• ORGMODE , DIAGRAMS

blockdiag

blockdiag is a python based tool for generating block diagams. Syntax and some examples can be found in the blockdiag documentation. blockdiag also has a couple of other tools seqdiag for sequence diagrams, actdiag for activity diagrams, and nwdiag for network diagrams. Links to the documentation for those tools can be found on the blockdiag home page.

blockdiag {
  default_fontsize = 13;
  shadow_style = none;
  // Set stacked to nodes, see roundedbox
  stacked [stacked]
  // standard node shapes
  box [shape = box];
  square [shape = square];
  roundedbox [shape = roundedbox, stacked];
  dots [shape = dots];

  circle [shape = circle];
  ellipse [shape = ellipse];
  diamond [shape = diamond];
  minidiamond [shape = minidiamond];

  note [shape = note];
  mail [shape = mail];
  cloud [shape = cloud];
  actor [shape = actor];

  beginpoint [shape = beginpoint];
  endpoint [shape = endpoint];

  box -> square -> roundedbox -> dots;
  // group nodes
  group {
    circle;
    ellipse;
    diamond;
    minidiamond;
    // Set group-label
    label = "example grouping";
    // Set background color
    color = "#77FF77"
    // give the group a border
    //shape = line;
  }
  circle -> ellipse -> diamond -> minidiamond;
  note -> mail -> cloud -> actor;
  beginpoint -> endpoint;

  // node shapes for flowcharts
  condition [shape = flowchart.condition];
  database [shape = flowchart.database];
  terminator [shape = flowchart.terminator];
  input [shape = flowchart.input];

  loopin [shape = flowchart.loopin];
  loopout [shape = flowchart.loopout];

  condition -> database -> terminator -> input;
  loopin -> loopout;
}