Framed text with arrows

Framed text with arrows

[Xan]

Hi,

I'm a novice yet. I just want to put framed long texts (paragraphs) with 
arrows connecting these. I want to decorate these frames (background, 
beaty border, etc.). Like entity-relationship diagrams but more beauty 
and that I could put long text in each node.

Is this possible? Do I must use metafun?

Can you provide a simple example?

Thanks a lot,
Xan.

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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Willi Egger]

Hi Xan,

Did you consider the use of the FLOWchart module? There is a nice  
manual at the pragma-ade site (Charts).

Willi
On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Xan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a novice yet. I just want to put framed long texts (paragraphs)  
> with arrows connecting these. I want to decorate these frames  
> (background, beaty border, etc.). Like entity-relationship diagrams  
> but more beauty and that I could put long text in each node.
>
> Is this possible? Do I must use metafun?
>
> Can you provide a simple example?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Xan.
>
> PS: Please, CCme.
> ______________________________________________________________________ 
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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Xan]

Thanks,
But is there any possibility of having charts with titles, as in page 
138 of Metafun manual (Zapf example)? And choose border form like in 
page 242 of Metafun manual?

Really, I need the title. Putting section in chart is a temporal 
solution but it's not the same...

Xavi.


En/na Willi Egger ha escrit:
> Hi Xan,
>
> Did you consider the use of the FLOWchart module? There is a nice 
> manual at the pragma-ade site (Charts).
>
> Willi
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Xan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a novice yet. I just want to put framed long texts (paragraphs) 
>> with arrows connecting these. I want to decorate these frames 
>> (background, beaty border, etc.). Like entity-relationship diagrams 
>> but more beauty and that I could put long text in each node.
>>
>> Is this possible? Do I must use metafun?
>>
>> Can you provide a simple example?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Xan.
>>
>> PS: Please, CCme.
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ 
>>
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>> entry to the Wiki!
>>
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>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ 
>>
>

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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Willi Egger]

Definitely out of the box there is no possibility to place titles.  
But since the chart module has the option to use overlays in the  
shapes, with tweaking  the Metapost-graphic as on page 138 in the  
Metafun manual you might get this in place.
Without studying the sources it might be difficult to use shapes as  
those presented on page 242 of the Metafun manual.

Willi
On Feb 18, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Xan wrote:

> Thanks,
> But is there any possibility of having charts with titles, as in  
> page 138 of Metafun manual (Zapf example)? And choose border form  
> like in page 242 of Metafun manual?
>
> Really, I need the title. Putting section in chart is a temporal  
> solution but it's not the same...
>
> Xavi.
>
>
> En/na Willi Egger ha escrit:
>> Hi Xan,
>>
>> Did you consider the use of the FLOWchart module? There is a nice  
>> manual at the pragma-ade site (Charts).
>>
>> Willi
>> On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Xan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm a novice yet. I just want to put framed long texts  
>>> (paragraphs) with arrows connecting these. I want to decorate  
>>> these frames (background, beaty border, etc.). Like entity- 
>>> relationship diagrams but more beauty and that I could put long  
>>> text in each node.
>>>
>>> Is this possible? Do I must use metafun?
>>>
>>> Can you provide a simple example?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>> Xan.
>>>
>>> PS: Please, CCme.
>>> ____________________________________________________________________ 
>>> _______________
>>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an  
>>> entry to the Wiki!
>>>
>>> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/ 
>>> listinfo/ntg-context
>>> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
>>> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
>>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>>> ____________________________________________________________________ 
>>> _______________
>>
>
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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Xan]

En/na Willi Egger ha escrit:
> Hi Xan,
>
> Did you consider the use of the FLOWchart module? There is a nice 
> manual at the pragma-ade site (Charts).
>
> Willi
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Xan wrote:
Is there any way of specifying the width and height of _only one_ chart 
(not for all charts) \setupFLOWcharts change all charts. I want one 
modify the width of a **single node** in one chart.

