NWDIAG(1)

📦 version 3.0.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NWDIAG(1) — the rackdiag3 glow-up manual 💖

okay bestie, sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, because we're gonna talk about rackdiag3 — yes, the one on the NWDIAG(1) page. it's giving "tiny tool, huge slay". let's go. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rackdiag3 — generate a rack-structure-diagram image file from a spec-text file. literally that's the whole job and it does it gorgeously. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rackdiag3 [options] files

that's it. options, then your files. main character energy, honestly. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

this manual page documents, briefly, the rackdiag3 commands. short and sweet, like a good caption. 🎀

and rackdiag3 is generate sequence-diagram image file from spec-text file. yup — that's exactly what the page says and I'm not gonna gaslight you about it. ngl it's a little chaotic, but that's the vibe. 😭

💜 OPTIONS 💜

so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, where long options start with two dashes (-). a summary of the options is right down here ⬇️. for a complete description, go look at the Info files, bestie, they've got the full lore. 📖

  • -h, --help — show this help message and exit. your lil "what do I do" button, always there for you. 🫶
  • --version — show program's version number and exit. gotta know which era of the tool you're in. ⭐
  • -a, --antialias — pass diagram image to an anti-alias filter. smooths out the jaggies, because blurry edges are NOT the moment. ✨
  • -c FILE, --config=FILE — read configurations from FILE. tell it your rules, it listens. 💖
  • -o FILE — write diagram to FILE. this is where your masterpiece goes. 📁
  • -f FONT, --font=FONT — use FONT to draw the diagram. pick a font, pick a personality. 🎀
  • -T TYPE — output diagram as TYPE format. choose your fighter. 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the programs are documented fully by:

http://blockdiag.com/en/nwdiag/

go there, it's the mothership. 🛸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

rackdiag was written by Takeshi Komiya <i.tkomiya@gmail.com> — legend behavior, no cap. 🔥

this manual page was written by Kouhei Maeda <mkouhei@palmtb.net>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). so generous, so iconic. 💜

okay that's the whole page!! 🎉 this was the NWDIAG(1) manual, dated June 11, 2011 — yeah, an elder, but it still eats. go make some rack diagrams, bestie, you've got this. byeeeee 💅✨🦋

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