle.
> 
> And yet, the Windon't machine I use for this purpose has been
> spontaneously rebooting--a lot.  And the last couple of times this
> happened, my Visio document was corrupted, so that Visio wouldn't open
> it (even denied that it was a Visio file!).  So both times, my work was
> lost permanently.  This is unacceptable.
> 
> I wanted to ask you all, once more, if there are ANY good UML tools for
> Linux--anything better than Argo, just to raise a standard.  But now I'm
> ready to bust my knuckles on this POS WinXP tower, and I would consider
> almost any alternative, so long as it's Linux based.
> 
> Have you UML lovers any creative ideas, tools and techniques, that might
> help me break my Visio addiction?  I've come to depend on UML diagrams
> for design; and I'm almost ready to consider pencil and paper, but not
> quite.  :]
> 
> --Jason V. C.
> 
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Lance



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