"We, like many others, have developed “subscription fatigue” when it comes to buying software. A single Vexlio license is available to purchase for a one-time payment of $25.99 USD. No subscription and no recurring payments are required."<p>I almost want to give you money just to encourage this kind of behavior.
You may wish to sign your installer binary.<p><pre><code> Windows protected your PC
Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app
from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
App: vexlio-setup-1.0.0.exe
Publisher: Unknown publisher
[ Don't run ]</code></pre>
Hey HN,<p>Creator here. I thought this would be of interest to the HN crowd for things like the LaTeX equation integration and Lua live-edit mode. Happy to answer any questions!
This is funnily aligned to my interests.<p>Some time ago I did a relatively popular slideshow(<a href="https://www.slideshare.net/otikik/how-to-make-awesome-diagrams-for-your-slides" rel="nofollow">https://www.slideshare.net/otikik/how-to-make-awesome-diagra...</a>) about making diagrams. This software seems to enforce a lot of the guidelines I proposed there out-of-the-box, which is nice.<p>I also happen to know some Lua. I delved a bit on sandboxing it. Maybe the author'll find it useful: <a href="https://github.com/kikito/sandbox.lua" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/kikito/sandbox.lua</a>
Very nice; love the pricing. Reminds me of an older editor I used <a href="http://ipe.otfried.org/" rel="nofollow">http://ipe.otfried.org/</a> that also allowed programmatic interaction (yours being much more polished, of course).
I installed this as I was curious. Both x64 and x86 downloaded fresh from the website crashed on boot. Shame, I wanted to try and considered buying even.<p>Had UAC enabled but tried both normal and run as admin.<p>Does it contact a server on first try? I'm behind a (corporate) proxy. Noticed your website does load but your user-guide does not behind my proxy. I disabled the proxy but still the app crashes though.<p>------------------
System Information
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Machine name: doesntreallymatter
Machine Id: neither
Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit </code></pre>
(10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release_sec.170427-1353)
Language: English (Regional Setting:
English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard<p><pre><code> System Model: HP ZBook 15 G2
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4810MQ </code></pre>
CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM<p><pre><code> Available OS Memory: 16266MB RAM
Page File: 9946MB used, 8750MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: UnKnown
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
</code></pre>
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported<p><pre><code> DxDiag Version: 10.00.14393.0000 64bit Unicode</code></pre>
This might be worth it for my thesis alone. BTW, your logo displays as a pixelated image when viewed on my phone (looks like it's magnified a couple times). Slightly ironic considering the product on offer! I think the problem is the extra-wide gif demoing the "program mode."
I love this idea. I can't try it out because I run OSX, but I've signed up for your waitlist. Seems very competitively priced for something that looks like it competes with some features of Microsoft Visio (which starts at $300) for similar diagramming/snapping functionality.
Very usable and intuitive, yet powerful. I love it and you have a happy, new customer. Maybe it's my inexperience with advanced tools, but this is the first time I could simply align the text inside a box horizontally and vertically without having to count pixels manually. Lucidcharts, et al, are great, too, but the monthly subscription fees is ridiculously high.<p>It might be hellish to implement, but it would be amazing if the Lua code and the drawing were 100% duals, and one could switch between them at will. I bet this is a common request on HN, but a dangerous one to try and satisfy, i.e., it would be difficult to implement, appreciated by only a niche customer, and not worth the effort, so please feel free to ignore it. The tool is quite awesome as it is.
Are Boolean operation on the shapes supported? What background options are available? Looks nice. Will buy for Mac since OmniGraffle just isn't good enough to replace Visio.
This is absolutely amazing! Just wish I had seen it a year ago or so. You have no idea how many hours I've spent drawing in tikz while writing my thesis.. Best of luck!
OP, it just occurred to me that the Lua live-edit mode should <i>ideally</i> work like Excel Record Macro, i.e., everything you do in the drawing editor is actually generating code in the backend. Hope you find this a useful analogy.
Hopefully it's just me, but nothing outside of the main page is loading. I am getting a "This site can't be reached" when attempting to see features, the about page, pricing, the download, etc.
Pardon me for being a pedant, but what is the meaning of the word "instantly" in the headline? As in very easy to get started? I was sort of hoping Vexilo had invented a brain-PC interface.
It looks pretty, but how is it better than Google Drive's diagram app? I couldn't exactly tell the difference by looking at the website, besides being pretty.
A lot of people don't know this, but before Steve Jobs's keynotes become famous not every software application was described as "beautiful."
One can draw 30 objects in Trial mode. Pretty nice. I might have it on my computer for years and never have a use for it. But if I have it I might learn it and find a use for it.