runXonY
A timeline tree about run X on Y.
X and Y could be soft/hardware, and any layers in computers' world.
This project was initially meant to track BT (Binary Translation) techs, while as time goes by, I found more and more related non-BT techs tangled with BT techs. All these BT and non-BT techs' goals are to run soft/hardware on different platform. So I change project's goal from "tracking BT techs" to "tracking runXonY techs".
Inspired by Linux Distribution Timeline
Usage
Github Page
The pre-built version is hosted on https://xieby1.github.io/runXonY/
Build
make sure gnuclad and python3 is installed.
git clone https://github.com/xieby1/runXonY
cd runXonY
make
python3 -m http.server
Self-built web page is hosted on 127.0.0.1:8000.
CSV syntax
The syntax of runXonY.csv is similar to gnuclad. I add/drop some features on basis of gnuclad's syntax.
Every row in csv represents either a comment (#), or a node (N), or a connector (C).
- Comment (#): the whole row will be ignored
- Node (N):
- Name: project name, case sensitive, unique (can only be defined once)
- Color: hex color code, like
#71B21F,#F60, default: #FFF (black) - Parent: parent project name, case sensitive
- From: project start time,
year.month.day - To: project stop time,
year.month.day, default: From - License, Developer, Guest, Interface, ISA, Host, Interface, Tech, Feature, Info Source: optional
- Rename, Time, Desc: Project name change, optinal, can be add repetitively
- Connector (C):
- Name: not unique (can be defined multiple times)
- Color, Other Parent, From, To: same to Node's
- Other attributes will be ignored
User libreoffice as csv editor. Two settings need to be changed: Open csv -> Text Import -> Format quoted field as text Save as -> Edit filter settings -> Quote all text cells
Tech stack
- python3: translate runXonY.csv to gnuclad preferred format.
- gnuclad: generate timeline graph.
- html/js/css: make timeline interactive.
- papaparse.js: parse csv file.
Contributing
😃Feel free to open issues and pull requests.