Re: TABLE in a flow chart

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:

> On 14-1-2011 6:00, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I want to include a TABLE in a flow chart, but the table is shifted by
>> an offset. Any ideas on how to get rid of the offset
>> 
>> \usemodule[chart]
>> 
>> \setupFLOWcharts[nx=1,ny=1,width=3cm,height=2cm]
>> 
>> \setupTABLE[each][each][height=1cm]
>> 
>> \startFLOWchart[test]
>> \startFLOWcell
>> \name{test}
>> \location{1,1}
>> \shape{action}
>> \text
>> {\bTABLE
>> \bTR
>> \bTD[width=3cm] One \eTD
>> \eTR
>> \bTR
>> \bTD Two \eTD
>> \eTR
>> \eTABLE}
>> \stopFLOWcell
>> \stopFLOWchart
>> 
>> \starttext
>> 
>> \startTEXpage
>> \FLOWchart[test]
>> \stopTEXpage
>> 
>> \stoptext
>
> for the moment use
>
> \bTD[width=\hsize]

I actually want multiple cells, so width=\hsize is not convinient.

> what you observe is an offset

Thanks.

\setupFLOWshapes[offset=none]

gets rid of the offset.

> I'll redo this module in a more mkiv-ish way

That will be great. When you look at it, can you also see if you can add 
the following features:

* set colors of individual shapes: maybe

   \defineFLOWshape[important][prodedure]

   \startFLOWcell
   ...
   \shape{important}
   ...
   \stopFLOWcell


   I know about focus, but sometimes you want more than two colors.

* Define different line types (start arrow, end arrow, and line style 
(dashed, dotted, etc)). For example, be able to have one solid line and 
one dashed line.

* Define shapes of different sizes (even if they are in multiples of the 
basic width and height).

And perhaps have a more ConTeXtish interface to draw flowcharts.

\startFLOWchart
\defineFLOWcell
   [one]
   [location={..},shape={...}, color={...}, style={...},
    background={...}, backgroundcolor={...},
    framecolor={...}, framethickness={...}]
   {text}

\defineFLOWcell
   [two]
   [...]{...}

\defineFLOWlinealternative[linealternative]
      [start=diamond,stop=arrow,style=dotted]

\FLOWline[one][two]
      [from={t},to={-b},color=...,thickness=...,
       alternative=linealternative, %defined above
      ] 
\stopFLOWchart

Thanks,
Aditya
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