On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 6:21 AM, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju <juzhenli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been working on it, but at very beginning stage and no working code > right now.
Are you focused more on replacing Graphviz, or a generalized drawing and visualization library that could be used to more easily put together a Graphviz like tool? I guess they are likely somewhat similar goals... > The official website of Graphviz provides lots of papers on the underlying > algorithms, > I also found Handbook of Graph Drawing and Visualization is worth reading. The Handbook of Graph Drawing and Visualization looks really great! Thanks for the recommendation! > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <apg...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> 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... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andrew >> -- >> 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. > > -- 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.
