These aren't quite flowcharts.[1] Still looks like a useful tool. I like the syntax.
Generate Flowcharts from Text
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#62I’m surprised the line-number references don’t auto-adjust when inserting/splitting/joining lines. That’s not very practical.
I disagree. The simplicity here is a cool and rare feature.
This tool is amazing, and its coolness comes from the fact it's really simple. If you add "auto-adjusting" features that rewrite the code for you while writing, you're on the road to lose the simplicity and KISS aspect.
Please don't add new features, it's like gold as it is, @tone_row. The beauty and magic resides in the minimalism.
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#63A 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?
I needed these tools for quick in-browser use so they are mostly online. Only few of them can be used offline.
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#64A 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.
I have some feedback. Would love to chat. My email is in profile.
Mine is profile name
BTW mine is only a list and I won't mind any feedback here in comments.
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#65It would be great to have an option to be able to save the text to a file, and load text from a file. Also an ability to click a line and create a connected node. Also it would be great to drive the app from the diagram, ie generate text from the diagram. Anyway I like it. I've used Linux Mint's built in Web Apps tool to create an offline version.
The text lines are just a single textarea element, you can copy from and paste into it. But saving and loading files would be convenient too.
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#66How do you have a self referential edge? (ie, an edge to and from the same node)
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#67I have come to the conclusion there are two kinds of audience and two kinds of diagram, abs they almost exactly overlap
1. Engineering diagrams, explaining concepts to other engineers who are using the diagram as a jumping off point to deeper explorations
2. "Business" diagrams - the sort of thing we want to see in a Medium article or presentation. The style and correct placement matters far more than engineering.
The first is very amenable to markdown style production - often we want to spend no more than a few minutes creating the diagram. We get (60?) 80% of the way there with 20% effort.
But with every markdown approach I have tried the remaining 20% is flat out days of work. There is almost always a need to place that box there and have this one below and to the right and dammit the layout engine will not agree.
What I would ideally like is a combo - markdown to get me most of the way there, and then drop into some vector format that lets me tweak.
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#68Re: Generate Flowcharts from Text
#69How do you have a self referential edge? (ie, an edge to and from the same node) foo (1) looks a bit broken
I agree, this could really be improved. I'm going to make a github issue so I remember to see if there's a solution to this in the coming days. Thanks for the feedback!
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#70Another similar tool that I have used in the past is https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/
I've been using that lately for project documentation. The reduction of context-switching has been incredibly helpful.
https://www.luminoslabs.com/insights/text-based-charts-with-...