Semantik

Semantik Original

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://waf.io/semantik.html

Score 68.0%

Description:

Semantik - a mindmapping-like tool for document generation (reports, thesis, etc). Features its own internal diagramming tool.

Runtime requirements:
KDE >= 5
Python >= 3.3

Compilation requirements:
KDE5 development packages
Python3 development packages

Last changelog:

Semantik 1.2.3 1 month ago

Semantik 1.2.3
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* Eliminate drawing artifacts
* Eliminate grid alignment issues on diagrams
* Improve label positioning on diagrams
* Italian translations

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sombragris
1 year ago

Had a build problem. Filed a report in the gitlab page. Thanks!

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Metamindmapped
4 years ago

Thumbs up that the author keeps updating this tower of an app. I sincerely have much respect for him.

I use this app on a daily basis, and my whole information infrastructure is depending on it.

Just one thing, i noticed that after having places a huge amount of nodes ( my save file is around 1 MB) that the program seems to slow down on every node i click even on an i5 2.4Ghz with SSD.

Fortunately when out of desperation, ( 3-5 sec pause on every node click, switch or creation kills my thinking process ) i have tried the older 0.7.3 version it was blazingly fast again, just like as if i had started a new map from scratch.

Anyone else has run into the same problem ? (or am i the only one that uses Semantik on such a scale ?).

I'm quite content working with 0.7.3 version, but that means i just miss out on some of the diagram tools.

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ita256
4 years ago

Report the issue to the bug tracker and attach the files/testcases.

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Metamindmapped
5 years ago

This is not a mindmap for linux , this is a linux for your mind.

This piece of software is way ahead of its time.

It combines the things outline, mindmap, search function in a practical, way with a correct working gui. I tested every single mindmapping, outlining, diagram software from Notecase to The Brain and Scapple and Scrivener , but this is it. Finally.

10/10. Thank you very much, this app is priceless.

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basdi
8 years ago

hello!

i can't compile semantik on debian testing

./waf configure executes successfully

while compiling with ./waf i get this:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lstr

i searched online but couldn't anything helpful. also i don't have a file called lstr on my system

any idea what i have to do?

thanks
basdi

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baltolkien
8 years ago

Hello:
I'm a teacher and I want test this program.
I installed from http://software.opensuse.org/search
But appears a dependency problem:

nothing provides libpython2.6.so.1.0 needed by semantik-0.7.2-1.1.i586

Can anyvbody help me.

Thanks in advance

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anderslund
8 years ago

So, any hope of a semantik update for recent ocaml and python? I would love to have it back!

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Stumbles
8 years ago

Its been a while since looking at this but IIRC what I did was remove "-lstr" from the wscript.

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anderslund
8 years ago

Thank you, that helped, I was able to build a functional application.

I linked /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2, but i guess a better workaround can be found.

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Stumbles
8 years ago

I didn't have to do anything for Python. Though my distro (Lunar-Linux) installs the python executable as /usr/bin/python2.7 with the /usr/bin/python-config pointing to /usr/bin/python2.7. Maybe its distro differences?

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anderslund
8 years ago

Arch linux have added python 3 and use that pr default now, python 2.7 is also installed. arch linux does not use alternatives, and i do not know if there is a similar tool.

I believe if the scripts requires python 2, they should use that explictly.

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Stumbles
9 years ago

As the subject says there appears to be an issue with ocaml. The relevant parts are;

