TSSD(1)

💖 TSSD(1) — the tssd manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're learning about tssd, a Tool for UML Static-Structure Diagrams, from the General Commands Manual. she's giving very-much-1990s-X11 energy and honestly? we stan. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tssd — Tool for UML Static-Structure Diagrams. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tssd [options] [document]

literally just the name, maybe some options, maybe a document. we love a low-effort queen. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so tssd is an X11/Motif based graphical editor for drawing UML static-structure diagrams. think of it as a little art studio but the art is boxes and lines and it's for your software architecture. 👑

documents can be loaded from and stored to a file. no cap. and if you want, she can print documents to a PostScript printer or save as PostScript to a file. versatile icon behavior only. 🔥

also important: tssd is part of The Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling (TCM). she's not alone, she's part of a whole friend group. 🌈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

you can call tssd with a single document name as argument. here's the tea:

• if this argument is an existing file, then tssd tries to load a document from it.
• if it does not exist, a new document is created with the argument as document name.

tssd files should have suffix *.ssd. iykyk, name your files right. 🙈

without a document argument, tssd creates a new empty static structure diagram with the name untitled.ssd. she's born untitled and she's thriving. 💜

in addition to the standard X11 toolkit options (peep X11(7) for those), tssd accepts the options listed below. ⬇️

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -drawing widthx*height* — create a drawing area of width pixels wide and height pixels high. size matters, bestie. 📐
• -help — write all available options to standard output and quit. the "who are you" option, fr fr. 🆘
• -maxdrawing widthx*height* — the drawing area can not be larger than width pixels wide and height pixels high. that's the ceiling, periodt. 🚫
• -priv_cmap — start the editor with a private colormap. she's got her own palette and she's not sharing. 🎨
• -projdir directory — set the project directory (current working directory) to directory. moving out, getting her own place. 🏠
• -toPS [file.ps] — generate PostScript (to file.ps, or to stdout when no file name was given) and quit. ✨
• -toEPS [file.eps] — generate EPS (to file.eps, or to stdout when no file name was given) and quit. ✨
• -toFig [file.fig] [-latex] — generate Fig format (to file.fig, or to stdout when no file name was given) and quit. when the -latex option is given, LaTeX fonts are generated, otherwise normal PostScript fonts are generated. the Fig format can be read by xfig(1) and fig2dev(1). collab era. 🤝
• -toPNG file.png — generate PNG format to file.png and quit. 📸
• -toPS [file.ps] — generate PostScript (to file.ps, or to stdout when no file name was given) and quit. yes girl, she's listed twice, and we respect the double feature. 👯
• -version — write the TCM version to standard output and quit. the "what era are you from" question. 🕰️

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

the TCM_HOME environment variable should be the directory where the TCM files are installed. everything kinda revolves around her.

• PATH — should include $TCM_HOME/bin. 🌟
• MANPATH — should include $TCM_HOME/man. 📚
• PRINTER — name of the default printer that is used by tssd. 🖨️
• LD_LIBRARY_PATH — should include $TCM_HOME/lib when the distribution contains shared object libraries in $TCM_HOME/lib. 🔗

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🌈 FILES 🌈

heads up: the following relative files are relative to $TCM_HOME. don't come for me if you forget that part.

• bin/tssd — the static structure diagram editor. the main character, obviously. 👑
• bin/psf — a program to filter PostScript output. the little helper doing the behind-the-scenes work. 🫶
• lib/banner.ps — PostScript banner page that can be used when the printer does not print a banner page. for when your printer forgets its manners. 🎀
• lib/help/* — the help directory contains a collection of text files for the on-line help. self-care through documentation. 📖
• lib/TCM — X Resources (the same as the ones that are built-in). you can customize the fonts and colors by setting resources in your X defaults database. each string of the form `TCM.resource:definition` sets a resource. customize away, bestie. 💖
• /tmp/tcmXXXXXX — pseudo random temporary file, for PostScript output. chaotic but necessary. 💀
• lib/tcm.conf — TCM editor configuration file. this file contains values for some of the editor defaults like the page size, the default fonts etc. this file is read by each editor upon startup. she reads it every single time, no skips. 🦋
• $HOME/.tcmrc — each user of TCM can override some of the options of tcm.conf by its own configuration file, installed in $HOME/.tcmrc. personalization era. 🌸

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Frank Dehne, Roel Wieringa and Henk van de Zandschulp -- TCM (Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling), User's Guide and Reference. this document is available as PostScript and HTML in $TCM_HOME/doc or as HTML via the URL http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm/tcm-usersguide.html. go read it, it's giving educational. 📚

also peep: tcm(1), X11(7), xfig(1), fig2dev(1). the whole squad. 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Frank Dehne (frank@cs.vu.nl). thank you for your service, king. 🙌

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💀 BUGS 💀

please send bug reports to tcm@cs.utwente.nl. be nice, be specific, be a good citizen. 🐛

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okay that's the whole page!! go forth and draw your static structures, bestie. you're gonna slay. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

this cutie was brought to you by the source/version stamped 9 January 2000, and she's still iconic. mwah. 😘