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I find ASCII diagrams to be the opposite of Markdown. Markdown isn't perfect and so that is where extensions come into play, but ASCII diagrams are more like ma
by encryptluks2 4y ago
I find ASCII diagrams to be the opposite of Markdown. Markdown isn't perfect and so that is where extensions come into play, but ASCII diagrams are more like man pages. I think ideally a diagram markup software would use YAML or some other similar convention to show hierarchy while still be readable. Typing and editing ASCII diagrams by hand is simply not convenient.
- sgoto 4y agoOn YAML-like diagrams, I think you are looking for mermaid [1]. I wrote down here [2] how typograms compare to mermaid [2] in terms of trade-offs. [1] https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid [2] https://code.sgo.to/typograms/#related https://code.sgo.to/typograms/#related
- sverhagen 4y agoAs much as I like Mermaid or PlantUML (more familiar with the last one), how is it YAML or YAML-like?
- Veuxdo 4y agoThe only tool that I know of that uses YAML for diagrams is Ilograph: https://www.ilograph.com/ https://www.ilograph.com/ But yeah, ASCII for diagrams seems like the worst of all worlds: manual layouts, slow to create, impossible to maintain.