Xan.
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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Xan]

En/na Willi Egger ha escrit:
> You might use grouping \bgroup ... setup, part of the FLOWchart \egroup.
>
> Willi
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Xan wrote:
>
How can I do that? Can you put me an example?
How can we change the width, height and color of the second node 
("chart") in this example:

\usemodule[chart]
\setupFLOWcharts[height=3\lineheight]

\startFLOWchart[example]
\startFLOWcell 
  \name {flow}
  \location {1,1}
  \text {Flow}
  \connection [rl] {chart}
\stopFLOWcell
\startFLOWcell
  \name {chart}
  \location{2,1}
  \text {Charts}
\stopFLOWcell
\stopFLOWchart
\FLOWchart[example]

?

Thanks a lot,
Xan.

PS: I cc mailing list, because I think it's general interest topic.
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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Alan BRASLAU]

On Friday 19 February 2010 14:16:39 Xan wrote:
> How can we change the width, height and color of the second node
> ("chart") in this example:
> 
> \usemodule[chart]
> \setupFLOWcharts[height=3\lineheight]
> 
> \startFLOWchart[example]
> \startFLOWcell
>   \name {flow}
>   \location {1,1}
>   \text {Flow}
>   \connection [rl] {chart}
> \stopFLOWcell
> \startFLOWcell
>   \name {chart}
>   \location{2,1}
>   \text {Charts}
> \stopFLOWcell
> \stopFLOWchart
> \FLOWchart[example]
> 
> PS: I cc mailing list, because I think it's general interest topic.

Yes, I am interested.

I do not see how one can change the width and height of a node
as I believe that the grid is defined through \setupFLOWcharts.

However, it could eventually be interesting to be able to modify
the frame size within a cell
\startFLOWcell [width=]
or
\startFLOWcell [scale=]
but this is not (yet) a feature...

I see no reason why one cannot set the color by FLOWcell,
but the obvious
\startFLOWcell [framecolor=red,backgroundcolor=yellow]
does not seem to work.

One can use FLOWfocus, but can one focus on multiple cells?

Alan

P.S. I think that it would be interesting to be able to
abstract the location of a cell, as in
\startFLOWchart[example]
\startFLOWcell 
  \name {flow}
  \text {Flow}
  \connection [rl] {chart}
\stopFLOWcell
\startFLOWcell
  \name {chart}
  \location{rightof=flow}
  \text {Charts}
\stopFLOWcell
\startFLOWcell
  \name {new}
  \location{above=flow}
  \connection [bt] {flow}
  \text {New}
\stopFLOWcell
\stopFLOWchart
\FLOWchart[example]

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Re: Framed text with arrows

[Xan]

En/na Alan BRASLAU ha escrit:
> On Friday 19 February 2010 14:16:39 Xan wrote:
>   
>> How can we change the width, height and color of the second node
>> ("chart") in this example:
>>
>> \usemodule[chart]
>> \setupFLOWcharts[height=3\lineheight]
>>
>> \startFLOWchart[example]
>> \startFLOWcell
>>   \name {flow}
>>   \location {1,1}
>>   \text {Flow}
>>   \connection [rl] {chart}
>> \stopFLOWcell
>> \startFLOWcell
>>   \name {chart}
>>   \location{2,1}
>>   \text {Charts}
>> \stopFLOWcell
>> \stopFLOWchart
>> \FLOWchart[example]
>>
>> PS: I cc mailing list, because I think it's general interest topic.
>>     
>
> Yes, I am interested.
>
>   

Great! ;-)
> I do not see how one can change the width and height of a node
> as I believe that the grid is defined through \setupFLOWcharts.
>
> However, it could eventually be interesting to be able to modify
> the frame size within a cell
> \startFLOWcell [width=]
> or
> \startFLOWcell [scale=]
> but this is not (yet) a feature...
>
> I see no reason why one cannot set the color by FLOWcell,
> but the obvious
> \startFLOWcell [framecolor=red,backgroundcolor=yellow]
> does not seem to work.
>   
Yes, it's the natural way. I think the module could be improve in that way.

Xan.
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