All for diagrams and drawings! I find myself using a variety of tools though as lot of packages don't do things like dimensions/ line lengths or a centre line....I basically want AutoCAD LT but for .svg :) https://editor.method.ac/ does in a pinch for simple stuff. Bizarrely PowerPoint has quite robust drawing and line animation features these days!...reads back...GANTT charts you say?! where?
On Monday, 2 November 2020 at 20:25:23 UTC Sean Boyle wrote: > It feels silly replying to myself, but... > > Some possibilities are: > > - mxgraph - this is the basis for draw.io, which has a GUI, &c. A GUI > is not strictly necessary, but would be handy for some things - free > - JointJS - Seems to support the usual diagram types, including BPMN > free > - yEd - I really like the layout options, being able to import SVG > nodes. It is free for any use, but if the underlying libraries (yFiles) > are to be used, they have commercial licencing.. > > The trick is finding someone with the chops to be able to integrate > something like one of these, then stick around to update from time to > time. I get the impression that most people are not really interested in > diagrams to sit alongside the notes in a tiddler. The closest thing so far > is viz and railroad, which are both rather limited. > > > On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-7 Sean Boyle wrote: > >> Hi Victor, >> Thanks for the reply! >> >> Yes, I tried out PlantUML (nice sequence diagram, btw). I don't know if >> it is still that way, but it used to be that the drawing was pushed to an >> internet server for processing. I'm more interested in something which is >> self-contained, especially since some of my diagrams could be considered >> sensitive, but in general I like self-contained solutions. Some others >> which I have tried out are: >> * Mermaid >> * Graphviz >> * Railroad >> * Tidgraph >> * edit in an external tool, render, and import the SVG (usually yEd) >> >> >> On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 6:54:19 AM UTC-7 Victor Dorneanu wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> there is also PlantUML: http://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#plantuml >>> >>> I've used this for some proof-of-concept I was doing: >>> https://tiddly.info/serverless#about >>> >>> KR, >>> Victor >>> >>> On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1:08:57 AM UTC+1 Sean Boyle wrote: >>> >>>> Pinging this topic again. It appears that diagramming plugins come, >>>> then are abandoned. I have taken to using graphviz (viz plugin) and it >>>> works reasonably well (only a bit quirky) and if there were some >>>> reasonable >>>> ways of adding symbols for creating graphs such as flowchart, CORAS, BPMN, >>>> sequence, communication diagrams, it would fulfill 90% of my needs. >>>> Having >>>> said that, are there any efforts out there for incorporating lightweight >>>> graphing with extensible symbol sets, or diagramming? >>>> >>>> On Friday, April 6, 2018 at 2:00:59 PM UTC-7 Sean Boyle wrote: >>>> >>>>> I found that sequence diagrammes seem to copy / paste, but DAG and >>>>> GANTT do not. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, April 6, 2018 at 1:44:16 PM UTC-7, Sean Boyle wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> My workaround is to use the online editor: >>>>>> https://mermaidjs.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/#/edit/eyJjb2RlIjoiZ3JhcGggVERcbkFbQ2hyaXN0bWFzXSAtLT58R2V0IG1vbmV5fCBCKEdvIHNob3BwaW5nKVxuQiAtLT4gQ3tMZXQgbWUgdGhpbmt9XG5DIC0tPnxPbmV8IERbTGFwdG9wXVxuQyAtLT58VHdvfCBFW2lQaG9uZV1cbkMgLS0-fFRocmVlfCBGW0Nhcl1cbiIsIm1lcm1haWQiOnsidGhlbWUiOiJkZWZhdWx0In19 >>>>>> , >>>>>> save as SVG, import to TW, and transclude. That seems to work OK for >>>>>> copy/paste to other windows. It does seem to be a problem for other >>>>>> graphical stuff, like railroad diagrams. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, April 6, 2018 at 4:39:51 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ciao Sean >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree that Mermaid for TiddlyWiki is good. Its simple plain text >>>>>>> syntax is excellent and fits TW editing style very well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regarding the non-printability. That is a known issue with that type >>>>>>> of graphic rendering. I'm not sure that its easily fixable. The way I >>>>>>> get >>>>>>> round it if I need to print a Mermaid diagram is to take a screen >>>>>>> capture >>>>>>> save as a file and link to that image in the TW. Its too laborious a >>>>>>> method >>>>>>> for other than occasional use, but a work-around for limited cases. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are right: looks like its been basically abandoned. Part of the >>>>>>> issue is I think the author probably concluded that no one was >>>>>>> interested. >>>>>>> He has other good graphic tools that equally haven't got much notice. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As far as I can see it needs a bit of tweeking -- one issue I >>>>>>> sometimes encountered was getting the text to fit properly. But the >>>>>>> core is >>>>>>> there and functional. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As far as getting the plugin revised. I dunno. I don't have skill >>>>>>> for that. Its a good tool so maybe in time interest to revisit it will >>>>>>> grow? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best wishes >>>>>>> Josiah >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5333ea45-b247-4ce6-ac16-9834c1c5a9c2n%40googlegroups.com.
