@Section
@Tag { dia_intr }
@Title { Introduction }
@Begin
@PP
To use the @@Diag symbol you first need to include its setup file. For
example, suppose you have an ordinary document with tables:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"@SysInclude { tbl }"
"@SysInclude { doc }"
"@Doc @Text @Begin"
"..."
"@End @Text"
}
Change this to
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"@SysInclude { tbl }"
"@SysInclude { diag }"
"@SysInclude { doc }"
"@Doc @Text @Begin"
"..."
"@End @Text"
}
This provides everything you need for making diagrams.
@PP
The result of the @@Diag symbol is an object in the usual way. A diagram
is commonly made into a centred display, like this:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"@CentredDisplay @Diag { ... }"
}
or into a floating figure, like this:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"@Figure"
" @Caption { ... }"
"@Diag {"
" ..."
"}"
}
but it could be an entry in a table, a word in a paragraph, or anything
else.
@PP
Most uses of @@Diag contain a @I { nodes part } and a @I { links part }:
@ID @OneRow lines @Break {
@Code "@Diag {"
@I { nodes part }
@Code "//"
@I { links part }
@Code "}"
}
This reflects @@Diag's view of the world as consisting of {@I nodes}
(circles, squares, and so on), which have to be put in their right
places and then joined with @I links (lines, arrows). The technical
meaning of the {@Code "//"} symbol does not concern us here; it
simply serves to divide the two parts.
@PP
For example, here is a nodes part containing two nodes separated by
a @Code "@DP" symbol that (as usual) leaves some vertical space
between them:
@ID @OneRow @Tab
@Fmta { @Col 7c @Wide A ! @Col B }
{
@Rowa
A { @Code {
"@Ellipse { Hello, world }"
"@DP"
"@Square @I x"
} }
B { @Diag {
@Ellipse { Hello, world }
@DP
@Square @I x
} }
}
Node symbols like @Code "@Ellipse" and @Code "@Square" follow a familiar
pattern: they consume the following object, which may be arbitrary, draw
a shape around it, and give back the resulting object. To insert links, the
nodes must first be given names, called {@I tags}, using the @Code "::" symbol:
@ID @OneRow @Code {
"A:: @Ellipse { Hello, world }"
"@DP"
"B:: @Square @I x"
}
Then a link from @Code A to @Code B may be added to the links part:
@ID @OneRow @Tab
@Fmta { @Col 7c @Wide A ! @Col B }
{
@Rowa
A { @Code {
"@Diag {"
" A:: @Ellipse { Hello, world }"
" @DP"
" B:: @Square @I x"
" //"
" @Link from { A } to { B }"
"}"
} }
B { @Diag {
A:: @Ellipse { Hello, world }
@DP
B:: @Square @I x
//
@Link from { A } to { B }
} }
}
Subsequent examples will often omit the enclosing {@Code "@Diag { }"}.
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