diff --git a/doc/faq.xml b/doc/faq.xml
index e347a74..f050a8f 100644
--- a/doc/faq.xml
+++ b/doc/faq.xml
@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@
Contents
-Why are the SVG diagrams dot generates malformed?
+
UMLGraph uses guillemot characters for representing the angle brackets around
stereotypes, as in «interface».
By default these are encoded as ISO-8859-1 characters, which are illegal
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in the UTF-8 output that dot generates for SVG.
When using dot to generate SVG output, you should also specify
-outputencoding utf8 to UMLGraph.
-How can I improve the quality of the bitmap images I generate?
+
Both
dot and
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ convert the Postscript into encapsulated Postscript.
Of course, groff users will just use the pic
program as part of their processing pipeline.
-How can I improve the layout of my class diagrams?
+
Try manipulating the dot parameters ratio, minlen, ranksep, and
nodesep.
For example, Arnaud Rogues recommends running dot with
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ command-line arguments as follows.
dot -Gratio=0.7 -Eminlen=2
-A class appears multiple times in a class diagram. Why?
+
Most probably your class diagram uses packages, and you are not
qualifying the classes with the respective package names in the
tags you use.
@@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ class InnerNode extends AbstractNode {}
class Leaf extends AbstractNode {}
-Shouldn't static fields appear underlined?
+
Yes they should.
Unfortunately, dot does not (yet) support a way to underline
single labels, and thus UMLGraph can not show the static fields
underlined.
-Where can I find a pic2plot executable for Windows?
+
A port of pic2plot for Windows can be found in
GNU PlotUtils, which is part of the
GnuWin32
project.
-Under Windows the output of pic2plot appears empty. Why?
+
On Windows platforms note that the current version of
pic2plot appears to be very picky about carriage return (CR - \r)
characters (by default, CR is part of the platform's end of line sequence)
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ Apparently, some Windows editors may leave the last line unterminated,
so if your editor is in this category it may be safer to add a blank line
in the end.
-I have a problem with Maven's Dotuml plugin. Can you help me?
+
Sorry, I did not develop this plugin, and therefore can not offer help.
Have a look at the project's documentation and mailing lists available through
plugin web page.
-How can I make the UMLGraph doclet generate sequence diagrams?
+
You can't.
You have to write the pic code for the sequence diagrams by hand.
-Why the vanity package name? Why not name the package org.umlgraph?
+
The package names are supposed to be unique.
If everybody names their project under the org.* namespace there's
no mechanism for ensuring that the name will be unique,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ unless the developer also registers the corresponding domain name.
Registering a different domain name for each project is not practical,
therefore I name the packages I develop using the domain name I own.
-Why do the options specified in the UMLOptions class stop working, when I pass the packagenames option to javadoc?
+
When you pass the packagenames option to
javadoc, the default (unnamed) package (and the
UMLOptions class
diff --git a/doc/ver.xml b/doc/ver.xml
index bdb243c..4145c0c 100644
--- a/doc/ver.xml
+++ b/doc/ver.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ parameters -d, -view, -views (Andrea Aime)
Centralized option handling in the Option class (even for command line
arguments) (Andrea Aime).
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Version 4.1 2005/11/15