Ever wish you could put some diagrams in your source code? JavE is your friend. Think "powerpoint diagrams using ASCII". Here is one I made recently :
There are numerous tools for creating ASCII art from images. But this is the only tool I've found that caters towards diagram creation in ASCII. It supports a subset of powerpoint type operations:
* lines, boxes, elipses, bezier curves, arcs, text boxes
* equations (simplified LaTeX-style syntax)
* function plotter, fractal plotter, 3D renderer (seriously!!!)
* photoshop type tools : brush, eraser, fill, clone
One feature I wish it had would be to maintain the 3d-ness of objects after you "place" them. That is, when you create a text box, you can move it around on the canvas, but once you place it, it becomes part of the background and to move it again, you need to select it as "raw pixels".
Still this is a fantastic tool when you just want to put a diagram somewhere in a text file.
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