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Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

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Post by msci100 »

This is really cool. I frequently have to build reference architectures for work. I would love to add a feature where if you put quotes around a word, it would search for a folder of logos and add the tool's logo to the square.

For example, typing "Redshift" adds a Redshift db icon to the box.

Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

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Post by mysterydip »

smusamashah wrote: post #30

A list I compiled of 40+ similar text to diagram tools. https://xosh.org/text-to-diagram/ Input in this one is very simple and cool.

Is there a way to tell which are downloadable/usable offline/locally vs which are websites without clicking through each one?

Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

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Post by seph-reed »

tonerow wrote: post #5
layer8 wrote: post #4

I’m surprised the line-number references don’t auto-adjust when inserting/splitting/joining lines. That’s not very practical.

I totally had this thought too when making it. The logic is super simple as-is, so I was scared if I went down the rabbit whole of trying to auto increment/decrement line numbers I might muddy things up. I'll see if add that functionality cleanly at some point (or if you'd like to feel free to take out a PR!) Thanks for the feedback!

Id's would be more than good enough, and super easy to implement. Something like this

   1. hello
   2.   [foo] This line is Foo
   3.   This line is Bar and connects to Foo
   4.     (foo)

Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

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Post by touisteur »

augusto-moura wrote: post #43
pionar wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had no problems with PlantUML's compilation time. How large are these documents?

Pretty small actually, they don't take like hours, but just a few seconds, the problem is the preview feedback, I like to keep a entr and feh open while a edit the document to give a live preview of my changes, the problem is that the 3-4 seconds latency really mess this up

Are you thinking of the default java gui for previewing plantuml docs? I think there's a timer down there to avoid polling the FS too often. Using a simple editor where everystroke recompiles, red warning in status bar while syntax is not OK (while still displaying the last good one), a 100loc canvas display window, done.

Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

#58

Post by robohoe »

monkeydust wrote: post #23

A lot of my emails are becoming like this - structured, bullet points, 'if-then-else' like statement although not that explicit. This could be a nice way to add visualisation to it. Maybe - although everytime I have tried to do something too different with email it has failed.

I’ve started doing the same. Folks’ reading comprehension is in the gutter these days. Bullet points help structure thoughts and ideas.

Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text

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Post by tonerow »

seph-reed wrote: post #56
tonerow wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I totally had this thought too when making it. The logic is super simple as-is, so I was scared if I went down the rabbit whole of trying to auto increment/decrement line numbers I might muddy things up. I'll see if add that functionality cleanly at some point (or if you'd like to feel free to take out a PR!) Thanks for the feedback!

Id's would be more than good enough, and super easy to implement. Something like this 1. hello 2. [foo] This line is Foo 3. This line is Bar and connects to Foo 4. (foo)

Oh, I like this implementation a lot! I'll paste it into github issue so I don't forget
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