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I remember wishing for something like this when I started working in Illustrator after using things like rainmeter and hand-writing SVG code for ages. Of cours
by LeftHandPath 7y ago
I remember wishing for something like this when I started working in Illustrator after using things like rainmeter and hand-writing SVG code for ages. Of course, I don't have the patience or dedication to implement that sort of thing.
I'll definitely give it a go if I find the time. I love the idea.
If you could make it work with LaTex you could probably find some happy users in IEEE / ACM type communities that would use it for drawing figures in research publications. However, it probably won't take on unless it's made open-source (most researchers are on tight budgets already!)
- greggman2 7y agoThere once was a "smart" structured drawing program called Aldus Intellidraw
- anishathalye 7y agoBasalt as it exists today already integrates pretty well with LaTeX -- I have papers written in LaTeX that have Basalt figures. The figures are rendered into SVGs, converted to EPS using Inkscape's CLI, and placed in the paper with \includegraphics. The integration works pretty well, and it's even possible to make the fonts and sizes match (e.g. see Figure 1 in https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/notary:sosp19.pdf https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/notary:sosp19.pdf).