On 29 Mar 2010, at 11:14, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
Lets say I'm documenting a low-level protocol or file format and want to produce a picture such as the TCP header (etc) table (http://izecksohn.com/pedro/pub/tcp_header.jpg), what's the best program to use for that?
Another example: http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/images/TCP-Header.jpg
I have tried Openoffice drawing tool in Writer, and it does not align well. Inkscape might be good as I can snap to grid.
I could use a spreadsheet and then export to picture.
Is there a special purpose application for this that anyone has used and would reccommend?
I need to be able to insert text into the cells or perhaps refer to the cells in some markup way - also the cells should be fixed width as each cell would represent one byte.
Any suggestions please?
Maybe Dia or something like that? Alternatively, as you say, something like Inkscape would give you more flexibility.
How would, for example, a graphics designer go about doing this?
They'd use Photoshop/Illustrator ;)