[YLUG] Parsable Rack Diagrams

[Stephen Patterson]

On 07 Aug 07, Anthony Simpson (babbagesmachine at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> I can't find anything like a developed solution for what you are trying
> to do but can I mention Graphviz - it contains a tool called lefty which
> can be scripted to any technical drawing task - its default file format
> "dot" is very human readable key:value format with a good syntax for
> node-node/node-subnode relationships. good binding for perl etc...
> probably worth a look but still a lot of work. If you fancy starting a
> project to build a real tool on lefty or something else I'd be keen to
> help out. 

Sounds like something for some handcrafted XML and a custom written
perl/python/foo script to render it.

-- 
Stephen Patterson :: steve at patter.mine.nu :: http://patter.mine.nu/
GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: patter at jabber.earth.li 
"Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?"
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/york/attachments/20070807/dcc4dfe9/attachment.bin