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From: Bruce Horrocks on 20 Jan 2010 13:34
On 20/01/2010 15:53, D.M. Procida wrote:
> I need to document some fairly complex program logic. A small part of it
> - perhaps a 20th, or 50th - is at:
>
> <http://emberapp.com/evildmp/images/news-and-events-process-diagram/size
> s/o>
>
> I can either continue doing it on a canvas (I used OmniGraffle for
> that). A bedsheet-sized diagram would look pretty frikkin l33t in my
> office.
>
> But maybe, it would make more sense to record each element as something
> like a HyperCard stack (and if it can be printed out bedsheet-size, so
> much the frikkin l33t3r). In which case, which is the best of the
> Hypercard clones?
>
> Or perhaps there's some other better way to capture such information?

Have a look at http://flyinglogic.com/index.html

It's definition of 'logic' might be the wrong definition for your
purposes but whole subsections of diagrams can be collapsed which would
help with your printing/display problem.

There's a 30-day free trial.

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Bruce Horrocks on 20 Jan 2010 13:44
On 20/01/2010 18:34, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
>> Or perhaps there's some other better way to capture such information?

Forgot to add to the previous message...

If you want to be more formal with your use case diagrams then there are
some free UML modelling tools available.

Bouml, for example, but I've not tried it.
<http://bouml.free.fr/index.html>

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Woody on 20 Jan 2010 13:52
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:

> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > which is the best of the Hypercard clones?
>
> I don't have the answer to your question, but I downloaded Rev from
> <http://www.runrev.com/> and have had the most cursory look at it, which
> left me eager to explore more. Haven't had the time yet though.

Would be good if you didn't need a plugin to use sites made by it.


--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: D.M. Procida on 20 Jan 2010 14:03
Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote:

> On 20/01/2010 15:53, D.M. Procida wrote:
> > I need to document some fairly complex program logic. A small part of it
> > - perhaps a 20th, or 50th - is at:
> >
> > <http://emberapp.com/evildmp/images/news-and-events-process-diagram/size
> > s/o>
> >
> > I can either continue doing it on a canvas (I used OmniGraffle for
> > that). A bedsheet-sized diagram would look pretty frikkin l33t in my
> > office.
> >
> > But maybe, it would make more sense to record each element as something
> > like a HyperCard stack (and if it can be printed out bedsheet-size, so
> > much the frikkin l33t3r). In which case, which is the best of the
> > Hypercard clones?
> >
> > Or perhaps there's some other better way to capture such information?
>
> Have a look at http://flyinglogic.com/index.html
>
> It's definition of 'logic' might be the wrong definition for your
> purposes but whole subsections of diagrams can be collapsed which would
> help with your printing/display problem.

That looks amazing. It's practically a brain!

But what I really need is much simpler.

I think that what I need is.... an SE/30 emulator.

Daniele
From: Jochem Huhmann on 20 Jan 2010 17:35
real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) writes:

> Or perhaps there's some other better way to capture such information?

If you're after something simple you should perhaps look for mindmap
apps. Not exactly made for software documentation, but the basic idea
might fit.

Like this: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page


Jochem

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