Quote:
[55/62] ocamlcc: src/aux.c -> build/default/src/aux.o
[56/62] ocamlx: src/apis.ml -> build/default/src/apis.cmx
[57/62] ocamlx: src/fixed.ml -> build/default/src/fixed.cmx
[58/62] ocamlx: src/force.ml -> build/default/src/force.cmx
[59/62] ocamlx: src/util.ml -> build/default/src/util.cmx
[60/62] ocalinkx: build/default/src/apis.cmx build/default/src/fixed.cmx build/default/src/force.cmx build/default/src/util.cmx -> build/default/camlprog.o
[61/62] cxx_link: build/default/src/wp/test_3.o -> build/default/libnablah.so
[62/62] cxx_link: build/default/src/browser_4.o build/default/src/canvas_flag_4.o build/default/src/canvas_item_4.o build/default/src/canvas_link_4.o build/default/src/canvas_sort_4.o build/default/src/canvas_view_4.o build/default/src/color_scheme_4.o build/default/src/config_dialog_4.o build/default/src/data_control_4.o build/default/src/data_item_4.o build/default/src/data_view_4.o build/default/src/doc_dialog_4.o build/default/src/fig/box_item_4.o build/default/src/fig/box_link_4.o build/default/src/fig/box_view_4.o build/default/src/flag_scheme_4.o build/default/src/generator_dialog_4.o build/default/src/image_view_4.o build/default/src/linear_container_4.o build/default/src/linear_view_4.o build/default/src/main_4.o build/default/src/pre_view_4.o build/default/src/semantik_4.o build/default/src/sembind_4.o build/default/src/sembind_py_4.o build/default/src/table_dialog_4.o build/default/src/table_view_4.o build/default/src/template_entry_4.o build/default/src/text_view_4.o build/default/src/vars_view_4.o build/default/src/aux.o build/default/camlprog.o -> build/default/src/semantik
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lstr
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/src/semantik-0.7.3/build'
Build failed
-> task failed (err #1):
{task: cxx_link browser_4.o,canvas_flag_4.o,canvas_item_4.o,canvas_link_4.o,canvas_sort_4.o,canvas_view_4.o,color_scheme_4.o,config_dialog_4.o,data_control_4.o,data_item_4.o,data_view_4.o,doc_dialog_4.o,box_item_4.o,box_link_4.o,box_view_4.o,flag_scheme_4.o,generator_dialog_4.o,image_view_4.o,linear_container_4.o,linear_view_4.o,main_4.o,pre_view_4.o,semantik_4.o,sembind_4.o,sembind_py_4.o,table_dialog_4.o,table_view_4.o,template_entry_4.o,text_view_4.o,vars_view_4.o,aux.o,camlprog.o -> semantik}

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anderslund
8 years ago

Any news on this issue?

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jaxxed
9 years ago

I'm new at cooperating through kde-apps.

Can someone point me towards how I would checkout a copy of the source. I'm assuming that kde-apps has a git or mercurial repo for all of the apps.

I want to see how it's laid out, because I have some ideas that I'd like to try with it.

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ligfiets
9 years ago

One of the most useful programs I ever encountered. It saved me several times when I had many ideas, but just couldn't turn them into a logical, readable text.

For me, this is the Linux-killer app. Thanks a lot.

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pmwisse
9 years ago

Let me say that I'm extremely enthousiast about this program. Perhaps most because other than mindmappers that I used until now, it allows you to throw concept on the screen without haveing them all connected to one center, which to my mind, is very much against how my mind works.

I would like to have more control over printing the maps. And a full screen mode would also be wonderful.

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ita256
9 years ago

The latest snapshot does have a fullscreen mode.

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andrius
10 years ago

In respect to Semantik's developer opinion, I will not try porting Semantik to ms windows anymore.

Thanks a lot for such great app.

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edwardphantom
9 years ago

why ?

why the developer does not want you to continue porting to the windows? not
There is a tool in windows like this. neither free nor with high prices, nothing.
many people can not use linux. is a necessity.

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andrius
9 years ago

This would be unrespectful with the maintainer of Semantik, I'm not as experient as him so I respect his opinion.

Semantik is a wonderful app, and the Linux deserves to have such app exclusively for it, especially if the one who developed it for years want so.

I don't want to cause any kind of confusion and don't want to impair the development this great app.

I would like to ask others also to __NOT__ try to port it. Please do not insist.

