Re: Topology hardcopy output

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 03:36:12PM -0600, David Fifield wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 02:22:33PM -0700, Jay Chandler wrote:
> > Toni Ruottu wrote:
>
> 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.

If it doesn't require too much extra code or work to implement, it
sounds like a worthwhile feature to me.

Cheers,
-F

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