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Ask HN: Is there a text-based tool to create a timeline diagram?

• tofukid 5y ago
  https://playground.diagram.codes https://playground.diagram.codes has timelines, flow charts, etc. all live updated from text.
  • absolute100 5y ago
    this looks like a decent tool. what's the language of the spec? ad-hoc invented?
• deleted 5y ago
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• bjourne 5y ago
  Matplotlib: https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/timeline.html https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers...
• Jugurtha 5y ago
  I searched for "timeline latex", and the screenshots of one of the results looks pretty nice: https://pypi.org/project/labella https://pypi.org/project/labella. https://warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org/eb38e25ead41c4d732eb2cf97c4142f1162aeaea/68747470733a2f2f7261772e67697468756275736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f476a6a7664427572672f6c6162656c6c612e70792f6d61737465722f6578616d706c65732f74696d656c696e655f6b69745f332e706e67 https://warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org/eb38e25ead... https://warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org/71c5e180bc84a50eafa2f16a8523b6d2b5d27e49/68747470733a2f2f7261772e67697468756275736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f476a6a7664427572672f6c6162656c6c612e70792f6d61737465722f6578616d706c65732f74696d656c696e655f6b69745f352e706e67 https://warehouse-camo.ingress.cmh1.psfhosted.org/71c5e180bc... The first paragraph of the description: >Labella.py is a Python 3 clone of labella.js that supports all the features of labella.js and addionally can generate TikZ PDF images for use in LaTeX.
• zoomablemind 5y ago
  You may check out Pikchr https://pikchr.org https://pikchr.org tool/language, inspired by the PIC language. It's by the creator of SQLite and Fossil SCM. In fact the Pikchr functionality is bundled into Fossil SCM, and is directly supported in Fossil's UI (can be mixed in Markdown in the docs/wiki/forum). The Pikchr language takes some patience to learn, but there're some useful examples to get you started. Plus, you could ask for help on the Forum.
  • kwdc 5y ago
    I didn't see any way to make the boxes or other shapes clickable, eg in a SVG output. Any ideas?
    • zoomablemind 5y ago
      You could try to raise this question on the Forum either Pikchr's or Fossil's. Folks there are quite responsive, also possible to ask questions without the need to sign up.
• begemotz 5y ago
  timevis in R (https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/timevis/versions/1.0.0/topics/timevis https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/timevis/versions/1.0...)
• aszen 5y ago
  Last time I had to embed diagrams I used mermaid js https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/ https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/ which is made to be rendered alongside markdown. Not sure if your particular diagram is supported but the project has a big community around it so there should be a way.
• perrygeo 5y ago
  Sequence diagrams? https://plantuml.com/sequence-diagram https://plantuml.com/sequence-diagram