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Excellent for small diagrams in code comments.",{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"9549584","monkeycantype","I've been wishing for something like this to help me draw diffable diagrams in source code comments",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"9545854","mminer","I've been using Monodraw for several months and really enjoy it. An indispensable feature I don't see mentioned on the landing page is the ability to embed an image in the canvas…",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Developers and people who draw diagrams in plain text","inferred",[68,69,73],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"9547390","zebas","The product is awesome! Just out of curiosity, what kind of TCP\u002FIP diagrams do you draw with it?",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"9552314","ianseyler","Check out the Docs here: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FIanSeyler\u002FminIP\u002Ftree\u002Fmaster\u002FDocs Those diagrams were made in Monodraw",{"value":78,"source":50,"evidence":79},"Paid, about A$65 (commenters cite £39.99 in UK)",[80,84,88],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"9548848","tonteldoos","This seems really nice (and will work well with my wiki-ing everything lately). However, as another poster pointed out, A$65 is somewhat steep for something that won't see daily…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"9547813","empressplay","Looks awesome! I guess my only concern is $65 AUD seems a bit high? Also, is there a specific reason why it needs 10.9+?",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"9549141","wmwragg","I understand the reasoning, but I was going to purchase it, then saw the price, £39.99. I'd probably have bought it at £20, but for an app I'm not going to use very often £40 is…",[93,100],{"value":94,"source":95,"evidence":96},"Objective-C","maker",[97],{"id":98,"by":11,"text":99},"9548093","Monodraw is written in Obj-C against the AppKit framework and we always strive to create the best native experience. This means the app is not portable as it is right now. But…",{"value":101,"source":95,"evidence":102},"AppKit",[103],{"id":98,"by":11,"text":99},"unknown","launched",{"praise":107,"objections":141,"requests":169,"questions":189,"alternatives":198},[108,123,134],{"value":109,"source":50,"evidence":110},"Polished, beautiful native Mac app",[111,115,119],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"9562817","MyNameIsMK","This is really awesome. So much quality. 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I saw this the last time it hit HN, and have hoped for something like this for other OSes.",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"9547135","PythonicAlpha","I really would love having such a thing for Linux.",{"value":163,"source":50,"evidence":164},"Limited usefulness for some users",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"9549282","chrisra","I can see this being used for command line UIs, and maybe it would be nice for source control for some reason. Other than that, I struggle to see its usefulness, and I'm a little…",[170,178,182],{"value":171,"source":50,"evidence":172},"Linux or Windows port",[173,174],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"9547592","harel","+1\u002FLike\u002FUp-vote for that.",{"value":179,"source":50,"evidence":180},"Word wrap and text flow in text boxes",[181],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":183,"source":50,"evidence":184},"Re-import of ASCII diagrams",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"9549377","demallien","Stick with the pricing. 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