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.TH PLANTUML 1 "March 8, 2010"
.SH NAME
plantuml \- program to generate UML diagram from a text description
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B plantuml
.RI [ options ] " files/dirs" ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIPlantUML\fP is used to draw UML diagram, using a simple and human readable text description.
.PP
Notice that \fBgraphviz\fP is required to be installed for generation of all
diagrams but sequence diagrams.
.PP
When files/directories are given, they are processed in batch mode. Otherwise GUI
window appears. It allows user to browse directories and view diagrams generated
from suitable files (must have one of the following extensions: \fI.txt\fP,
\fI.tex\fP, \fI.java\fP, \fI.htm\fP, \fI.html\fP, \fI.c\fP, \fI.h\fP, \fI.cpp\fP).
.PP
You can use the following wildcards in files/dirs:
.TP
.B *
means any characters but '/'
.TP
.B ?
one and only one character but '/'
.TP
.B **
means any characters (used to recurse through directories)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-tsvg
Generate images using SVG format.
.TP
\fB\-output\fI dir\fP, \fB\-o\fI dir
Generate images in the specified directory.
.TP
\fB\-config\fI file
Read the provided config file before each diagram.
.TP
\fB\-charset\fI xxx
Use a specific charset (default is UTF\-8).
.TP
\fB\-exclude\fI pattern\fP, \fB\-x\fI pattern
Exclude files that match the provided pattern.
.TP
.B \-metadata
Retrieve \fIPlantUML\fP sources from PNG images.
.TP
.B \-version
Display information about \fIPlantUML\fP and Java versions.
.TP
\fB\-verbose\fP, \fB\-v
Have log information.
.TP
.B \-keepfiles
NOT delete temporary files after process.
.TP
\fB\-help\fP, \fB\-h
Display help message.
.TP
.B \-testdot
Test the installation of \fBgraphviz\fP.
.TP
\fB\-graphvizdot\fI path
Specify dot path.
.TP
\fB\-pipe\fP, \fB\-p
Use stdin for \fIPlantUML\fP source and stdout for PNG/SVG generation.
.TP
.B \-computeurl
Compute the encoded URL of a \fIPlantUML\fP source file.
.TP
.B \-decodeurl
Retrieve the \fIPlantUML\fP source from an encoded URL.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR graphviz (1).
.br
.SH AUTHOR
\fIPlantUML\fP was written by Arnaud Roques <plantuml@gmail.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Ilya Paramonov <ivparamonov@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).