Comments on: Geeking out with diagrams in ASCII http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/ *So* scripted Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Strawp http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Strawp Thu, 06 May 2010 14:41:07 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-671 Cool, well if you're going to be just piping stdout into ditaa then you don't really need it to run ditaa in the background. Link back to this blog post if you like :) Cool, well if you’re going to be just piping stdout into ditaa then you don’t really need it to run ditaa in the background.

Link back to this blog post if you like :)

]]> By: Thomas http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Thomas Thu, 06 May 2010 14:36:42 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-670 Thanks for that! I had the text figured out, but the conversion isn't working for me. Simply because I don't have the perl module installed Proc::Background. I've commented that out for now, and will look at installing that later and including it in my directions. Anything special you would like written in the credits section of my How-To? Thanks for that!

I had the text figured out, but the conversion isn’t working for me. Simply because I don’t have the perl module installed Proc::Background. I’ve commented that out for now, and will look at installing that later and including it in my directions. Anything special you would like written in the credits section of my How-To?

]]> By: Strawp http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Strawp Thu, 06 May 2010 13:33:28 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-669 I've stuck file.pl online in here: http://strawp.net/files/asciio.zip Look around line 66 and note the ditaa path is designed to run under windows, so change that bit for Debian, Ubuntu, anything else really. I’ve stuck file.pl online in here: http://strawp.net/files/asciio.zip

Look around line 66 and note the ditaa path is designed to run under windows, so change that bit for Debian, Ubuntu, anything else really.

]]> By: Strawp http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Strawp Thu, 06 May 2010 12:03:05 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-668 I foolishly didn't put that under any source control, so it's on a specific machine which isn't plugged in currently. Basically the change I made was in the save function. At the actual point where it writes out a file based on the extension it just does 3 saves instead. One for .txt, one for the native format and then one which is an exec call to the ditaa binary on the .txt file it wrote out. I'll see if I can fish it out... I foolishly didn’t put that under any source control, so it’s on a specific machine which isn’t plugged in currently.

Basically the change I made was in the save function. At the actual point where it writes out a file based on the extension it just does 3 saves instead. One for .txt, one for the native format and then one which is an exec call to the ditaa binary on the .txt file it wrote out.

I’ll see if I can fish it out…

]]> By: Thomas http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Thomas Thu, 06 May 2010 11:52:51 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-667 I managed to find some one on the Debian team that was in the process of packaging this for sid. He gave me a sneak-peak at the .debs, and with a bit of work (I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 and not Debian Sid), I got it installed. I want to write a more expansive how-to on installing this on both Debian and Ubuntu, and also how to make modifications to pipe the output right into Ditaa. I've made the changes as you outlined in your post to the stencils, but not quite sure (without a lot of trial and error) how to do the dual output and the automatic pipping through ditaa. Would you mind staring that piece of code in file.pl with me? I managed to find some one on the Debian team that was in the process of packaging this for sid. He gave me a sneak-peak at the .debs, and with a bit of work (I’m running Ubuntu 9.10 and not Debian Sid), I got it installed.

I want to write a more expansive how-to on installing this on both Debian and Ubuntu, and also how to make modifications to pipe the output right into Ditaa. I’ve made the changes as you outlined in your post to the stencils, but not quite sure (without a lot of trial and error) how to do the dual output and the automatic pipping through ditaa. Would you mind staring that piece of code in file.pl with me?

]]> By: Thomas http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Thomas Wed, 05 May 2010 08:25:20 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-663 I recently ran across ditaa too. Installed it as a Dokuwiki plugin and it works pretty well. Also took a look at the Asciio screencast, and it looks perfect for easily making diagrams. However, I can't get Asciio to work. Not a perl coder, and can't get any of the dependencies installed. Does anyone know of a nice package (preferably Ubuntu) that has been created for Asciio? I recently ran across ditaa too. Installed it as a Dokuwiki plugin and it works pretty well. Also took a look at the Asciio screencast, and it looks perfect for easily making diagrams. However, I can’t get Asciio to work. Not a perl coder, and can’t get any of the dependencies installed. Does anyone know of a nice package (preferably Ubuntu) that has been created for Asciio?

]]> By: Strawp http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Strawp Wed, 05 May 2010 07:28:15 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-665 Should just be a matter of installing it using PECL under Ubuntu. I'll have a go and let you know how I get on. Should just be a matter of installing it using PECL under Ubuntu. I’ll have a go and let you know how I get on.

]]> By: Nick Black http://strawp.net/archive/geeking-out-with-diagrams-in-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Nick Black Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:26:02 +0000 http://strawp.net/?p=156#comment-403 AWESOME! I've been looking for something like this for weeks! Now I can finally knock out <a href="http://dank.qemfd.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32" rel="nofollow">bug 32</a> :). A bit unfortunate that it's in java, but this asciio business might just work (argh, where's a C library?). Thanks! AWESOME! I’ve been looking for something like this for weeks! Now I can finally knock out bug 32 :) . A bit unfortunate that it’s in java, but this asciio business might just work (argh, where’s a C library?). Thanks!

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