Hi, I need ASCII diagramming; I couldn't find anything so I decided to wrap
one myself :). I 'm writting a perl module to generate ASCII diagrams from
Dia.
I have a simple prototype that is nowhere near something I'd release but if
some are interrested, I'd happily share. If someone is really interrested, I
can even think about giving it up as I don't think I will really have time to
do this seriously.
I was going to do a full blown diagramming tool but It would have taken even
more time. Only very simple diagrams can be converted (ex diagonals are not
supported at all). There is also a problem with lines following the border of
characters when the ASCII representation IS the character. One solution would
be to create a stencil for ASCII graphs, if anyone feels like helping, he/she
is very welcome. Though I'd also like to support the standard Dia stencils and
not force all users to install new componants.
Here is a simple, and silly, example better seen in a monospace font.
Again, this is a pre-pre-pre release and I show it to get help and input. The
Todo list is longer than the code.
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.----. .----.
| A |------------------>| A |
'----' | '----'
| | |
| | V
| -------|
| | This is a text
V V This is a text
.---. .-----. .----.
| A | | ? | | A |
'---' '-----' '----'
|
|
.------------|-----------.
| |------ |-------| |
| | | | |
| V V V |
| .----. .----. .----. |
| | A | | A | | A | |
| '----' '----' '----' |
| |
'------.------------------------.
| package 2 |
'------------------------'
Cheers, Nadim.
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