[erlang-questions] Visual Erlang notation v0.1.0 - feedback request

[Garrett Smith]

Ahhh, okay - so yes, technically true. But not easy, so I'm calling
that a #fail :P

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya
<mahesh@REDACTED> wrote:
> Squiggly Lines in Google Presentations
>
> Hint: Line up a bunch-a squares, and used the "Curve" line tool.
>
> Cheers
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> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Garrett Smith <g@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Torben,
>>
>> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Torben Hoffmann
>> <torben.hoffmann@REDACTED> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > As I have mentioned before I have been working on a visual notation for
>> > Erlang and
>> > although it is not complete yet I have received requests to release it
>> > anyway, so
>> > here goes...
>> >
>> > https://github.com/esl/visual_erlang
>> >
>> > One extra thing missing from the to-do list is state data for processes.
>> >
>> > I would like some feedback on how you feel the abstraction level is.
>> > The purpose of Visual Erlang is not to be able to specify every little
>> > detail of what
>> > happens in an Erlang program, but to give a way to describe the
>> > architecture.
>>
>> Love this!
>>
>> My hopefully constructive input though... I think you ought to be
>> easier on folks who don't use fancy graphics editors :)
>>
>> I (and the folks I work with) tend to use Google presentations to put
>> together visual diagrams. It's quite a handy program. Unfortunately
>> you can't do a few things that you require:
>>
>> - Squiggly lines
>> - Double lines
>>
>> But you can do:
>>
>> - Lots of different line endings (circles, squares, triangles)
>> - Dashed lines
>> - Dash-dotted lines
>> - Thick and thin lines
>>
>> Unless you have a religious point of view when it comes to squiggles
>> (I hear this is a thing) I'd recommend tweaking the symbols to widen
>> the tent for drawing tools :)
>>
>> I also recommend putting together some PNGs and including them as
>> images in the README so people can see what's going on at a glance
>> from the github page without downloading the PDF. But this a nice to
>> have.
>>
>> Can't wait for the Patterns In Erlang book! (But who's in the GoF?)
>>
>> Garrett
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