Re: Linux Desktop for university staff

[akonstam trinity edu]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:33:09AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 08:02, akonstam trinity edu wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 02:41:38AM -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Visio: I don't think that OOo draw is as successful as visio. So I 
> > > >searched
> > > >for an alternative.  One alternative may be inkscaper.  It is really cool, 
> > > >and
> > > >quite handy. There are also win32 binaries. I guess inkscaper is a perfect
> > > >alternative to visio. Another one may be scribus. Its gui is not as 
> > > >friendly
> > > >as inkscaper (I guess), but it is also very successfull. Can kivio be 
> > > >another
> > > >alternative?
> > > 
> > > Also look into Dia, the diagram tool. 
> > > 
> > I would also suggest xfig.
> 
> Is there a large collection of icons for any of these tools for
> things like network diagrams?   Also, has anyone come up with a
> scheme to easily make diagrams visible on a wiki so the viewer
> doesn't need the corresponding program?  Normally this requires
> exporting to an image format and attaching the image to the
> wiki page - then you also have to attach the diagram source
> so someone can download to make changes and repeat the process.
> Is there any way to make the process more transparent, like
> having the wiki server render the image on the fly?
> 
xfig has a large number of pre-created objects. Just click on the icon
that looks like a shelf of books in the right panel.
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