From: larsi@ifi.uio.no (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen)
Subject: Re: More trees
Date: 16 Jan 1996 00:17:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w8s4ttx3v5k.fsf@gymir.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Ian Fitchet's message of Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:21:16 +0000
Ian Fitchet <I.D.Fitchet@ftel.co.uk> writes:
> >And here's the new one:
>
> >{***}
> |--------------------------\-----\-----\
> >(***) [Bjo] [Gun] [Gun]
> |--\-----\-----\ |
> >[odd] [Jan] [odd] (***) [Jor]
> | | |--\
> >[Gun] [Eri] [Eri] [odd]
> |
> [Paa]
[...]
> If you read top-down left-right (we may want this configurable for
> those reading/learning Chinese and the like) I would expect the tree
> to grow from top to bottom -- this bit is OK. As I read from left to
> right, I would expect to find the eldest article on the left, the
> newest on the right
This version of the tree shows generations when read from the top and
down. The other version shows (as you suggest) generations when read
from left to right. Doing bottom-up and right-left versions would
simply entail reversing the buffer. Sort of.
--
Home is where the cat is.
prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-01-15 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-01-10 10:27 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-01-12 11:21 ` Ian Fitchet
1996-01-15 23:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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