Create diagrams with code using Graphviz

Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by npiit on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:48AM (#23476016)

Graphviz is for noobs. Try TikZ, aka the Gigachad of vector graphics. I spent more time creating TikZ diagrams than actually writing my whole MSc. thesis.

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by jandrese on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:18PM (#23480312)

> I spent more time creating TikZ diagrams than actually writing my whole MSc. thesis.

Isn't this the primary problem with TikZ? It makes you do all the time consuming layout stuff by hand. With Graphviz you just chuck your data at it and get results instantly. Sure it won't be eye-optimized, but it also didn't require work on your part, nor will it require more work on your part when your data changes.

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by chrisseaton on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:56AM (#23476072)

I don't believe TikZ does any kind of automatic layout - that's what most people use Graphviz for I believe.

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by enriquto on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:52AM (#23476041)

> Graphviz is for noobs. Try TikZ, aka the Gigachad of vector graphics.

Maybe you are right, in today's decaying world. But any civilized person can see that tikz, latex and even graphviz are all ultimately hipster tools. Real men of course use pic and troff.

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by steveroush on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:16PM (#23484237)

I think dpic has surpassed pic/gpic

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by npiit on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @08:29AM (#23476331)

Now, 28 year old me after leaving academia and learning the superpower of TikZ, LaTeX and Beamer, I just use draw.io and google docs/slides.

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Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz by enriquto on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:28AM (#23476760)

the horror, the horror

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