Hi,
I’m looking for a soft to create ASCII diagram like (or better) https://asciiflow.com/
ideally:
- FLOSS
- for linux
- offline
- no javascript.
I’ve found a candidate ascii-draw and it’s write in Python ❤️ 🐍, but it’s only available as flatpack… :/
If flatpak is not an option, then you need to specify what packaging platforms are applicable.
Thanks @Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show , “Packaging” is not mandatory when creating a software, like it’s was written It could run as .py trough python executable. but here it seem not
Otherwise I’m ok with .appimage format/packing.
It’s up to the distro maintainers to package it for the distros. Not the software developer. I see it’s available in the AUR, so it’s not only available as a flatpak. So ascii.-draw does fit your criteria.
You can also build it yourself if you know how (they list the use of gnome-builder for this).
cant you compile it also im sure also in the AUR if ur on a arch based distro
I’m not, I’m on MX Linux with SysVinit.
The AUR PKGBUILD shows a pretty simple recipe:
build() { arch-meson "${pkgname}-${pkgver//+/-}" build meson compile -C build } package() { meson install -C build --destdir "${pkgdir}" # permission fix chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/ascii-draw" }
I’ve been seeing arch-meson often used, but haven’t explored what it does. Some day…
Though it’s way more fun to use text specification, like the one referenced by @fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org
I don’t have an answer for you, I’d never heard of ASCIIFlow, but holy shit that takes me back to an oooold piece of DOS software called FormTool. Used to make dungeon maps and character sheets and such with it back in the early 90s. Good times.
I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want the ASCII-Draw flatpak, but that’s not the only way to get it:
- there’s a Snap
- it can be installed from source
- there’s also an AUR package
But maybe you’re not on Arch, don’t like Snaps (can’t blame anyone for that) and don’t want to install from source (same)? What type of package are you looking for? Only native package? For which distro?
Ideally running the .py
python foobar.py
will be ideal, otherwise an .appimageI think I will have to build it my self (the .appimage ) :)
Any reason for avoiding flatpak?
I like light system and moreover I like the simplicity of .appimage
Unlike some systems such as Snap and Flatpak, AppImages work with very little support from the base distribution.
To run the app, an user simply needs to run this file — there’s no intermediate installation step.
source: https://www.booleanworld.com/creating-linux-apps-run-anywhere-appimage/
You might be interested in Emacs, it has (among many other things) artist-mode where you can draw with your cursor and obtain good ASCII art