asciidiagram

A freeform ASCII diagram parser for Haskell (inspired by Ditaa)

Monthly Downloads: 25

Programming language: Haskell

License: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

Tags: Text     Diagram    

Latest version: v1.3.3

README

Asciidiagram

A freeform ASCII diagram parser for Haskell (inspired by Ditaa)

---

Without introduction, Asciidiagram transform this:

                /---------+
+---------+     |         |
|  ASCII  +---->| Diagram |
+---------+     |         |
| {flat}  |     +--+------/
\---*-----/<=======/
::: .flat .filled_shape { fill: #DDD; }

into that: [Simili logo](../master/docimages/baseExample.png?raw=true "docimages/baseExample.svg")

Lines and arrows

The basic syntax of asciidiagrams is made of lines made outnof '-' and '|' characters. They can be connected with anchorsnlike '+' (direct connection) or '\' and '/' (smooth connections)n

 -----       
   -------   

 |  |        
 |  |        
 |  \----    
 |           
 +-----      

[Simple lines](../master/docimages/simple_lines.png?raw=true "docimages/simple_lines.svg")

You can use dashed lines by using :{.haskell .identifier} for vertical lines or ={.haskell .identifier} fornhorizontal lines.

 -----       
   -=-----   

 |  :        
 |  |        
 |  \----    
 |           
 +--=--      

[Dashed lines](../master/docimages/dashed_lines.png?raw=true "docimages/dashed_lines.svg")

Arrows are made out of the '<', '>', '^' and 'v'ncharacters.nIf the arrows are not connected to any lines, the text is left as is.n

     ^
     |
     |
<----+---->
     |  < > v ^
     |
     v

[Arrows](../master/docimages/arrows.png?raw=true "docimages/arrows.svg")

Shapes

If the lines are closed, then it is detected as such and rendered differently

  +------+
  |      |
  |      +--+
  |      |  |
  +---+--+  |
      |     |
      +-----+

[Complex closed](../master/docimages/complexClosed.png?raw=true "docimages/complexClosed.svg")

If any of the segment posess one of the dashing markers (':' or '=') Then the full shape will be dashed.

  +--+  +--+  +=-+  +=-+
  |  |  :  |  |  |  |  :
  +--+  +--+  +--+  +-=+

[dashing closed](../master/docimages/dashingClosed.png?raw=true "docimages/dashingClosed.svg")

Any of the angle of a shape can curved one of the smooth corner anchor ('\' or '/')

  /--+  +--\  +--+  /--+
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  +--+  +--+  \--+  +--+

  /--+  /--\  /--+  /--\ .
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  +--/  +--+  \--/  +--/

  /--\ .
  |  |
  \--/
.

[Curved corner](../master/docimages/curvedCorner.png?raw=true "docimages/curvedCorner.svg")

bulletdoc Adding a '*' on a line or on a shape add a little circle on it. If the bullet is not attached to any shape or lines, then it will be render like any other text.

  *-*-*
  |   |  *----*
  +---/       |
          * * *

[Bullets](../master/docimages/bulletTest.png?raw=true "docimages/bulletTest.svg")

When used at connection points, it behaves like the '+' anchor.

Styles

The shapes can ba annotated with a tag like `{tagname}`. Tags will be inserted in the class attribute of the shape and can then be stylized with a CSS.

 +--------+         +--------+
 | Source +-------->| op1    |
 | {src}  |         \---+----/
 +--------+             |
            +-------*<--/
 +------+<--| op2   |
 | Dest |   +-------+
 |{dst} |
 +------+

::: .src .filled_shape { fill: #AAF; }
::: .dst .filled_shape { stroke: #FAA; stroke-width: 3px; }

[Styles](../master/docimages/styleExample.png?raw=true "docimages/styleExample.svg")

Inline css styles are introduced with the ":::" prefix at the beginning of the line. They are introduced in the style section of the generated CSS file

The generated geometry also possess some predefined class which are overidable:

• dashed_elem is applyied on every dashed element.
• filled_shape is applyied on every closed shape.
• arrow_head is applied on arrow head.
• bullet on every bullet placed on a shape or line.
• line_element on every line element, this include the arrow head.

You can then customize the appearance of the diagram as you want.

Hierarchical styles

Starting with version 1.3, all shapes, text and lines are hierachised, a shape within a shape will be integrated within the same group. This allows more complex styling:

 /------------------------------------------------------\ .
 |s100                                                  |
 |    /----------------------------\                    |
 |    |s1         /--------\       |  e1    /--------\  |
 |    |      *--->|  s2    |       +------->|  s10   |  |
 |    +----+      \---+----/       |        \--------/  |
 |    | i4 |          |            |           ^        |
 |    |{ii}+---------\| e1  {lo}   |           |        |
 |    +----+         vv            | ealarm    |        |   e0      /-------------\ .
 |    |            /--------\      +-----------/        +---------->|    s50      |
 |    +----\       | s3 {lu}|      |                    |           \-------------/
 |    | o5 |   e2  \--+-----/      |                    |
 |    |{oo}|<---------/            |<-\                 |
 |    \-+--+--------------------+--/  |                 |
 |      |                       |     | eReset          |
 |      |                       \-----/                 |
 |      v                                               |
 |  /--------\                                          |
 |  |  s20   |                  {li}                    |
 |  \--------/                                          |
 \------------------------------------------------------/

::: .li .line_element { stroke: purple; }
::: .li .arrow_head, .li text { fill: gray; }
::: .lo .line_element { stroke: blue; }
::: .lo .arrow_head, .lo text { fill: green; }
::: .lu .line_element { stroke: red; }
::: .lu .arrow_head, .lu text { fill: orange; }
::: .ii .filled_shape { fill: #DDF; }
::: .ii text { fill: blue; }
::: .oo .filled_shape { fill: #DFD; }
::: .oo text { fill: pink; }

[DeepStyles](../master/docimages/deepStyleExample.png?raw=true "docimages/deepStyleExample.svg")

In the previous example, we can see that the lines color are 'shape scoped' and the tag applied to the shape above them applies to them

Shapes

From version 1.3, you can substitute the shape of your element with one from a shape library. Right now the shape library is relatively small:

 +---------+  +----------+
 |         |  |          |
 | circle  |  |          |
 |         |  |    io    |
 |{circle} |  | {io}     |
 +---------+  +----------+

 +----------+  +----------+
 |document  |  |          |
 |          |  |          |
 |          |  | storage  |
 |{document}|  | {storage}|
 +----------+  +----------+

::: .circle .filled_shape { shape: circle; }
::: .document .filled_shape { shape: document; }
::: .storage .filled_shape { shape: storage; }
::: .io .filled_shape { shape: io; }

[Shape exaple](../master/docimages/shapeExample.png?raw=true "docimages/shapeExample.svg")

The mechanism use CSS styling to change the shape, if a CSS rule possess a shape pseudo attribute, then the generated shape is replaced with a SVG use tag with the value of the shape attribute as href

But, you can create your own style library and change the default stylesheet. You can retrieve the default one with the shell command asciidiagram --dump-library default-lib.svg

You can then add your own symbols tag in it and use it by calling asciidiagram --with-library your-lib.svg.