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1. Introduction
1.1 An Overview of TCM
1.1.1 The Purpose of TCM
1.1.2 What is Included in TCM
1.1.3 Using TCM in Software Specification
1.2 How to Read this Manual
1.3 How to Obtain the Latest Version of TCM
1.4 Installation and Getting Started
1.4.1 Unix tar-files with binaries
1.4.2 RPM distributions with binaries
1.4.3 Source code distributions
1.4.4 Starting up
1.4.5 Unix options, files and variables
1.4.6 Graphical User Interface
1.5 Questions and Comments
2. Document Editing
2.1 The User Interface of TCM
2.1.1 Tiled buttons.
2.1.2 Menu bar.
2.1.3 Drawing area.
2.1.4 Document Type.
2.1.5 Document name.
2.1.6 Modified.
2.1.7 Status area.
2.1.8 Directory.
2.1.9 Scale value.
2.1.10 Autoresizing.
2.1.11 In-line editor.
2.1.12 Hierarchic document.
2.1.13 Arrow Buttons.
2.2 Changing the Document Name
2.3 Changing the Project Directory
2.4 Loading and Saving Documents
2.5 Editing Documents
2.5.1 Editing Text in a Document
2.5.2 The In-line Text Editor
2.5.3 The Text Edit Dialog
2.6 Viewing Documents
2.7 Printing Documents
2.8 The Scaler
2.9 The Page Layout
2.10 The Properties Menu
2.11 The Search Menu
2.12 Checking and Annotating Documents
2.13 On-line Help
3. Diagram Editing
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Creating Nodes
3.3 Creating Edges
3.4 Selection Commands
3.5 Editing Text
3.6 Moving Shapes
3.7 Resizing Shapes
3.8 Deleting Subjects
3.9 Cutting and Pasting Subjects
3.10 Creating and Deleting Duplicates of a Node
3.11 Changing Shape Properties
3.12 Miscellaneous Edit Commands
3.13 Undo and Redo
3.14 The Generic Diagram Editor (TGD)
3.14.1 Nodes and Edges
4. Data View Editors
4.1 The classic Entity-Relationship Diagram Editor (TERD)
4.1.1 Nodes and Edges
4.1.2 Cardinality Constraints and Role Names
4.1.3 Taxonomic Structures
4.1.4 Constraint Checking
4.2 The Entity-Relationship Diagram Editor (TESD)
4.2.1 Nodes and Edges
4.2.2 Cardinality Constraints
4.2.3 Read direction arrows
4.2.4 Taxonomic Structures
4.2.5 Constraint Checking
4.3 The Class-Relationship Diagram Editor (TCRD)
4.3.1 Nodes and Edges
4.3.2 Classes and Relationships
4.3.3 Attributes and Operations
4.3.4 Taxonomic Structures
4.3.5 Constraint Checking
4.4 The Static Structure Diagram Editor (TSSD)
4.4.1 Nodes and Edges
4.4.2 N-ary Associations
4.4.3 Objects
4.4.4 Taxonomic Structures
4.4.5 Constraint Checking
5. Behavior View Editors
5.1 The State Transition Diagram Editor (TSTD)
5.1.1 Nodes and Edges
5.1.2 States
5.1.3 Transitions, Events and Actions
5.1.4 Constraint Checking
5.2 The Activity Diagram Editor (TATD)
5.2.1 Nodes and Edges
5.2.2 States
5.2.3 Transitions
5.2.4 Constraint Checking
5.3 The Process Structure Diagram Editor (TPSD)
5.3.1 Nodes and Edges
5.3.2 The Process Tree
5.3.3 Constraint Checking
5.4 The Recursive Process Graph Editor (TRPG)
5.4.1 Nodes and Edges
5.4.2 Constraint Checking
5.5 The Collaboration Diagram Editor (TCBD)
5.5.1 Nodes and Edges
5.5.2 Interactions
5.5.3 Constraint Checking
5.6 The StateChart Diagram Editor (TSCD)
5.6.1 Nodes and Edges
5.6.2 And-states
6. Architectural View Editors
6.1 The Data Flow Diagram Editor (TDFD)
6.1.1 Main window
6.1.2 Nodes and Edges
6.1.3 Data Flow Diagram Levels and Indexes
6.1.4 Minispecs
6.1.5 Splitting and Merging Flows
6.1.6 Constraint Checking
6.2 The Data and Event Flow Diagram Editor (TEFD)
6.2.1 Nodes and Edges
6.2.2 Constraint Checking
6.3 The System Network Diagram Editor (TSND)
6.3.1 Nodes and Edges
6.3.2 Constraint Checking
6.4 The Use Case Diagram Editor (TUCD)
6.4.1 Nodes and Edges
6.4.2 Constraint Checking
6.5 The Component Diagram Editor (TCPD)
6.5.1 Nodes and Edges
6.6 The Deployment Diagram Editor (TDPD)
6.6.1 Nodes and Edges
7. Table Editing
7.1 Editing Tables
7.1.1 Definitions
7.1.2 Selection Commands
7.1.3 Editing Text
7.1.4 Copying and Moving Text
