@jermolene, have you heard of any projects along this line? On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 10:11:41 AM UTC-8 Sean Boyle wrote:
> The mermaid ( > https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/diagrams-and-syntax-and-examples/gantt.html) > > plugin supports gantt, but it is a bit quirky. IIRC, the mermaid plugin > was released but abandoned. The types of diagrams that the parent project > supports at this point are: > * flowchart > * sequence diagrams > * class diagrams > * state diagrams > * entity relationship diagrams (ERD) > * user journey diagram (I had never even heard of these before seeing it > on the mermaid site) > * gantt chart > * pie chart > > On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 5:22:13 AM UTC-8 Ste wrote: > >> 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. 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