[nycbug-talk] Diagrams.

[Andy Kosela]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Jan Schaumann <jschauma at netmeister.org> wrote:
> Isaac Levy <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
>
>> (I recall years ago when I asked this on list someone shouted 'ASCII
>> art', [a perfectly acceptable answer]).
>
> I'm gonna second that one.  Actually "drawing" ascii can be a bit of a
> pain, but that makes you actually think about the relationships and
> visuals a bit more.  And you can just check them in to your VCS and even
> plain diff them.

Speaking about ASCII art, does anyone know some command line program
that make creating ASCII diagrams and tables a bit less of a pain?

I usually do it just in vi(1) manually, but I guess there are more
automated tools for that out there...

--Andy