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Zest custom node with ports [message #1219542] Wed, 04 December 2013 14:31 Go to next message
Mohamed Hussein is currently offline Mohamed HusseinFriend
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Hi,

I would like to create something like a logic diagram where Nodes have ports and those ports can connect to other ports on other nodes.

Is there a way to do that with Zest?

Is there a way to create a composite node (so a single node is actually a figure for node and another for each port, connections are made using the "port" figures)

Or is there a better way?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards,
Mohamed.
Re: Zest custom node with ports [message #1219543 is a reply to message #1219542] Wed, 04 December 2013 14:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Zoltan Ujhelyi is currently offline Zoltan UjhelyiFriend
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Hi,

sadly, Zest does not have any notion of ports, thus it is not easy to solve it.

On the other hand, with some limitations it is possible to create sub-nodes (have a look at the GraphContainer class). If you combine these GraphContainers with custom Figures, it might solve your issue.

Cheers,
Zoli
Re: Zest custom node with ports [message #1219544 is a reply to message #1219543] Wed, 04 December 2013 14:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mohamed Hussein is currently offline Mohamed HusseinFriend
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Thanks a lot Zoltan for the quick reply.

Do you think it would be easier to do what I want with GEF? It will be just for visualization (no editing), will GEF be much of an overhead over Zest in this case?

Thanks again.
Mohamed.


Best Regards,
Mohamed.
Re: Zest custom node with ports [message #1219545 is a reply to message #1219544] Wed, 04 December 2013 14:42 Go to previous message
Zoltan Ujhelyi is currently offline Zoltan UjhelyiFriend
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Hi,

well, I am not sure. If you want to use only very simple layouts, it should be simple to do it in GEF. If you want to use more complex layouts, I would rather experiment a bit with Zest to understand how much custom code would be needed.

Cheers,
Zoltán
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