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Re: Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

#13
Great job! Thank you for making it open source.

At some point the people who seethe with hate for AI, and claim it's all hallucinations and illegitimate hype, are going to have to admit they were wrong. Projects like this are the proof staring them right in the face, if they care to look.

Re: Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

#18

Great job! Thank you for making it open source. At some point the people who seethe with hate for AI, and claim it's all hallucinations and illegitimate hype, are going to have to admit they were wrong. Projects like this are the proof staring them right in the face, if they care to look.

They’ve updated their criticisms since - bottom of career ladder disruption, skill atrophy.

(Not on HN but I do still see some folks who last tested LLMs before Nov ‘25, those folks might still be mostly out of touch.)

Re: Show HN: TikZ Editor – WYSIWYG editor for figures in LaTeX

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post #17

Here's what I would need: the ability to position five nodes in a circular fashion, so that they are evenly spaced.

Intriguing thought. Of course by writing code it can be done

  \foreach \i in {1,...,5} {
    \node[circle, draw] (n\i) at ({90 - 72*(\i-1)}:1cm) {$\i$};
  }
but I'm not sure how to expose that as a UI in a nice way (maybe: if something uses polar coordinates and the user holds shift, then during drag the radius stays fixed, and I nudge towards even angular spacing + multiples of 15 degrees?)
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