krayon4sbgn's Introduction

Krayon for SBGN

Introduction

Krayon is a yFiles-based editor for SBGN diagrams that is written in kotlin.

Features include

Full feature set for SBGN Process Description Language Level 1, v1.3
Loading and saving SBGN diagram in the standardized SBGN-ML format.
Printing, and exporting diagrams to PNG, GIF, JPG, SVG, PDF, and EPS.
Easy-to-apply predefined diagram styles
Easy-to-create custom styling
Fully mouse-driven diagram creation
Many keyboard-shortcuts for the power-users
Easy-to-enter special characters (subscripts, superscripts, greek letters)
SBGN strict mode that helps you to create valid SBGN diagram quickly
SBGN bricks
Different UI Styles

Predefined Diagram Styles

Default	Material

Colorful	Dark

Available UI Styles

Material	Dark	System (OS default)

Tutorial Videos

Source Code Installations:

Setting up your IDEA project:

Open as Project or as Project from Version Control
Set Java 8 as project SDK
Set project language level to 8
Set the compile output path to 'out'
Copy yFiles for Java v3.1.0.1 jar file to yfiles-lib-and-license/lib
Copy yFiles for Java license file to yfiles-lib-and-license/license

Testing your installation:

Navigate to krayon.editor.sbgn.KrayonForSbgn and run it with a Java 8 JRE.
To run it with a Java 9 or 10 JRE provide the additional VM parameter --add-modules=java.xml.bind.

No Icons?

The source code does not include application icons. The binary application includes IconExperience O-Collection icons, which are available under a commercial license.

Binary Application Installations:

Go to the release section of this project and fetch the latest version either as self-contained windows installer, or as zip file containing all necessary jar files to run the application.
With the windows installer, simply follow the instructions, to install and run the application.
For the zipped jar distribution, you need to have a Java JRE 8, 9 or 10 installed. To run the software switch to the installation folder and execute on the command line:

with Java 8: java -jar krayon4sbgn.jar
with Java 9 or 10: java --add-modules=java.xml.bind -jar krayon4sbgn.jar

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