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The problem with ascii diagrams is that it is difficult to edit. Say you want to move that resistor in the circuit shown in the article. You could use something

The problem with ascii diagrams is that it is difficult to edit. Say you want to move that resistor in the circuit shown in the article. You could use something like Monodraw to combat that, but then I just end up using good ol' power point. There are only handful of instances when ascii diagrams are useful, may be like an IETF proposal.

sgoto 4y ago
Yeah, agreed that they are hard to edit if you working by yourself, but disagreed if you are working collaboratively. On "may be like an IETF proposal."", that's precisely where I've been using them the most :) https://fedidcg.github.io/FedCM https://fedidcg.github.io/FedCM Not for everybody, I agree, but it is kinda of ironic that you mentioned "may be like an IETF proposal." :) Also, technical blog posts, e.g. https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/11/metamath.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/11/metamath.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/28/siop.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/28/siop.html
transfire 4y ago
Ideally you need a block based editor. Kate is the only modern editor that I’ve used that I know has a block mode. Any others? Now the question is how do you get a block based editor on a webpage?
- sgoto 4y ago
  I don't think I expect people to edit the diagrams on webpages, rather than locally using their favorite text editor.
  - everybodyknows 4y ago
    Emacs and Vim have rectangle-editing commands, these are essential for reasonably convenient editing. They're so useful, everyone should know them anyway: Need a column of '//' rather than '/* <long_comment_block> */', or vice-versa?. One click-drag and 4-5 keystrokes will do it.
- drran 4y ago
  mcedit in mc file manager has block mode selection (Shift-F3).
- WithinReason 4y ago
  You can move rectangular blocks around in VSCode
- navane 4y ago
  notepad++ has block editing
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  > Kate is the only modern editor that I’ve used that I know has a block mode. Any others? Depending on how you define "modern", vim (and I assume neo-vim) support block-mode.

sgoto 4y ago

Yeah, agreed that they are hard to edit if you working by yourself, but disagreed if you are working collaboratively. On "may be like an IETF proposal."", that's precisely where I've been using them the most :) https://fedidcg.github.io/FedCM https://fedidcg.github.io/FedCM Not for everybody, I agree, but it is kinda of ironic that you mentioned "may be like an IETF proposal." :) Also, technical blog posts, e.g. https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/11/metamath.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/11/metamath.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/28/siop.html https://code.sgo.to/2022/04/28/siop.html

transfire 4y ago

Ideally you need a block based editor. Kate is the only modern editor that I’ve used that I know has a block mode. Any others? Now the question is how do you get a block based editor on a webpage?

sgoto 4y ago
I don't think I expect people to edit the diagrams on webpages, rather than locally using their favorite text editor.
- everybodyknows 4y ago
  Emacs and Vim have rectangle-editing commands, these are essential for reasonably convenient editing. They're so useful, everyone should know them anyway: Need a column of '//' rather than '/* <long_comment_block> */', or vice-versa?. One click-drag and 4-5 keystrokes will do it.
drran 4y ago
mcedit in mc file manager has block mode selection (Shift-F3).
WithinReason 4y ago
You can move rectangular blocks around in VSCode
navane 4y ago
notepad++ has block editing
CoastalCoder 4y ago
> Kate is the only modern editor that I’ve used that I know has a block mode. Any others? Depending on how you define "modern", vim (and I assume neo-vim) support block-mode.