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file:///C:/uml/BOUML/bouml_3.0/doc/TOUT.html261 of 378 07/10/2007 15:55The proposed stereotypes are the default one specified through the Default stereotypes dialog more the current one (empty here). It ispossible to choose into the list or to give a new one, or to empty it. The stereotype of a diagram doesn't have a special meaning forBOUML.Theeditorbutton visible above and associated here to the description, allows to edit the description in an other window, or to call an external edito(for instance Xcoral) specified through the environment variable BOUML_EDITOR. Note that this external editor have to create an ownwindow, its parameter is the pathname of the file containing the description, its execution is done in parallel with BOUML which lookeach second at the file contents to get the new definition until the dialog is closed (I do not like very much this polling but this works evenQT isn't compiled with the thread support).Browser Menu : edit drawing settingsThis dialog allows to specify how the items of the diagram must be drawn by default, you may choose default for each value, in this casethe effective value if specified in the upper level (which itself may specify default etc ... up to the project level).write class instance horizontally : To write the instance type and name on the same line, or on two linespackage name in tab: to indicate if the package's name must be written in the tab which is the small rectangle on the top (note : a transparent packagedoesn't have shadow) :show packages context: to indicate if the context where the package is defined must be written, it is not the case just above. The context may be the “UMLcontext” which is the path of the package in the browser (choice followed for awt below), or the C++ namespace specified by thepackage, or the Java package specified by the package (choice followed for picture below) or at least the Idl module :