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i-Simple tool to draw ascii box plots from the terminal.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i-No need to use 1 million line of javascript code on a browser.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+gramscii -- interactive tool for ASCII box-and-arrows charts	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+============================================================	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+```gramscii``` (pronounced "grrr'a(m)sky", more or less like "ASCII" but	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+with a leading "grrr") is a simple CLI tool to create and edit	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+box-and-arrows charts using ASCII characters. 	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+```gramscii``` is interactive and its commands are quite intuitive to	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+anybody who does not need a mouse to be productive. You can move around	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+the screen with the usual ```hjkl``` keys, but you will travel at	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+ligthning speed by placing another finger on ```SHIFT```. You start	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+drawing a box with ```b```, and you place an arrow with ```a```. For	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+more information, just read the manpage. 	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+```gramscii``` aims at remaining small, avoiding bloat, and being	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+portable. It is written in ASCII C90, it requires only an ANSI	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+VT100-compatible terminal (real or virtual), and it does not use any	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+external library (nope, not even ncurses!). Hence, you should be able to	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+compile and run ```gramscii``` on any operating system with a C90 libc	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+and a VT100 terminal emulator.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+WHY?	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+====	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+As most of the software out there, ```gramscii``` comes out of	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+frustration and pain. 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+I have been producing box-and-arrow diagrams in ASCII for quite a while.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+I know that there exist ad-hoc plugins for ```vim(1)``` and	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+```emacs(1)```, but I was not happy with any of them, to say the least. 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+At the same time, there has been a recent proliferation of browser-based	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+point-and-click tools to draw ASCII charts. Like, are you serious? Why	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+on Earth should people accept to load 1 million LOCs of obscure	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+javascript code on a hyper-bloated web browser and use a fancy	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+point-and-click interface to produce......guess what......ASCII charts	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+that are best-viewed viewed on a VT100 terminal?	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+We must say no to madness. We must repudiate bloat. We must reject	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+useless featurism. Software must be reasonable, simple, small, and	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+functional.	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+But wait... 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+============	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i+If you have noticed that the name ```gramscii``` is too much reminiscent	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+of Antonio Gramsci, the phylosopher and politician who was among the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+founders of the Italian Communist Party in 1921, who strongly believed	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+that every single human is an intellectual, a philosopher, and an	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+artist, and who maintained that societal changes are only possible when	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+a class exerts intellectual and moral leadership over its	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+contemporaries, well then just get rid of all your shiny iPointless	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+things and come back to reality. 	Err	bitreich.org	70
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