[SLL] Character based drawing tool

[(Ted Harding)]

I decided to try to post the PS file anyway (time to go to bed ... )
On 08-Mar-09 02:06:26, Ted Harding wrote:
> I seem to have missed the start of this thread. For response,
> see at end.
> [...]
> First, create the following file "lan.tr" using any plain
> text editor:
> 
> lan.tr:
> 8<----------------------------------------------
> .LP
> .PS
> box wid 1 ht 0.3 "Desktop"
>   "192.168.1.10" " " at last box.n
> box wid 1 ht 0.3 "Server" with .w at last box.e + (0.2,0)
>   "192.168.1.5" " " at last box.n
> box wid 1 ht 0.3 "Firewall" with .nw at last box.se + (0.30,-0.3)
>   "eth1" ljust " " at last box.nw
>   "eth0" rjust " " at last box.ne
> box wid 1 ht 0.3 "Router" with .w at last box.e + (0.5,0)
>   "192.168.1.1" " " at last box .n
> line from 4th last box .s down 0.45 then right 2.0
> line from 3rd last box .s down 0.45
> line from 2nd last box .e to last box .w
> line invis right 0.80 from last box.e
> line right 0.3 from last box.e
>   "  Internet" at end of last line ljust
> .PE
> 8<----------------------------------------------
> 
> Then, to get a PostScript file, do:
> 
>   groff -Tps -p -ms lan.tr > lan.ps
> 
> and inspect it with 'gv lan.ps'.
> 
> In principle, you can also get an "ASCII art" version with
> 
>   groff -Tascii -p -ms lan.tr > lan.txt
> 
> but for some reason the version of groff I'mm using (1.18.1)
> is not producing the right results.
> 
> Hoping this helps. And can I attach the resulting PS file to
> a mail to this list?
> Ted.

Attached: PostScript file lan.ps

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