Actdiag layout strange with multiple entry points to a block.

[William Wicker]

This diagram does not lay out as I would expect:

actdiag {

    A -> B -> C -> D;

    Q -> R -> S -> T;

    B -> R;

    S -> C;

    lane foo {

        A; B; C; D;

        }

    lane bar {

        Q; R; S; T;

        }

    }

Block Q is pushed way off to the right (stays in the same lane, but not in the same column, if you will) of the other blocks in the "bar" lane.

See it in the interactive shell (which is WAY cool, BTW!):

http://interactive.blockdiag.com/actdiag/?compression=deflate&src=eJxLTC5JyUxMV6jmUgACRwVdOwUnEOEMIlyswaKBIHYQiAgGESEQUbCyIAgbLO4MYeck5qUqpOXnQ40EG2ut4GQNlIcZCAK1CMVJiUVIigOtgaYqBFvD7EEoruUCADOzIrU

Any suggestions on how to deal with this?

William.

[Noboru Yamamoto]

Hello Williams,

How about this?
===========
actdiag {

Q -> R -> S -> T;

A -> B --md -> C -> D;
B -> R [folded];
S -> C [folded];
lane foo {
label="Foo";
A; B; md[shape= minidiamond, label=" "]; C; D;
}
lane bar {
label="Bar";
Q; R; S; T;
}
}
=============

Noboru

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Noboru Yamamoto
Accelerator Control group
J-PARC center/KEK & JAEA
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[Noboru Yamamoto]

Hi,
Here is another version:
=======
actdiag {
A -> B -> md -> C -> D;

Q -> R -> S -> T;

md <- S [folded]
B -> R [folded];

lane foo {
label="Foo";
A; B; md[shape= minidiamond, label=" "]; C; D;
}
lane bar {
label="Bar";
Q; R; S; T;
}
}
=======

[Noboru Yamamoto]

Hi,
One more version:
===

actdiag {
A -> B -> C -> D;
Q -> R -> S -> T;

B -> R [folded];
C <- S [folded];

lane foo {
A; B; C; D;
}
lane bar {
Q; R; S; T;
}
}

======

[William Wicker]

All of those are excellent! Didn't know about the folded attribute, but it sure solves my problem.

Thank you!

[Noboru Yamamoto]

Hi William,

On 2021/07/30 1:15, William Wicker wrote:
> All of those are excellent! Didn't know about the folded attribute, but it
> sure solves my problem.

I'm very glad hearing it.

Basically, actdiag is based on blockdiag.
Most of attributes of diagrams/nodes/edges in blockdiag

MAY works for these objects in actdiag.

I DID NOT check all attributes show in
http://blockdiag.com/ja/blockdiag/index.html (ONLY in Jpapase, sorry.)
It may or may not work in some case, but it worth it to try anway.

Regards,

Noboru

[Noboru Yamamoto]

Hi,

Documents on blockdiag attributes are found at

http://blockdiag.com/en/blockdiag/attributes/index.html