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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. + |