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234 points AlexanderGrooff | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 11:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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prmoustache ◴[16 Oct 24 09:32 UTC] No.41857178[source]▶
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project is called Mermaid ASCII -->|expectation| It supports mermaidjs syntax

It supports mermaidjs syntax -->|I tried| It doesn't

It doesn't -->|conclusion| I am a bit bummed

https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/examples.html

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AlexanderGrooff ◴[16 Oct 24 09:43 UTC] No.41857232[source]▶
The example you post works just fine ;)

On a serious note, yes not all syntax noted in the Mermaid docs work yet. I'm planning on adding more coverage of the Mermaid syntax over time. For now the basics work and (hopefully) shows its potential.

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1. prmoustache ◴[16 Oct 24 13:57 UTC] No.41859084[source]▶
Yeah, first try I copy pasted the pie charts example wondering how it would render in ascii and was noooo