On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:19 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensa...@soegaard.net> wrote: > 2017-08-18 12:10 GMT+02:00 Andrew Gwozdziewycz <apg...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I've been using graphviz for years for basic network architecture >> diagrams and things, mostly to avoid answering the question of "which >> annoying tool should I use?" Graphviz has limitations for the type of >> stuff I use it for, but I settle for it anyway, since it's a lot less >> frustrating to use a language for laying out relationships than >> clicking and dragging lines connecting things, in an agreed upon >> diagramming tool. >> >> Has anyone started work (or finished work, or even somewhere in >> between?) on a diagramming language that might be, or even eventually >> will be a suitable replacement for performing these types of tasks? >> >> And if not, does anyone have suggestions for getting started with >> layout drawing algorithms suitable for such a thing? I'm fairly sure >> that the pict language will do the heavy lifting work for actually >> drawing on a canvas, and simple layout techniques probably would go >> along way, but getting to know the field a bit might be useful... > > > Maybe you can find something useful in MetaPict? > > http://soegaard.github.io/docs/metapict/metapict.html
I think there's definitely a lot of interesting pieces to MetaPict that will help! And, if it doesn't help directly with these efforts, it'll at least be fun to play with! > > As for algorithms, this module contains references to interesting tree > drawing algorithms: > > https://github.com/soegaard/metapict/blob/master/metapict/tree.rkt Great! Thanks! -- http://www.apgwoz.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
