Re: Save Topology

[J Marlow <joshmarlow () gmail com>]

2009/6/2 Kris Katterjohn <katterjohn () gmail com>:
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> J Marlow wrote:
> > I was surprised that it only saves the currently viewable part of the
> > graph, but that does seem reasonable.  I think it would be nice if at
> > some point in the future there was an option for saving the entire
> > graph, but that could make for some really big images and maybe have
> > other implementation difficulties.  But the current version looks good
> > to me.
>
> I'm definitely not a regular Zenmap user (I fixed some bugs a while back but I
> rarely even touch it), but I've liked the idea of saving the graph since I
> heard about it.  Since I rarely use Zenmap I haven't tried Joao's patch yet,
> so these next parts are purely based on what you're saying in the quoted
> portion of the email...
>
> I think saving the currently viewable region is the most obvious and best way
> to go.  I would be highly surprised if it *didn't* do this.  Since the ability
> is there to manipulate the graph (rearrange, zoom, etc), why would the save
> feature only save some pre-ordained, whole view of the graph?
>
> Also, instead of having an option to save the whole thing, can't you just
> bring the whole graph into the window like (IIRC) it does to start with?

It is true that you can zoom out and get a picture of the entire
graph.  But I was thinking of very large networks with many nodes.  In
that case, zooming out enough to show the entire network makes the
text a bit fuzzy (this isn't a case with svg images, pdf or ps files,
which all support zooming in very nicely, but it can be with png
images).  So, maybe a picture of the entire graph (at least for png
format) might require a couple of tweaks to guarantee enough
resolution.
I didn't realize that the pdf, ps or svg files supported such nice
zooming when I first made my suggestion, so the issue is relatively
moot.  In that case, sorry for the noise :)
Thanks for the input,
Josh

> > Cheers,
> > Josh
>
> Thanks,
> Kris Katterjohn
>
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