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ASCII diagram creator
- wrrice 15y agoI like this. I like this a lot. This is perfect for someone who just needs to get a few thoughts together and can't be bothered with firing up Dia or something similarly bloated.
- whiskers 15y agoYes, it's really nice and simple - great that you can just cut and paste the result into an e-mail too!
- bobbles 15y agoIf this was a standalone application it would replace my notepad usage for notetaking 100%...
- sente 15y agoI know this is a beta, but one suggestion: have an option to export the HTML wrapped in a div/span/pre/<something> which has a monospace font style, this would make it truly effortless to export the html and save it as-is. Also I couldn't figure out how the arrow cursor worked or what one was supposed to do with it. my remarks aside, very cool app!
- thristian 15y agoHints about the active tool appear at the bottom right; apparently the arrow tool is used for selecting a region so you can copy it to the clipboard.
- ot 15y agoNeedless to say, Emacs can do it (M-x artist-mode)
- tmachinecharmer 15y agoJust what I was about to say http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html
- battlehorse 15y agoDammit, Emacs. http://xkcd.com/378/ http://xkcd.com/378/
- lloeki 15y agoBut but but... what about python? http://xkcd.com/353/ http://xkcd.com/353/
- chromic 15y agoAwesome! Bookmarked for future usage.
- ck2 15y agoOh wow, nice. Just what I needed to make a directory tree example for a readme.txt
- zentechen 15y agoToo clever. Can VIM do it too?
- kriardol 15y agoA quick google shows someone wrote a plugin called drawit.vim. Personally, I think this is one case where I'd rather use the mouse.
- thristian 15y agoSome ideas for more features: ,----------------. | Round-cornered | | boxes | `----------------' -+ | >- Stretchy braces | -+ Also, GUI control mockups: ( Buttons ) [ Dropdown lists |v] [X] Checkboxes (o) Radio buttons Sliders: ---|---------- +-------------^ | Scroll bars # | # | | | v <----######--> Spin-boxes: [ 37.0 |:] ...you get the idea. Being able to select drawn items and move them around after the fact would also be great.
- barista 15y agoAlso it would be nice if they supported IE.
- Groxx 15y agoWhen I saw this, it was down a vote or two. I thank you, kind sir / madam, for making me bust a gut. Not because I think you're wrong. Just that it's tantamount to bringing a bucket of KFC to a vegan event.
- kltbrdnkt 15y agoI'm not quite sure I understand your analogy unless you mean to say that asciiflows core principles include not using IE.
- gravitronic 15y agoI think they mean that HN's core principles include not using IE.
- Groxx 15y agoI'm really enjoying this, the utter simplicity of it has a certain appeal. I would really like the ability to add columns / rows at the cursor position, though. Moving things around / feature heaven / hell would be fun, but that I think would be a net improvement without breaking the simplicity at all.
- Luyt 15y agoPerl has a module called 'Graph::Easy' which can create a diagram from a graph automatically, and can also do ASCII-output. See http://bloodgate.com/graph-demo http://bloodgate.com/graph-demo for an interactive demo. [Sun] -- [Pear] [Apple] --> [Pear] [Pear] -- [fruit] --> [Pineapple] [Pear] --> [Cherry] [fruit] ==> [Done] Renders to: +--------+ | Cherry | +--------+ ^ | | +-------+ +--------+ +-------+ +-----------+ | Apple | --> | Pear | --- | fruit | --> | Pineapple | +-------+ +--------+ +-------+ +-----------+ | H | H | v +--------+ +-------+ | Sun | | Done | +--------+ +-------+
- Luyt 15y agoIt's a pity that the GraphViz family of automatic graph drawing tools don't support ASCII: (user@air) /Users/user $ dot -Tascii Format: "ascii" not recognized. Use one of: bmp cgimage cmap cmapx cmapx_np dot eps exr fig gd gd2 gif gv imap imap_np ismap jp2 jpe jpeg jpg pct pdf pict plain plain-ext png ps ps2 psd sgi svg svgz tga tif tiff tk vml vmlz vrml wbmp x11 xdot xlib canon
- mvuets 15y agoThere is a similar Java application also: http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/ http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/ But it works in a bit different way: converts such ASCII diagrams into bitmap graphics.
