Re:Create diagrams with code using Graphviz
by zvr on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:18AM
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"20 year old code"?!?
I have been using graphviz since early '90s, when ek provided a first prototype.
You mention a possible improvement of classes of nodes/edges. If I understood correctly, this is typically used for styling, and is most commonly achieved via a pre-processing step. We all use our own tools for that (I've personally used m4, cpp, sed, Tcl, and I'm sure others that I forget).
Graphviz is one of the tools that I use in a wide variety of circumstances. I'd say the most satisfying cases from all these years were (a) producing a genealogical graph of around 1000 people drawn with neato (very organic-looking!); and (b) producing orgcharts for an organization (that had to look acceptable to what people were used to seeing).
You mention a possible improvement of classes of nodes/edges. If I understood correctly, this is typically used for styling, and is most commonly achieved via a pre-processing step. We all use our own tools for that (I've personally used m4, cpp, sed, Tcl, and I'm sure others that I forget).
Graphviz is one of the tools that I use in a wide variety of circumstances. I'd say the most satisfying cases from all these years were (a) producing a genealogical graph of around 1000 people drawn with neato (very organic-looking!); and (b) producing orgcharts for an organization (that had to look acceptable to what people were used to seeing).
Many thanks for your work all this time!