[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/UMLLink article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/02/15 06:01:42

Modified files:
        UMLLink        : article.rst 

Log message:
        more concl

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.47&tr2=1.48&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst:1.47 
manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst:1.48
--- manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst:1.47        Sat Feb 15 06:00:09 2003
+++ manuscripts/UMLLink/article.rst     Sat Feb 15 06:01:42 2003
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .. Alternative title: "Free Software toolchain for bidirectional 
    linking between UML diagrams and Javadoc"
 
-.. :Stamp: $Id: article.rst,v 1.47 2003/02/15 11:00:09 humppake Exp $
+.. :Stamp: $Id: article.rst,v 1.48 2003/02/15 11:01:42 tjl Exp $
 
 .. Points for HT people
    ====================
@@ -854,9 +854,21 @@
 The tool is currently in active use and has made the documentation
 easier to read and to find.
 
-There are
+There are a number of areas in which the current prototype
+needs to be improved.
+For example, currently the only links are 
+from UML classifiers (i.e. classes, packages, objects, ...)
+to Java classes and packages and other
+documents. 
+Methods (and fields) should also be linked, especially in interaction 
diagrams, as well
+as associations, whenever there is a suitable object in the code documentation.
+
+The layout of the diagram is also currently
+more difficult than it should be.
+While the creation of the diagram structure is easier using
+written text than direct manipulation,
+the layout of the resulting structure would benefit from a click-and-drag 
interface.
 
-- summaryy what have we done so far
 
 - UMLTOOL: diagram elements need easier placing (but still not automatic)
 
@@ -865,16 +877,6 @@
   - we can still continue using our UML language for description
     of diagram elements
 
-- LINKTOOL:
-
-  - Currently, we only link UML classifiers to Java classes and other
-    documents. Methods
-    could also be linked, especially in interaction diagrams.
-
-  - plugin interface to enable other documentation tools than javadoc
-
-- standalone (from our CVS, still a lot of depends for the 
-  existing Free Software) distribution package
 
 - metapost's erros are fuzzy, when using scripting language for
   drawing diagrams, we need clearer errors
@@ -886,6 +888,15 @@
 
   - However, less power: with mp, can draw arbitrary stuff on the diagrams
     is well; this is sometimes useful, but sometimes not desirable.
+
+
+  - plugin interface to enable other documentation tools than javadoc
+
+Once some of these issues are resolved, we are planning
+to release the glue code as a standalone free software package;
+until then, the code is still publicly accessible at our CVS version
+control server as part of the larger Gzz project.
+
 
 - all in all, this is temporary system: using web pages for the 
   presentation/UI layer of a hypertext system is useful and standard