[question] Generating text flowcharts

Gleek commented

2021-02-25 15:17:36 +00:00

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Hi @tecosaur,
Thank you for publishing this.
I wonder how you generate the text flowcharts. They look really nice and I'm not aware of any tool that generate them this clean :).
I'm talking about these:


      ╭─╴Code╶─╮            ╭─╴Raw Code╶─▶ Computer
Ideas╺┥        ┝━▶ Org Mode╺┥
      ╰─╴Text╶─╯            ╰─╴Document╶─▶ People




                   ╭───────────────────────────────────▶ .pdf ⎫
                  pdfLaTeX ▶╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╮                 ⎪
                   ╿     ╿                  ┊                 ⎪
                   │     ┊                  ┊                 ⎪
                 .tex    ┊                  ┊                 ⎪
                   ╿     ┊                  ┊                 ⎪
                ╭──┴╌╌╮  ┊                  ┊ style.scss      ⎬ Weaving
graphc.png ─╮   │  embedded TeX             ┊      ╽          ⎪ (Documents)
image.jpeg ─┤ filters   ╿                   ┊    .css         ⎪
            ╎     ╿     ┊                   ┊     ▾╎          ⎪
figure.png╶─╧─▶ PROJECT.ORG ▶───╴filters╶───╧──────╪──▶ .html ⎪
     ╿           ╿┊ ║ │ ╰╌╌╌▷╌╌ embedded html ▶╌╌╌╌╯          ⎪
     ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌▷╌╌╌╯┊ ║ │                                       ⎪
    result╶╌╌╌╌╌╮ ┊ ║ ├──────╴filters╶────────────────▶ .txt  ⎪
     ┊▴         ┊ ┊ ║ │                                       ⎪
    execution   ┊ ┊ ║ ╰──────╴filters╶────────────────▶ .md   ⎭
     ┊▴         ┊ ┊ ║
    code blocks◀╯ ┊ ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .c    ⎫
     ╰╌╌╌╌◁╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╯ ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .sh   ⎬ Tangling
                    ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .hs   ⎪ (Code)
                    ╙─────────────────────────────────▶ .el   ⎭

I can't seem to find it in the rest of your config. I see you also have graphviz-dot-mode in your config but I'm not aware if that could be used to generate text. Is that what is used here? Looking forward for your response.

Thank you.

Hi @tecosaur, Thank you for publishing this. I wonder how you generate the text flowcharts. They look really nice and I'm not aware of any tool that generate them this clean :). I'm talking about these: ``` ╭─╴Code╶─╮ ╭─╴Raw Code╶─▶ Computer Ideas╺┥ ┝━▶ Org Mode╺┥ ╰─╴Text╶─╯ ╰─╴Document╶─▶ People ╭───────────────────────────────────▶ .pdf ⎫ pdfLaTeX ▶╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╮ ⎪ ╿ ╿ ┊ ⎪ │ ┊ ┊ ⎪ .tex ┊ ┊ ⎪ ╿ ┊ ┊ ⎪ ╭──┴╌╌╮ ┊ ┊ style.scss ⎬ Weaving graphc.png ─╮ │ embedded TeX ┊ ╽ ⎪ (Documents) image.jpeg ─┤ filters ╿ ┊ .css ⎪ ╎ ╿ ┊ ┊ ▾╎ ⎪ figure.png╶─╧─▶ PROJECT.ORG ▶───╴filters╶───╧──────╪──▶ .html ⎪ ╿ ╿┊ ║ │ ╰╌╌╌▷╌╌ embedded html ▶╌╌╌╌╯ ⎪ ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌▷╌╌╌╯┊ ║ │ ⎪ result╶╌╌╌╌╌╮ ┊ ║ ├──────╴filters╶────────────────▶ .txt ⎪ ┊▴ ┊ ┊ ║ │ ⎪ execution ┊ ┊ ║ ╰──────╴filters╶────────────────▶ .md ⎭ ┊▴ ┊ ┊ ║ code blocks◀╯ ┊ ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .c ⎫ ╰╌╌╌╌◁╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╯ ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .sh ⎬ Tangling ╟─────────────────────────────────▶ .hs ⎪ (Code) ╙─────────────────────────────────▶ .el ⎭ ``` I can't seem to find it in the rest of your config. I see you also have `graphviz-dot-mode` in your config but I'm not aware if that could be used to generate text. Is that what is used here? Looking forward for your response. Thank you.

tecosaur commented

2021-02-25 15:21:02 +00:00

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I'm glad you like them 🙂 I use a two-step process to generate them:

Open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character
Copy and paste

It would be nice if there was a tool for making them, but I'm not currently aware of any — sorry.

I'm glad you like them :slightly_smiling_face: I use a two-step process to generate them: 1. Open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character 2. Copy and paste It would be nice if there was a tool for making them, but I'm not currently aware of any — sorry.

Gleek commented

2021-02-25 15:31:52 +00:00

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Oh! interesting. Maybe modifying artist mode to add flowchart functionalities to it might be a way to go 😄.
As far as I'm aware, plantuml can generate text but uses simple keyboard characters and it's very buggy when it comes to generating text, so it isn't that clean.

Oh! interesting. Maybe modifying artist mode to add flowchart functionalities to it might be a way to go 😄. As far as I'm aware, plantuml can generate text but uses simple keyboard characters and it's very buggy when it comes to generating text, so it isn't that clean.

tecosaur commented

2021-02-25 15:38:33 +00:00

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I've thought that would be cool for a while, as you may guess though — I've got a lot that I'd like to do 😄.

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