Re: Topology hardcopy output

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest () gmail com>]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:36 PM, David Fifield <> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 02:22:33PM -0700, Jay Chandler wrote:
> > Toni Ruottu wrote:
> > > I gathered a set of public domain svg flag pictures for use with GNUnet.
> > > The collection might be useful to someone who considers adding
> > > geographical visualization features to zenmap. I renamed the pictures by
> > > country codes. The collection is available from GNUnet svn repository.
> > > See https://gnunet.org/svn/gnunet-gtk/contrib/flags/
> >
> > Sure would be neat if (someday) we could use nmap to generate a network
> > map for use in Visio, OmniGraffle, or other similar tools.  I'm
> > relatively certain the tools aren't there yet, unfortunately...
>
> Whoa, I might regret saying this, but it would be cool if Zenmap could
> save a graphics file containing the topology output. I can see printouts
> getting taped up in computer labs around the world.
>
> The topology interface uses Cairo for drawing, which is already capable
> of drawing to many types of surfaces, including SVG and PDF. It would be
> a matter of redirecting the drawing calls to an output file. In fact,
> that's how I generated the icons in the "Legend" section of the topology
> documentation: http://nmap.org/book/zenmap-topology.html. I made calls
> into the RadialNet Python package and directed the output into SVG
> files, which I then rasterized.
>
> David Fifield

In the mean-time "print screen" or acquire screen shot to Gimp or
Paint.NET would work.  Not with scalable SVG files, but at least
something to print out.

With a big enough monitor to zoom in appreciably, it's not too bad.

See?

-Jason

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