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Asciiflow2 looks great for us to use for architecture diagrams of our code and infrastructure.
We'd like to have those diagrams versioned and alongside code in our GIT repos.

I see two ways to enable that:

1. Enable load-from/save-to a local file, which will be a git clone of the repo and then we'll do a Pull-Request to update it.

2. Github integration directly. More complex and maybe less flexible?

BTW: Drive integration is cool, and I use it, but doesn't cover this specific need.

Divide the canvas up into blocks of a fixed size, and manage a separate dirty bit within each block, so we only have to clear and redraw parts of the canvas that are affected by a change.

Is that possible? The text tool widget also.

Specifically, letter 'v' is being turned to caret ('^') when saving/loading via google drive.

Zooming via mouse scroll is way too sensitive! It should be slowed by about factor 5 to 10. It is really hard to stop on a good zoom level because the slightest movement causes zoom to change significantly. It is really a sensitivity issue, not related to "scroll momentum" or such.

On Mac Yosemite, with Magic mouse and on trackpad, tested in Chrome and Safari.

Redo Button to appear once Undo Button is activated.

I realize this may be asking way too much (especially given the complexity of auto-routing connections which works fantastically at the moment), but are there any plans to support diagonals (presumably / and )? I would suggest that if such support is added that there's an option on export to double-up backslashes for target environments where this would be necessary.

It would be nice to have ditaa preview and export.

The export window does not include all the items on the screen. It seems to discard the items after a particular row.

You seem to use some Unicode character for whitespace when exporting? That's pretty confusing and seems unnecessary. The tool is called ASCIIFlow after all!

Type v in a text box, close and open the file, the v get transformed into ^

hint: I noted that box containing the v letter is colored in blue..

Browser: Chrome 44.0.2403.107 (64-bit) MAC OSX.

JS console message repeats every second, browser process uses 100% CPU until crash:

tpm.js:72 PARENT message received: {"s":"oauth2callback:301245870","f":"oauth2relay821844053","c":0,"a":["http://asciiflow.com?state=669359844%7C0.48452533&error_subtype=access_denied&error=immediate_failed"],"t":"301245870","l":false,"g":true,"r":"oauth2relay821844053"}

Notes:

• I am getting this almost anytime I switch tools, go to a new tab, then return, etc.
• I did not allow access to Google drive because permissions are too expansive.
• No third party Ad blockers, etc.

Hi,

When you import new schema, some chars are converted to others.

I give you a simple exemple.

I import this text :

test-test
value

The result inside asciiflow when imported (or exported again) is :

test+test
^alue

the - is replacer by a + and the v is replaced by a ^.

thanks

When moving a box with a normal line attached, the line connector (+) stays still. However, with an arrow line attached, the arrow (<,^,>,V) moves with the box.

  +----           +----
  |               |
+-+---+  -->  +---+-+
| Box |       | Box |
+-----+       +-----+

vs.

  +----           +----
  |               |
+-v---+  -->  +-v-+-+
| Box |       | Box |
+-----+       +-----+

Is there a license agreement for this project? I really like the project, but want to make sure I know how it's licensed before I run a local version or try developing new features.

We're thinking it would be a good idea to add an extra button that has a popup with Tool instructions, Troubleshooting, Bug Submission, Donate?, Copyright, Any additional links.

One enhancement which I suspect might be useful to many people using this utility, would be the ability to limit the drawing area to a particular region (especially a specific width like 80 characters). On the occasions I've used ASCII flow, it's been for diagrams in source comments (or documentation intended to be rendered on the console, like reST docs for Python APIs where a limit of 80 columns is reasonable to ensure all users can easily view the result).

A simple workaround I've used is to import a line 80 columns wide first so I know what the limits of my workspace are, but it'd be great if the tool could enforce (or perhaps just show?) this limit itself. Now I think of it, merely showing the limit might be a better idea (as it allows the overflow to be used as temporary space for drawing objects).

I had about 100 text files added to my Drive, and these just run off the bottom of the screen, so I can't reach my DITAA files.

Hi Lewis!

I LOVE! ASCIIFLow.com :)

and I just wrote a thank you in my recent project:
https://github.com/solyaris/telegram-bot-ruby-webhooks#thanks-to

Here a minor question (not a real issue):
Can I really MOVE an item (a box) ?
I'm asking because I see the button in ascciflow.com that state "Resize/move a box/line"
An I'm able to resize with success a box, but HOW I can MOVE ?
Maybe some CTRL/ALT keystroke command ?

Sorry for my stupid point
respect
giorgio

We-the-users are used to using mouse scroll to... wait for it... scroll! ;-)

I suggest that mouse scroll should be used for scrolling (a.k.a. panning), while zoom feature should be enabled only when a keyboard key is pressed.

Probably best to use alt key, since it has no special meaning on Windows nor on Mac. Ctrl + scroll on Mac is used by built-in Accessibility zoom on OS level. Alt + scroll is common zoom gesture in several apps.

If you select an area on the screen and click export, the resultant export should include only the selected area.

Have an export mode to allow unicode box drawing as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character

I have the following text/diagram and save it to Google Drive.

<!--Example Text--!>

   Conversation

     Receiver

Upon loading the saved diagram I get the following result:

^!++Example Text++!^

   Con^ersation

     Recei^er

This is an amazing project. I'd love to see it available as open source / free software. Would you consider adding a license to it?

See GitHub's http://choosealicense.com/ site. AGPL might be a good choice, as that asks anyone running a hosted instance to contribute changes back.

Would like to see a Take Offline button. I would like to get my pictures off the goggle box.

What I would like to know is how to Copy using the Arrow tool. So far I have only been able to move things.

It would be good to have a colorpicker to draw color line, it can be very useful for drawing diagram etc...

This would save users from having to highlight entire output on export. Would also be a great help to mobile users.