In Firefox, arrows that point to boxes have the head set to '^' regardless of their actual direction.
So an arrow to a box might look like ----^
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#42this is so cool, is there any plan to make it work in a terminal?
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#43In Firefox, arrows that point to boxes have the head set to '^' regardless of their actual direction. So an arrow to a box might look like ----^
I just tried it with Firefox (latest). I didn't have that issue. When I moved the line the > became ^ until I dragged it back into place.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah, so it does. Not especially well, but it does. My mistake!
Author here - it does but it doesn't, which is why it doesn't always work so well. It never actually keeps track of the shapes in a seperate data model - the text itself is the only data model. When you resize, it retraces out the lines that need editing. I did this as the expected use case is for diagrams in code, where diagrams may be copy pasted in and out of the tool and I'd lose any underlying models that I was…
Grateful user here. I've relied on ASCIIFlow for all the diagrams in my Internet drafts since IETF 88. Truly an essential tool in my arsenal.
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#45I like this. Unfortunately it's not as semantic as I expected: X +----+XX----------+ | XX | | XX | | +XXX------+ | | XXXXX +-------+ XXX If I try to resize a rectangle that's crossed by a free-form curve, it stops being a rectangle. (Now that I think, I could also use this as a feature).
This is explained by a comment from the author (bootywizard) above:
Author here - it does but it doesn't, which is why it doesn't always work so well. It never actually keeps track of the shapes in a seperate data model - the text itself is the only data model. When you resize, it retraces out the lines that need editing. I did this as the expected use case is for diagrams in code, where diagrams may be copy pasted in and out of the tool and I'd lose any underlying models that I was working with. For fun: https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow2/blob/master/js-lib/draw....
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#46As a Linux sysadmin, this is incredible flowchart software and I really enjoy using it. Is there a diagram software for console I could use thats just as easy I wonder? The downside is it has very limited sex appeal for *.managers. Microsoft Visio has turned diagrams into blinding tapestries of overpriced clipart, fancy arrows, and logos. Worst of all, its an enabler for the cardinal sin of diagrams: overlapping line…
Checkout yEd (Google it) built ontology of graphml, it makes restructuring diagrams a doddle.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
That looks like it to me, though for some reason I didn't expect it to be java. Regardless, thanks so much for the link! Huge bonus that it's gplv3 for me, I will def be playing with this. Did you find it from the website and I just missed it or did you have to search for it?
A few weeks ago I was interested in this project, too, and looking around I came across this link. The author's profile also points to the AsciiFlow website, so I assumed that would be it. I think you might have misread the language; it's actually written in javascript :-)
I'm going to blame my phones autocorrect, but it was mostly because I hadn't had coffee yet.
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#48I've never seen that "Can you help us?" Google donation tab before.
Is that new? It looks like Google requires you to register as a non-profit to use it. Am I looking at the wrong thing?
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#49It is a great tool. I use it to create simple GUI mockup, then copy-paste it to github/gitlab issue.
I'm working on a prototype that's basically made for what you're trying to do. A text command based UX tool. You can create both text-renderings and image-renderings:
https://medium.com/proof-of-concept/creating-a-true-ux-tool-...
I wrote a number of articles on it, and soon will open up an online version of the prototype. Love to get your feedback.
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#50I like this. Unfortunately it's not as semantic as I expected: X +----+XX----------+ | XX | | XX | | +XXX------+ | | XXXXX +-------+ XXX If I try to resize a rectangle that's crossed by a free-form curve, it stops being a rectangle. (Now that I think, I could also use this as a feature).
This is explained by a comment from the author (bootywizard) above: Author here - it does but it doesn't, which is why it doesn't always work so well. It never actually keeps track of the shapes in a seperate data model - the text itself is the only data model. When you resize, it retraces out the lines that need editing. I did this as the expected use case is for diagrams in code, where diagrams may be copy pasted i…
It makes sense. That's a good design decision.