Bluesky user calls project "delightful"
1 Oct 30 10:41 AM · 13d ago · 1 article · 3 posts · 4 sources · development 1 of 1
The project gains early appreciation on social platforms, with users sharing the GitHub repository link and responding positively to the ornamental design approach.
“This is just delightful.”
arenamontanus.bsky.socialKevin Raymond Developer
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2 outlets Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX
first by HN Best, 13d ago · also HN Frontpage
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I was recently made aware that my repo was mentioned here (thanks nanna).Thanks for posting your thoughts, either way you go - I respect your opinions.On the Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaTeX/comments/1xixznw/how_do_you_m...), I promised I would share the process I used to create the v1.0 release, so I thought it fitting to include that…
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I've recently spent some time staring at the contents of the MacTeX Distribution.https://tug.org/mactex/Which is how I discovered Toby Thruston's classic, "Drawing with MetaPost".https://github.com/thruston/Drawing-with-MetapostProcedural drawing with Lua is lovely. MetaPost provides another drawing language that might be considered more…
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Am I miffed that something I've tried multiple times with the latest models has been accomplished here so beautifully, and in LUA (!!!) nonetheless? A little! But it's worth it to know that it is indeed possible...Great work. I doubt you care, but try not to get caught up in the idea that you might have violated someones god-given property rights…
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In the same vein, a few years ago, somebody implemented procedural decorations for a recreation of Byrne's "Elements of Euclid" in LaTeX: https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid(bottom of the readme)
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This is beautiful, thank you!I just asked Deepseek 4.1 Flash to convert it to an Obsidian extension that uses the file-name as the seed, and the result [1] is exactly something I've been dreaming of for so many years while I take daily notes.[1]
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Nice! I do slightly prefer the implementation/style in the Reddit post - do you have any plans to try and recreate that more closely or add multiple style options to it? Neat either way.
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I think the phrase 'florilegium' must be an AI basin of sorts as I've had it suggested by AI as a name for a few projects of my own.
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In the reddit post, it is clear the person who came up with this didn't want it to be copied. I feel sad for that person.
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