frankhua@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Frank Xiaojun HUANG) (09/13/90)
Does anybody know there is any software that can do the sort of jobs like FrameMaker on UNIX? I need a software on PC to do something like drawing the flowchart(or diagram) of the program. can it be run from inside Window? Thanks.
jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) (09/13/90)
In article <3950@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>, frankhua@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Frank Xiaojun HUANG) writes: > > Does anybody know there is any software that can do the sort of jobs like > FrameMaker on UNIX? I need a software on PC to do something like drawing > the flowchart(or diagram) of the program. can it be run from inside Window? I recently sold my Sun workstation which was running Frame and bought a 80386 with Windows. Now I would never dream of comparing the two environments (The Sun is beyond comparison) but I have found an acceptable environment to replace Framemaker. I use the following packages: 1) Pagemaker 3.01 - This I use for page layout. It's comparable to Frame but does not rotate text and does not have Frame's word processing capibility. 2) Word for windows - Here's where I get spell-checking, indexing, table of contents, footnotes, etc. 3) Corel Draw. This package does all kinds of Text manipulation, including kerning, rotation, skewing, mirroring, stretching, special effects, etc. It also is a damn good graphics art tool. Frame cannot do these types of things. 4) Logitech Scanman Plus - I use this to scan images in. (Try finding a $175.00 scanner for the Sparcstation !) All these packages can import and export files from one another. Now I admit, Windows is a far far cry from SunOS (Unix), but a scanner alone for the Sun costs more than my 80386 ! -jaz
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (09/18/90)
> > 4) Logitech Scanman Plus - I use this to scan images in. (Try finding > a $175.00 scanner for the Sparcstation !) > Can you get any respectable image scan from the Scanman Plus ? I believe this is a hand scanner, right ? I tried one Taiwanese hand scanner before and the image looks like dog sh*t. When you set it to scan 400 dpi, it actually produce 75 dpi image at (400/75) times the size. I've since been convinced that the only useful scanner is flat bed scanner. Anyone to dispute that ? I wish I'm wrong. Flat bed scanner costs so much more ! Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include <standard_disclaimer.hpp>