[HN Gopher] ASCIIToSVG - Create beautiful SVG renderings of ASCI...
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       ASCIIToSVG - Create beautiful SVG renderings of ASCII diagrams
        
       Author : pabs3
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-07-08 09:31 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | hansword wrote:
       | I want to snidely remark in an HN thread that if you make a thing
       | that generates visual output, you should show some examples of
       | that output.
        
         | mcphage wrote:
         | That's not even snide, that's just... basics. Otherwise why
         | waste peoples' attention?
        
           | wtetzner wrote:
           | What an odd perspective.
           | 
           | Someone built a tool they thought was useful, and released it
           | under the MIT license in case other people might benefit from
           | it, but not putting a screenshot in the README is wasting
           | people's attention?
        
         | sokoloff wrote:
         | That might be 2% snide, but it's 98% practical advice.
        
         | ainar-g wrote:
         | I've tried it with the logo diagram:
         | .-------------------------.       |                         |
         | | .---.-. .-----. .-----. |       | | .-. | +-->  | |  <--| |
         | | | '-' | |  <--| +-->  | |       | '---'-' '-----' '-----' |
         | |  ascii     2      svg   |       |                         |
         | '-------------------------'
         | 
         | A screenshot of the resulting SVG in the GNOME Image Viewer:
         | https://imgur.com/I6NySZp.
        
         | xiconfjs wrote:
         | owner replied with "Ask GitHub to support insertion of SVG into
         | their Markdown". Perhaps "screenshots" of the output in jpg or
         | png are fine, too.
        
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           | boesboes wrote:
           | You can just use svg files in github markdown afaik
        
       | jinwoo68 wrote:
       | I find Markdeep[1] easier than this.
       | 
       | [1] https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/
        
         | SanchoPanda wrote:
         | As a webapp for the diagram to svg portion only:
         | 
         | https://github.com/doersino/markdeep-diagram-drafting-board
        
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