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submitted 2 months ago by Dymonika@beehaw.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I didn't know that the connectors automatically draw lines from box to box! For years, I'd been seeking software that could do this. The line-connecting behavior is a bit weird and unpredictable, but it's still fun!

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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 months ago

You could also look into draw.io - for most things that people used to use LibreOffice Draw for, this might now be more convenient.

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I like draw.io, but the killer feature I want is auto-layout. As soon as a flowchart gets a little complex, things get really fiddly. I wish I could hit 'auto-arrange' and it would do some approximation of a tidy layout.

[-] lascapi@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago
[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Oooh, this is promising... I'll check it out, if it's what I hope it is, thank you!

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wait... can LibreOffice Draw do this?! I can't seem to find it if so. If not, do you have any ideas of programs that fan?

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure on either front- never used LibreOffice Draw. Visio does, but for me, it's not worth it.

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Wow, this is so insanely detailed... Thanks for sharing, but at this moment it for way beyond what I'm wanting lol!

[-] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah Gramps allows you to export pretty neat graphs!

[-] gerdesj@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

My family tree (bush, thicket) is the ongoing effort of my uncle, started roughly 30 years ago. There are nearly 130,000 individuals in it.

We are migrating his data from The Master Genealogist (TMG) to Geneweb. That is quite a long story 8)

You might like to look into Webtrees.

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Geez, I can't imagine how gigantic such a tree is!

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Check out Dia.

It's excellent. Auto layout. Connector types. Etc etc.

[-] 3dom@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I’ve really been enjoyingMinder

It’s a mind mapping app, but should work great for a family tree

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Darn, it's not on Windows nor Android. This sure looks beautiful, though, but the problem with family trees is that they need to be able to connect external boxes with their lines that are disconnected from the starting core, which is why mind maps generally don't work for them. Still, thanks for sharing!

[-] vort3@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

It's great until you realize that it doesn't have some specific types of connectors you need or a way to control connectors path (you can't have connectors that go around other boxes).

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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