4.3 Further reading
The reference manual [8] describes several more input modes that are useful when the diagram is not organised as a matrix. We'll give some examples of such diagrams but refer to the reference manual for the details.- The "graph" feature allows input of data structured as
directed graphs to make it easy to produce such
pictures as
- The "knot" feature allows drawing of mathematical knots and links like
simple link figure 8-knot cinquefoil - The "2cell" feature provides special support for
categorical twocells like
- The "poly" feature allows polygon-like
structures:
- The "web" feature allows composition in lattices such as
- The "arc" feature is suitable for effects like
Finally, the following documents might prove useful: How to Typeset Pretty Diagram Arrows with TeX [6] presents some of the design decisions behind Xy-pic, Xy-pic and Notation for Categorical Diagrams [7] explains how the modularity of Xy-pic can be used to obtain complex effects with commutative diagrams, and Typesetting Neural Nets using Xy-pic [4] explains how neural networks can be typeset using the package. Finally, a collection of complex examples is maintained on the Xy-pic home page and the ftp servers discussed above.
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