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Re: vector-based drawing tool that runs on Linux/UNIX
Subject:Re: vector-based drawing tool that runs on Linux/UNIX From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:Jean Jordaan <Jean -at- mosaicsoftware -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 May 2000 10:59:02 -0700
Jean Jordaan wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce and Larry and all ..
>
> You might have a glance at Dia.
>
> >From http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/dia.shtml :
>
> Dia is a drawing program, designed to be much like the commercial
> Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw various different
> kinds of diagrams. In this first version there is support for UML
> static structure diagrams (class diagrams), databases, circuit
> objects, flowcharts, network diagrams and more.
>
I guess you can tell which desktop I use :-)
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