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Re:Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work by darepublic on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:18AM (#23589716)
How is this superior to draw.io (or the open source library that underpins it)
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Re:Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work by bsg75 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @02:20PM (#23594037)
Does it claim to be?

It is an option which may or may not fit the varying needs of readers of HN, just as draw.io is.

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Re:Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work by korantu on Sunday June 21, 2020 @03:21AM (#23590453)
As far as I saw, draw io dors not do automatic layout. Would be very happy to be proven wrong
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Re:Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work by snoopfab on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:24AM (#23590664)
The jgraph Java toolkit and mxgraph JavaScript library used in draw.io both support automatic layout even for quite large networks. From the draw.io gui I've never used it but I would be surprised if the possibility does not exist.
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Re:Mind map / flowcharts with automatic layouts that work by ygra on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:57AM (#23624896)
draw.io has some automatic layouts (Arrange > Layout), but they are fairly basic. In terms of customizability it doesn't come close to yFiles / yEd. (Admittedly, I'm biased; I work for the latter, but the available layout options do indeed speak for themselves.)
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