ASCII art for semantic code commenting

#1

Post by anonymous_they » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 2:55 PM UTC

ASCII art for semantic code commenting
asciiflow.com

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

#2

Post by adrianomartins » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:01 PM UTC

Wow. This is one of those "I bet someone has already done that" tools that developers wish they had but not as much to go and search for it. Bookmarked and shared. Thanks ;)

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

#3

Post by bloak » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

EDIT: Deleted before I get even more downvotes.

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

#4

Post by wlkr » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

bloak wrote: post #3

EDIT: Deleted before I get even more downvotes.

It seems to work exporting to both ASCII standard and extended for me.

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

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Post by andix » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:28 PM UTC

PlantUML can export to text too. And it aligns all the boxes and arrows for you.

Still, great idea and great implementation :)

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

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Post by dspillett » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:31 PM UTC

I've seen this a few times. The key limit is that once drawn the characters are set, you can't move the drawn objects around.

What I'd like is something like drawio for ASCII/Unicode. I've been thinking of writing my own for years, but that'll probably never happen so I'll just keep mentioning the idea when similar apps come up in the hope I inspire someone else!

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

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Post by taterbase » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:34 PM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #6

I've seen this a few times. The key limit is that once drawn the characters are set, you can't move the drawn objects around. What I'd like is something like drawio for ASCII/Unicode. I've been thinking of writing my own for years, but that'll probably never happen so I'll just keep mentioning the idea when similar apps come up in the hope I inspire someone else!

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you but this tool expressly has a select and move tool.

Re: ASCII art for semantic code commenting

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Post by bloak » Wed, Feb 09, 2022, 3:35 PM UTC

wlkr wrote: post #4

bloak wrote: post #3

EDIT: Deleted before I get even more downvotes.

It seems to work exporting to both ASCII standard and extended for me.

Ah, yes, I can see it now, but that option is almost invisible for me. I have to operate some scroll buttons at the edge to see the words "ASCII Extended".