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If you're on macOS, definitely check out Monodraw [1] as a quick and easy way to create such diagrams (then copy + paste into ShakyDraw). Just remember to set y

by milen 9y ago

If you're on macOS, definitely check out Monodraw [1] as a quick and easy way to create such diagrams (then copy + paste into ShakyDraw). Just remember to set your document alphabet to ASCII and you're good to go (from the inspector). Full disclosure: I'm the developer of Monodraw. If you have any questions, happy to answer here. [1] https://monodraw.helftone.com https://monodraw.helftone.com

fwr 9y ago
This is really great! Is there a way to paste/import a previously exported graph and preserve edit capabilities?
- milen 9y ago
  That's a very good question that comes up quite often. Unfortunately, that's not currently supported :( In fact, it's technically impossible to recover all the information that was originally present in the Monodraw document because the conversion to text is inherently lossy. Now, you can probably try to use some heuristics to recover as much information as possible (e.g., detect boxes, arrows). That would certainly work in many simple cases where there's no overlapping shapes. Having said that, I've got other, higher priority updates planned in the pipeline before I can even consider whether to tackle this problem.
  - pranavsinghca 9y ago
    you could maybe embed the original ascii, or a meta representation of it in the generated image?
afarrell 9y ago
Should I use moondraw with a wacom tablet, or just the trackpad?
- perryprog 9y ago
  I would say trackpad, it's less drawing - more diagrams.
andreasklinger 9y ago
Monodraw is awesome. Some folks in my team use it to create page layout prototypes (to force minimalism)
jamesrom 9y ago
Windows really needs a Monodraw.
mr_ali3n 9y ago
It's pretty lame to promote your product on someone else's thread. Just saying.
- madmax108 9y ago
  It's called marketing a relevant product to a relevant crowd. Just saying.
OJFord 9y ago
That looks great! What are the export formats? This would be a fantastic way to create TikZ diagrams.
- milen 9y ago
  It supports text (ASCII and Unicode modes), PNG and SVG.

by milen 9y ago

fwr 9y ago

This is really great! Is there a way to paste/import a previously exported graph and preserve edit capabilities?

milen 9y ago
That's a very good question that comes up quite often. Unfortunately, that's not currently supported :( In fact, it's technically impossible to recover all the information that was originally present in the Monodraw document because the conversion to text is inherently lossy. Now, you can probably try to use some heuristics to recover as much information as possible (e.g., detect boxes, arrows). That would certainly work in many simple cases where there's no overlapping shapes. Having said that, I've got other, higher priority updates planned in the pipeline before I can even consider whether to tackle this problem.
- pranavsinghca 9y ago
  you could maybe embed the original ascii, or a meta representation of it in the generated image?

afarrell 9y ago

Should I use moondraw with a wacom tablet, or just the trackpad?

perryprog 9y ago
I would say trackpad, it's less drawing - more diagrams.

andreasklinger 9y ago

Monodraw is awesome. Some folks in my team use it to create page layout prototypes (to force minimalism)

jamesrom 9y ago

Windows really needs a Monodraw.

mr_ali3n 9y ago

It's pretty lame to promote your product on someone else's thread. Just saying.

madmax108 9y ago
It's called marketing a relevant product to a relevant crowd. Just saying.

OJFord 9y ago

That looks great! What are the export formats? This would be a fantastic way to create TikZ diagrams.

milen 9y ago
It supports text (ASCII and Unicode modes), PNG and SVG.