Org Real

152 points by mostafah 3 years ago | 13 comments
  • bloopernova 3 years ago
    This is really cool!

    I could imagine something like this but for software/infrastructure architecture, where it would impose a formality/standard of language that would be useful for exchanging ideas, especially in earlier stages of remote collaboration.

    This also works really well with the box/tree description I give to people who are new to computer science or systems administration, and looking to understand more. Basically, it's useful to think of stuff in computers as both a series of boxes within each other, and as a tree with a base and branches. Folders start with a big box that contains smaller boxes as you `cd` into other folders, but they're also a tree because you start at the root and travel along branches as you cd.

    I wonder if something like this can be used to model the structure of technical documentation and therefore test its validity.

    • throwanem 3 years ago
      Reminds me of Gay Deceiver's organization system from The Number of the Beast - I've always wanted to implement something like that, but I lacked the skill when I had the time, and now (maybe) have the skill but (certainly) lack the time. Well done!
      • d0mine 3 years ago
        Interesting human-readable DSL for specifying a relative location of near-by things with corresponding auto-generated "text visual art" diagrams.

        In general, plantuml + Org Babel can be used to create diagrams in Emacs https://plantuml.com/zh/emacs

        • throwaway81523 3 years ago
          This looks interesting. Might be worth looking at older systems like pic and graphviz for inspiration. One gripe if the author is here: the chosen font and colors are near unreadable. Thank heavens for reader mode.
          • edlinfan 3 years ago
            Was this inspired by the classic 1970s Lisp demonstration SHRDLU?

            https://hci.stanford.edu/winograd/shrdlu/

            • throwaway81523 3 years ago
              Hmm, I tried to post a comment earlier: did comments get erased from here? Anyway, this looks neat, and it might be worth looking at older drawing tools like Pic and GraphViz for inspiration.
              • cyberbanjo 3 years ago
                There's a duplicate posting, with your comment.
              • senkora 3 years ago
                Seems somewhat similar to how Inform 7 handles rooms.
                • hnrj95 3 years ago
                  really cool. it’s great to see how active emacs dev has been, recently
                  • math-dev 3 years ago
                    Yep, they have really come into their own - so much cool stuff in the Emacs ecosystem
                  • hankmander 3 years ago
                    Super cool! Visualizing org mode is something I don't think we can get enough of. Keep it up!
                    • pwrplus1 3 years ago
                      A bit of a nitpick but the box drawing characters aren't ASCII.
                      • agumonkey 3 years ago
                        bravo, super fun and impressive work.
                        • sharmin123 3 years ago
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