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diff --git a/doc/todo/graphviz.mdwn b/doc/todo/graphviz.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3f2514a99 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/graphviz.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +How about a plugin providing a +[[preprocessor_directive|ikiwiki/directive]] to render a +[[!debpkg graphviz]] file as an image via one of the graphviz programs +("dot" by default) and include the resulting image on the page, using the +"cmapx" image map format? graphviz files themselves could also render the +same way into an HTML file with the same basename as the graphviz file; +format and program could come either from an ikiwiki configuration option +or comments/directives in the file. (For example, "digraph" could imply +"dot", and "graph" could imply "neato".) + +To complement this, ikiwiki could support creating and editing graphviz files through the CGI interface, as a new page type; preview could render the file. It would also help to have some sort of graphviz extension attribute for linking to a wiki page, which would become a standard href or URL attribute in the input passed to the particular graphviz program. + +> Editing graphviz files safely online might be tricky. Graphvis would need +> to be audited. --[[Joey]] + +>> I've added a [[graphviz_plugin|plugins/graphviz]] which adds a preprocessor +>> directive to render inline graphviz graphs, addressing part of this todo +>> item. It doesn't yet support graphviz files as a separate page type, image +>> maps, or wikilinks.--[[JoshTriplett]] |