Flowcharts from text

We don't promise graphical consistency: we promise logical consistency.

You write the diagram in text and it gets drawn. A line with an arrow is a connection; a line without one declares a block. We lay it out and draw it —the arrangement may come out differently each time; what never changes is the logic.

Blocks (shapes)

OV:	oval — start / end	RE:	rectangle — process
RO:	diamond — decision	PP:	parallelogram — input/output
DD:	document	BD:	database

Declare and reference

RE:Boil water[BW] declares a block with an id. Then you use it by [BW] —so no typos (a [id] that doesn't exist warns you). RE:Boil water without an id is a quick block. Declare wherever you like, in any order.

Arrows

- line · -> right · <- left · <-> double. With = they come out doubled (=>). The label goes on the arrow (-Yes->) or on its own (-> Yes ->), for the decision's branches. They can be chained: [A] -> [B] -> [C].

Notes

An indented line (with a tab) under a block goes inside the block, as a description.

Built in-house, no libraries. The same works in a ```flow block of the md editor.

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