Re: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-12 Thread Ken Fox
Robert Spier wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 07:38:28PM -0500, Ken Fox wrote: | ... Powerpoint would be a better choice since everybody | has to deal with that format anyway. Please, no! Powerpoint is one of the few formats which cannot be easily read on a non Windows or Mac system. Any

Re: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-12 Thread Robert Spier
I was wondering about *editing* them. IMHO all the data structures in Parrot must be documented as beautifully as PerlGuts Illustrated. Parrot is evolving quickly though and needs documentation that is easy to update. Yes. Definitely. I think PerlGuts used GraphViz. dia is probably a worse

Re: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-12 Thread Will Coleda
Robert Spier wrote: -R (still against Powerpoint for this, but we're sliding off topic.) Star Office provides power point support, fwiw.

Re: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:47 AM 11/12/2001 -0500, Will Coleda wrote: Robert Spier wrote: -R (still against Powerpoint for this, but we're sliding off topic.) Star Office provides power point support, fwiw. Star Office's presentation module is... not particularly stellar. I've done a few presentations with it

RE: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-11 Thread Brent Dax
Ken Fox: # I'm finishing up my design for lexicals and I'd like to # provide a graphical presentation. PDF is probably the # best choice for viewing, but what is the best format for # the source? I've been using dia, but maybe something # like Powerpoint would be a better choice since everybody #

Re: preferences for data structure diagrams?

2001-11-11 Thread Robert Spier
On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 07:38:28PM -0500, Ken Fox wrote: | I'm finishing up my design for lexicals and I'd like to | provide a graphical presentation. PDF is probably the | best choice for viewing, but what is the best format for | the source? I've been using dia, but maybe something Dia is