This is the command mscgen that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
mscgen - Message Sequence Chart Renderer
SYNOPSIS
mscgen -T type [ -o file ] [ -i ] infile
mscgen -l
DESCRIPTION
Mscgen is a small program that parses Message Sequence Chart descriptions and produces
PNG, EPS, SVG or server side image maps (ismaps) as the output. Message Sequence Charts
(MSCs) are a way of representing entities and interactions over some time period and are
often used in combination with SDL. MSCs are popular in Telecoms to specify how protocols
operate although MSCs need not be complicated to create or use. Mscgen aims to provide a
simple text language that is clear to create, edit and understand, which can also be
transformed into images.
OPTIONS
-T type
Specifies the output file type, which maybe one of 'png', 'eps', 'svg' or 'ismap'
-i infile
The file from which to read input. If omitted or specified as '-', input will be
read from stdin. The '-i' option maybe omitted if <infile> is specified as the
last option.
-o file
Write output to the named file. This option must be specified if input is taken
from stdin, otherwise the output filename defaults to <infile>.<type>.
-F font
Use specified font for rendering PNG output. This is only supported if mscgen was
built with USE_FREETYPE and is ignored otherwise.
-p Display the parsed msc as text to stdout. This is useful only for checking the
parser.
-l Display program licence and exit.
EXAMPLE
The language interpreted by mscgen is similar to that of Graphviz dot, using simple text
instructions to add entities and then message arcs. The following example shows the input
for a simple message sequence chart.
# MSC for some fictional process
msc {
a,b,c;
a->b [ label = "ab()" ] ;
b->c [ label = "bc(TRUE)"];
c=>c [ label = "process(1)" ];
c=>c [ label = "process(2)" ];
...;
c=>c [ label = "process(n)" ];
c=>c [ label = "process(END)" ];
a<<=c [ label = "callback()"];
--- [ label = "If more to run", ID="*" ];
a->a [ label = "next()"];
a->c [ label = "ac1()\nac2()"];
b<-c [ label = "cb(TRUE)"];
b->b [ label = "stalled(...)"];
a<-b [ label = "ab() = FALSE"];
}
More information on the input can be found at http://www.mcternan.co.uk/mscgen/.
COPYRIGHT
Mscgen, Copyright (C) 2010 Michael C McTernan,
[email protected]
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
PNG rendering by libgd, www.libgd.org.
Use mscgen online using onworks.net services