- richbradshaw 15y agoThis would make a good nethack level editor!
- ca98am79 15y agoI was thinking the same thing
- scrrr 15y agoJust needed this the other day and found this application: http://www.jave.de/ http://www.jave.de/ More features, but also feels more complex. Screenshot: http://www.jave.de/screenshots/60rc2_screenshot.png http://www.jave.de/screenshots/60rc2_screenshot.png
- ZeWaren 15y agoWhat about ASCIIO? It's great because it allows you to move and connect the blocks after you created them. It's great to document source code. http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Asciio/lib/App/Asciio.pm http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Asciio/lib/App/Asciio.pm
- linker3000 15y agoMust you young'uns always try and reinvent the wheel? Thedraw FTW: http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ Now get off my LAN
- hoprocker 15y agoLooks like they're just honoring the age-old custom of adopting the idea to a new platform.
- Groxx 15y ago>Must you young'uns always try and reinvent the wheel? Yes. http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=spokeless+wheel http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=spokeless+wheel Thedraw? or, excuse me, THEDRAW? I haven't heard of that one before, and the page says next to nothing.
- zorked 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw TheDraw was used mostly in the BBS scene to create ASCII/ANSI art for the BBS's log in screen and menus. There was an entire sub-community of artists back then. To be fair, the website is a diagram tool that outputs ASCII, while TheDraw more more like a ASCII/ANSI illustration tool. I didn't find any galleries of ANSI art out there but this page has a few screenshots: http://icodeforfood.com/shockwave-bbs/ http://icodeforfood.com/shockwave-bbs/
- copper 15y agotextfiles.com would have quite a lot of ascii art from back then. Memories :)
- mootothemax 15y agoHonestly? This is the first online wireframing tool that I've been able to use and instantly display what I want. Great work!
- mixmastamyk 15y agoReminds me of TheDraw from back in the day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw
- gravitronic 15y agoVery nice website! I tried to do the same with a 28x4 canvas with unicode for twitter, but client and host unicode rendering differences turn it into an unintelligible mess most of the time (www.draw140.com)
- ericbb 15y agoCool! This is something I wanted to have and had started making for myself. Mine is much less useful than asciiflow but the thing I like most about it is that it allows writing and drawing more in the way I use my notebook. It's easy to write little blocks of text that aren't aligned along the left margin. Feature request: In text mode, assign <enter> to move the cursor down a line and to the column that text entry began. Here's my prototype: http://norstrulde.org/tty/tty.html http://norstrulde.org/tty/tty.html
- b0rsuk 15y agoThis is very cool. And you can quickly create mockups for roguelike levels. +-------+ +------------+ +---------------+ | | | > | -4/124 | | || < | +---+%%% | 15/15 | > = | | | | |% \ | | +--------+ % | | | !! | | % | | | | | | +----+ | % | | | | | | |% | +---------------+ | %% +-+ +-----+------+ | | | | | | >| | | | |" | | % | | +-+--+ +----+--+ +---------+ | +---------+ | | | |(( | | +------------+ +---+-----+--+ | ( O | | |~~ P | | | | @K % | | |~~~~ < +--+ % / | | % Y | | |~~~ | +------------+ | % Y | | | | | c Y---------+----+ ] | Slow Poisoned | | | + +---------+ | | | < | +------------+ D:24 You teleport. The centaur shoots an arrow of flame. The arrow hits you. You die... Xom says:"I guess I need a new plaything now."
- bifrost 15y agoThis is one of the best things I've seen all week. I hate traditional flowcharting tools, they're wonky and a pain when you have to convert them to anything else. ASCII is the portable data format basically.