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Posted by alexxx
Apr 26, 2019 at 07:14 PM

Hi,
I’m looking around for some software able to generate automatically a mind map, starting from a hierarchical text file, say something like

sun
.mercury
.venus
.earth
…moon
.mars
…phobos
…deimos
and so on…
(dots meaning tabs or something similar)

The resulting mind map needs not to be interactive, I need it just for visualization and printing.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Posted by Lothar Scholz
Apr 26, 2019 at 07:35 PM

You have to write it in OPML

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML

Or better spend a weekend and learn the basics of programming and write the text -> OPML
converter yourself.

Posted by Chris Thompson
Apr 26, 2019 at 07:42 PM

Lots of options to choose from. One good starting point is “graphviz”, which can take a simple text file and create all kinds of diagrams. Here’s one example of a simple script that feeds formatted text like you describe into graphviz: https://chezsoi.org/lucas/blog/solarized-mindmaps-with-python-and-graphviz.html

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 26, 2019 at 07:46 PM

If you used tabs to create your hierarchy, you can paste that into most mind maps, I think. It definitely works with iThoughtsX.

Steve Z.

Posted by Jon Polish
Apr 26, 2019 at 07:46 PM

Actually I just tried this with MindManager, FreePlane and XMind. Insofar as I understand your requirements, I simply copy/pasted a tabbed outline and it worked.

Jon

alexxx wrote:
Hi,
>I’m looking around for some software able to generate
>automatically a mind map, starting from a hierarchical text file, say
>something like
> >sun
>.mercury
>.venus
>.earth
>…moon
>.mars
>…phobos
>…deimos
>and so on…
>(dots meaning tabs or something similar)
> >The resulting mind map needs not to be interactive, I need it just for
>visualization and printing.
> >Any ideas?
> >Thanks!

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