7.1.5 Cutting and Pasting Text
7.1.6 Adding Rows and Columns
7.1.7 Deleting Rows and Columns
7.1.8 Moving Rows and Columns
7.1.9 Sorting Rows and Columns
7.1.10 Resizing Rows and Columns
7.1.11 Undo and Redo
7.1.12 Changing Properties of a Table
7.1.13 Miscellaneous Commands
7.2 The Generic Table Editor (TGT)
7.3 The Transaction Decomposition Table Editor (TTDT)
7.4 The Transaction-Use Table Editor (TTUT)
7.5 The Function-Entity type Table Editor (TFET)
8. Tree Editing
8.1 Editing Trees
8.2 Edit and View Mode
8.3 The Generic Textual Tree Editor (TGTT)
8.4 The Function Refinement Tree Editor (TFRT)
9. Mini-tutorial on Notation Techniques
9.1 Structured Analysis Notations
9.1.1 Entity-Relationship Diagrams (TESD)
9.1.2 Data and Event Flow Diagrams (TEFD)
9.1.3 State Transition Diagrams (TSTD)
9.1.4 Transaction-Use Tables (TTUT)
9.1.5 Function-Entity Type Tables (TFET)
9.1.6 Function Refinement Trees (TFRT)
9.2 UML Notations
9.2.1 Use case diagrams (TUCD)
9.2.2 Static structure diagrams (TSSD)
9.2.3 Activity diagrams (TATD)
9.2.4 Statechart diagrams (TSCD)
9.2.5 Collaboration diagrams (TCBD)
9.2.6 Component diagrams (TCPD)
9.2.7 Deployment diagrams (TDPD)
9.3 Miscellaneous Notations
9.3.1 Classic Entity-Relationship Diagrams (TERD)
9.3.2 Class-Relationship Diagrams (TCRD)
9.3.3 Data Flow Diagrams (TDFD)
9.3.4 Process Structure Diagrams (TPSD)
9.3.5 System Network Diagrams (TSND)
9.3.6 Recursive Process Graphs (TRPG)
9.3.7 Transaction Decomposition Tables (TTDT)
10. Frequently Asked Questions
10.1 What is TCM?
10.2 Where can I get TCM?
10.3 How do I install TCM?
10.4 How do I start up TCM?
10.5 Where can I find the user manual of TCM?
10.6 What else can I read about the methods supported in TCM?
10.7 Is TCM available for my platform?
10.8 What to do if I don't have Motif?
10.9 Can I obtain the source code of TCM?
10.10 How can I compile or port TCM for my system?
10.11 What are the terms of usage?
10.12 In what programming language is TCM written?
10.13 How do I stay up-to-date with the developments of TCM?
10.14 Why is Motif used for the GUI?
10.15 Did you use other tools or widget sets to build TCM?
10.16 Does TCM run under Windows, Macintosh, Java etc. ?
10.17 How can I configure TCM?
10.18 Can I set X Resources for TCM?
10.19 Why does TCM sometimes show fewer or different colors?
10.20 Why does TCM crash with ``X Error of failed request''?
10.21 Why won't TCM start saying ``lib
BlaBla
.so: can't open file''?
10.22 Why does TCM complain about old versions when I load a diagram?
10.23 How can I print my TCM documents?
10.24 How can I include a TCM picture in my text document?
10.25 Is it possible to create process decompositions in TDFD?
10.26 Are there plans for consistency checks across diagrams?
10.27 Is it possible for the user to define its own symbols?
10.28 Do you have any plans to support specific methods?
10.29 Do you have plans for code generation?
10.30 Is it possible to drag and drop with TCM?
10.31 What file formats does TCM generate?
10.32 I want to draw an XYZ diagram, which tool should I use?
10.33 Is it possible to make an editor for XYZ diagrams?
10.34 How can I have more influence on the layout?
10.35 How can I connect an edge with an edge?
10.36 Why are there black pixels left in the drawing area?
10.37 Why doesn't the BackSpace key function correctly in Linux?
10.38 Why does TCM have a tea pot with a 'T' as logo?
10.39 What do these ``assertion failed:'' messages mean?
10.40 I have a question. What should I do now?
10.41 I found a bug. What should I do now?
10.42 How can I contribute to TCM?
11. TCM File format
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Elements of a TCM document
11.3 Storage, Document and Page Information
11.4 Diagram Editor File Format
11.5 Table Editor File Format
Bibliography
Index
Henk van de Zandschulp
2003-01-20