If you really need a similar free tool for windows google for "flo mindmapping", don't expect it to have as many features as semantik.

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edwardphantom
9 years ago

uh, ok ...

well, i will survive at here, i can go more time...

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andrius
10 years ago

after a few dirty changes ( such as changing references to aux.h [not a valid filename on windows] to _aux.h, forcing waf to find the correct Qt , ocaml and KDE paths, commenting out references to X11 etc..) most objects compile, but when compiling semantik.cpp to .o g++ hangs...

does anyone have a clue about that?

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andrius
10 years ago

are there plans for an official binary package of Semantik for mswindows? Windows has no such great tool :)

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edwardphantom
10 years ago

plz, running this great tool in windows is the frist step to let's the world know this software in full existence, plz, compile in windows version,

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andrius
10 years ago

when trying to run python waf configure:
error: Semantik cannot work on win32, please install a Linux system from http://www.opensuse.org

:(

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Semantik 1.2.3 1 month ago

Semantik 1.2.3
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* Eliminate drawing artifacts
* Eliminate grid alignment issues on diagrams
* Improve label positioning on diagrams
* Italian translations

Semantik 1.2.2 1 month ago

* Fix stale connections when disconnecting multiple references
* Fix broken flags #98
* Fix shortcuts configurability #96
* Fix diagram thumbnail display on item selection
* Add 'nocaption' to disable picture captions in LaTeX
* Add 'disable_row_header' and 'disable_col_header' to improve table exports
* Add 'disable_slide' to limit extra Beamer slides
* Paint long branches with a lighter color

Semantik 1.2.1 10 months ago

* Fix duplicate reference values
* Fix double prompts for overwriting files
* Fix map variables visibility when opening maps
* Fix document generator dialog's tab navigation
* Fix boundary objects' text alignment (diagrams)
* Fix pipe objects' resizing (diagrams)
* Fix component objects' margin sizes
* Enable newlines on most diagram objects #89
* Add global settings that contain commands to open documents after they are created

Semantik 1.2.0 10 months ago

* Add support for Kdissert-like references
* Add support for newlines in table attachments
* Configure arrow colors on the main map
* Add a new Entity shape for data modeling (diagrams)
* Fix missing crossing lines when printing or exporting diagrams

Semantik 1.1.0 10 months ago

* Improve the looks of diagram crossing lines

Semantik 1.0.9 10 months ago

* Display picture and diagram thumbnails on the main map
* Add a touchpad mode for laptop users

Semantik 1.0.8 11 months ago

* Add new formatting actions to the Rich Text editor: text color, hyperlink, list, clear formatting
* Position diagram boundary captions to top or bottom
* Improve the odt template styles

Semantik 1.0.7 11 months ago

* Export rich text in html/s5 document generators
* Add new styles for the odt template
* Add text alignment options to diagram elements

Semantik 1.0.6 11 months ago

* Improve the document export from the command-line
* Fix some annoying with the base directory changing to /tmp
* Persist font settings in documents
* Update the French translation data
* Export png files in html and latex documents
* Remove the Beamer files: most LaTeX distributions provide them nowadays

Semantik 1.0.5 1 year ago

* Highlight code snippets in beamer presentations/pdflatex using Minted
* Fix drawing artifacts when switching diagrams
* Fix the inactive custom color button in semantik #88
* Add a color toolbar to semantik-d
* Improve the default colors for readability

Semantik 1.0.4 1 year ago

* Improve PDF diagram export
* Fix Qt Dbus compilation errors on some systems

Semantik 1.0.3 1 year ago

* Updated import filters to Python3 syntax #83
* Fix image imports #84
* Improve zigzag lines routing for sequence elements

Semantik 1.0.1 1 year ago

* Add a diagram sequence element
* Fix improper pdf document dimensions
* Fix the configuration and build on FreeBSD
* Add installation notes for Fedora