Write a submodule to generate Tikz pictures

[GiggleLiu]

I wish it can be automatically done in a submodule, so that we can render graphs used in paper easier.

[minhthin1028]

What is your vision for this submodule/how is it different from visgadget/visgrid? @GiggleLiu

[GiggleLiu]

Like

# canvas
canvas = ...

# add node
node_list = []
for i=1:10
     push!(node_list, node(canvas, location...))
end

# add edge
for (i, j) in [...]
    connect!(canvas, node_list, i, j)
end

render_tikz(filename, canvas, extra_command...)

It should be a "programmable - graph oriented - but also general purposed - tikz generator".

[GiggleLiu]

About general purposed: I wish it is not only a function of generating a plot for specific unitdisk graph. Because then it will be hard to add annotations the plot. The goal is to generate all plots except the main figure in the paper.

[GiggleLiu]

If you are not sure how to start, I can sketch a draft for you. It should not take much time (like half an hour) for me to write a draft. Then you can polish/add more features based on that. This will save time for both of us.

[minhthin1028]

I'm just putting together something basic right now with a few simple features:

1. blank or dotted grid canvas
2. draw nodes (w/attributes), edges, and graph network (with given layout locations)
3. output all data on a "tikz_graph.tex" file that can be put into latex

and then we can discuss further what other features you want?