From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Subject: Re: How to place things differently in dot Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:52:32 +0000 Message-ID: <877fu3hi2n.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59076) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbAEV-00017d-1u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:02:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbAEP-0002mG-IL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:02:11 -0400 Received: from mail-am1on0108.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.112.108]:11719 helo=emea01-am1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbAEP-0002lT-Cb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:02:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Cecil Westerhof's message of "Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:14:34 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Cecil Westerhof Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thursday, 26 Mar 2015 at 13:14, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > I was asked to make a diagram and was thinking that dot in org-mode could > be a good idea. [...] > This is a good deal in the right direction, but a few things should be > different: The graphviz tools are fantastic for quick and dirty graphs but the layout algorithms are not easily controlled... I would highly recommend tikz ... If you do want to use dot, I have only ever managed to get what I want by changing the order in which I specify the connections and/or more use of sub-graphs. -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.1, Org release_8.3beta-790-gb719c1.dirty