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author | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2010-07-09 09:25:33 +0200 |
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committer | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2010-07-09 09:25:33 +0200 |
commit | 2bdf8a2b8167e179b76d4f55ce48ab9758163fb8 (patch) | |
tree | 06316688dc3cc04bf3e4d8bf6261ce42feb63757 | |
parent | a831a2a80b54d428031e64c37321003c7157bd56 (diff) |
add a README file
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +gen_ladder - tool to generate protocol ladder diagrams +(C) 2010 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> + +This tool can be used to generate typical ladder diagrams as they are often +used in the description of networking protocols. + +The input file is a ".lad" file, from which gen_ladder.pl generates a graphviz +file called ".dot", which in turn can be processed by the "dot" program to +generate a .ps (postscript) or .svg output file. + +As an example, I have included a "test.lad" file, which you can process by +calling + make test.ps +or + make test.svg + +The manual intermediate steps can be seen from the Makefile. + |