This week I wrote a small Python script, that can generate a mindmap from a simple indented text input like this:
Winter december january february Spring march april may Summer june july august Autumn september october november
The command: ./graphviz_mindmap.py seasons.txt
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The results, with various layout
parameters:
Another, deeper, example:
Types of Chocolate Baking Chocolate contains nothing but chocolate liquor Cocoa Powder cocoa solids remain when most of the pressed into liquor. Chocolate liquor center(nib) of the cocoa bean, ground until liquifies, no alcohol. Milk Chocolate- contains 10% chocolate Liquor, most commonly eaten. White Chocolate contains no cocoa powder or chocolate liquor. Dutch-Pressed Cocoa has a darker color but milder chocolate flavor. Bittersweet Chocolate the darkest of eating chocolate liquor, has the highest % may contain extra cocoa butter Semi Sweet Chocolate often referred to as dark chocolate, 35-45% Chocolate liquor
A last one:
The Bubonic Plague What is it? Some may know it as 'The Black Death' It is a disease that once hit Europe in the Middle Ages In just two years, 25 million people died of the plague. In ten years, the plague had killed over 1/3 of Europe's population. Religious beliefs Many people had thought that it was God punishing them for being wicked. How did it spread? Infected rats carried the disease. The Bubonic Plague started in Asia and then struck Africa and Europe. How did people react to this disease? People locked their doors to protect themselves from the awful disease. Others had burnt the hours filled with the dead and the sky was filled with ashes. Sarah Bernal 8AE 1348-1349