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Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by dmonitor »

kitd wrote: post #6
ewalk153 wrote: post #2

This would be great to build into project readme workflows.

You can already use Mermaid in GitHub markdown: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/wor...

GitLab as well

https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/tools-and-tips/#using-m...

Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by nunobrito »

Hey, where are the mermaids?!?

But now seriously.. the diagrams are working really well for simple examples, thank you so much for sharing this tool. I have bookmarked your page, my documentation is based on text files and often have to build these kind of diagrams too.

The example buttons took me a while to be found, but are good for syntax explanation. Thank you for making this available.

Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by mcraiha »

kitd wrote: post #6
ewalk153 wrote: post #2

This would be great to build into project readme workflows.

You can already use Mermaid in GitHub markdown: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/wor...

Azure DevOps wiki also supports Mermaid https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/project/wiki/...

Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by edflsafoiewq »

kitd wrote: post #6
ewalk153 wrote: post #2

This would be great to build into project readme workflows.

You can already use Mermaid in GitHub markdown: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/wor...

I don't like that it renders controls on top of the diagram.

Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by jonahx »

Nice work, I love ascii diagrams. Especially useful when you want a visual explanation that can be embedded directly in source code.

Small nit on layout: 90 degree joints should use "+" in the connecting lines, as they do in the boxes.

Re: Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

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Post by AlexanderGrooff »

nunobrito wrote: post #12

Hey, where are the mermaids?!? But now seriously.. the diagrams are working really well for simple examples, thank you so much for sharing this tool. I have bookmarked your page, my documentation is based on text files and often have to build these kind of diagrams too. The example buttons took me a while to be found, but are good for syntax explanation. Thank you for making this available.

Thanks for the kind words!
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