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authorJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 20:38:30 +0000
committerJeffrey H. Kingston <jeff@it.usyd.edu.au>2010-09-14 20:38:30 +0000
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Lout 3.27 tag.3.27
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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
@Begin
@PP
Once the nodes of the diagram are in place, @@Diag can be trusted to look
+diagrams. @RawIndex { diagrams }
+diagrams.positioning @SubIndex { positioning nodes }
+positioning.diagrams @Index { positioning nodes in diagrams }
after the rest: links to standard outlines will terminate neatly on their
boundaries, labels will not overstrike links no matter what direction they
are heading, and so on. The great weakness of @@Diag is in positioning
@@ -23,28 +26,28 @@ a bit of a jumble.
The {@Code "@Tbl"} symbol (Chapter {@NumberOf tables}) is a good choice when
the nodes have any kind of grid-like arrangement:
@ID @OneRow {
-@Code {
-"@Diag {"
-"@Tbl"
-" aformat { @Cell A | @Cell B | @Cell C }"
-" marginhorizontal { 0.5c }"
-" marginvertical { 0.25c }"
-"{"
-"@Rowa"
-" B { A:: @Square }"
-"@Rowa"
-" A { B:: @Square }"
-" C { C:: @Square }"
-"@Rowa"
-" B { D:: @Square }"
-"}"
-"//"
-"@Arrow from { A } to { B }"
-"@Arrow from { A } to { C }"
-"@Arrow from { B } to { D }"
-"@Arrow from { C } to { D }"
-"@Arrow from { A } to { D }"
-"}"
+@Code @Verbatim {
+@Diag {
+@Tbl
+ aformat { @Cell A | @Cell B | @Cell C }
+ marginhorizontal { 0.5c }
+ marginvertical { 0.25c }
+{
+@Rowa
+ B { A:: @Square }
+@Rowa
+ A { B:: @Square }
+ C { C:: @Square }
+@Rowa
+ B { D:: @Square }
+}
+//
+@Arrow from { A } to { B }
+@Arrow from { A } to { C }
+@Arrow from { B } to { D }
+@Arrow from { C } to { D }
+@Arrow from { A } to { D }
+}
}
||9ct
@Diag {
@@ -76,21 +79,21 @@ Similarly, the @Code "@Graph" symbol from Chapter {@NumberOf graphs}
has an @Code "objects" option which can place arbitrary objects,
including labelled nodes, anywhere on a graph:
@ID @OneRow {
-@Code {
-"@Diag {"
-"@Graph"
-" xmin { 0 }"
-" xmax { 100 }"
-" ymin { 0 }"
-" ymax { 100 }"
-" objects {"
-" @CTR at { 20 30 } { A:: @Square }"
-" @CTR at { 60 70 } { B:: @Square }"
-" }"
-"{}"
-"//"
-"@Link from { A } to { B }"
-"}"
+@Code @Verbatim {
+@Diag {
+@Graph
+ xmin { 0 }
+ xmax { 100 }
+ ymin { 0 }
+ ymax { 100 }
+ objects {
+ @CTR at { 20 30 } { A:: @Square }
+ @CTR at { 60 70 } { B:: @Square }
+ }
+{}
+//
+@Link from { A } to { B }
+}
}
||8.5ct
@Diag {
@@ -117,18 +120,21 @@ somewhat similar to the @Code "@Graph" one. It is often the easiest way
to scatter nodes about a diagram at random. The first step is to create
a nodes part that is just an empty space of whatever size you want the
final diagram to be:
-@ID @OneRow @Code {
-"@Diag {"
-" 4c @High 6c @Wide"
-" //"
-" ..."
-"}"
+@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim {
+@Diag {
+ 4c @High 6c @Wide
+ //
+ ...
+}
}
As shown, this is done with the @Code "@Wide" and @Code "@High" symbols
from basic Lout; the above diagram will be four centimetres high by
six centimetres wide.
@PP
@@Diag has a @Code "," symbol that allows you to specify a point by
+diagrams. @RawIndex { diagrams }
+diagrams.coordinates @SubIndex { coordinates }
+coordinates.diagrams @Index { coordinates in diagrams }
its coordinates in the diagram's base. For example,
@Code "0,0" denotes the bottom left-hand corner of the base,
@Code "1,0" denotes the bottom right-hand corner, and
@@ -137,23 +143,26 @@ usually be between 0 and 1, since otherwise they denote points
outside the base (which is allowed but seldom useful).
@PP
Every node symbol has a @Code "translate" option which allows you
+diagrams. @RawIndex { diagrams }
+diagrams.translate @SubIndex { @Code "translate" option }
+translate.diagrams @Index { @Code "translate" option (diagrams) }
to move the node about on the diagram's base (or off it if you use
coordinates less than 0 or greater than 1). If you use this option,
the node effectively has zero size and overstrikes anything else
in the area you put it (like labels do). It is best to put these
nodes in the links part:
@ID @OneRow {
-@Code {
-"@Diag {"
-"@Box margin { 0c } 4c @Wide 5c @High"
-"//"
-"A:: @Square"
-" translate { CTR to 0.5, 0.67 }"
-" { @I A }"
-"B:: @Circle"
-" translate { CTR to 0.8, 0.25 }"
-" { @I B }"
-"}"
+@Code @Verbatim {
+@Diag {
+@Box margin { 0c } 4c @Wide 5c @High
+//
+A:: @Square
+ translate { CTR to 0.5, 0.67 }
+ { @I A }
+B:: @Circle
+ translate { CTR to 0.8, 0.25 }
+ { @I B }
+}
}
||9ct
@Diag {
@@ -177,25 +186,25 @@ You are free to have nodes in the nodes part as well, or any object
at all. Here is an example which shows what a little ingenuity
can accomplish:
@ID @OneRow {
-@Code {
-"@Diag {"
-"@Polygon"
-" sides { 5 }"
-" outlinestyle { noline }"
-" hsize { 4c }"
-" vsize { 4c }"
-"//"
-"A:: @Circle translate { N to P1 } {}"
-"B:: @Circle translate { N to P2 } {}"
-"C:: @Circle translate { N to P3 } {}"
-"D:: @Circle translate { N to P4 } {}"
-"E:: @Circle translate { N to P5 } {}"
-"@Link arrow { both } from { A } to { B }"
-"@Link arrow { both } from { B } to { C }"
-"@Link arrow { both } from { C } to { D }"
-"@Link arrow { both } from { D } to { E }"
-"@Link arrow { both } from { E } to { A }"
-"}"
+@Code @Verbatim {
+@Diag {
+@Polygon
+ sides { 5 }
+ outlinestyle { noline }
+ hsize { 4c }
+ vsize { 4c }
+//
+A:: @Circle translate { N to P1 } {}
+B:: @Circle translate { N to P2 } {}
+C:: @Circle translate { N to P3 } {}
+D:: @Circle translate { N to P4 } {}
+E:: @Circle translate { N to P5 } {}
+@Link arrow { both } from { A } to { B }
+@Link arrow { both } from { B } to { C }
+@Link arrow { both } from { C } to { D }
+@Link arrow { both } from { D } to { E }
+@Link arrow { both } from { E } to { A }
+}
}
||9ct
@Diag {