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blockdiag generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file.

Project description

blockdiag generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file.

Features

  • Generate block-diagram from dot like text (basic feature).

  • Multilingualization for node-label (utf-8 only).

You can get some examples and generated images on blockdiag.com .

Setup

by easy_install

Make environment:

$ easy_install blockdiag

If you want to export as PDF format, give pdf arguments:

$ easy_install "blockdiag[pdf]"

by buildout

Make environment:

$ hg clone http://bitbucket.org/tk0miya/blockdiag
$ cd blockdiag
$ python bootstrap.py
$ bin/buildout

Copy and modify ini file. example:

$ cp <blockdiag installed path>/blockdiag/examples/simple.diag .
$ vi simple.diag

Please refer to spec-text setting sample section for the format of the simpla.diag configuration file.

spec-text setting sample

Few examples are available. You can get more examples at blockdiag.com .

simple.diag

simple.diag is simply define nodes and transitions by dot-like text format:

diagram admin {
  top_page -> config -> config_edit -> config_confirm -> top_page;
}

screen.diag

screen.diag is more complexly sample. diaglam nodes have a alternative label and some transitions:

diagram admin {
  top_page [label = "Top page"];

  foo_index [label = "List of FOOs"];
  foo_detail [label = "Detail FOO"];
  foo_add [label = "Add FOO"];
  foo_add_confirm [label = "Add FOO (confirm)"];
  foo_edit [label = "Edit FOO"];
  foo_edit_confirm [label = "Edit FOO (confirm)"];
  foo_delete_confirm [label = "Delete FOO (confirm)"];

  bar_detail [label = "Detail of BAR"];
  bar_edit [label = "Edit BAR"];
  bar_edit_confirm [label = "Edit BAR (confirm)"];

  logout;

  top_page -> foo_index;
  top_page -> bar_detail;

  foo_index -> foo_detail;
               foo_detail -> foo_edit;
               foo_detail -> foo_delete_confirm;
  foo_index -> foo_add -> foo_add_confirm -> foo_index;
  foo_index -> foo_edit -> foo_edit_confirm -> foo_index;
  foo_index -> foo_delete_confirm -> foo_index;

  bar_detail -> bar_edit -> bar_edit_confirm -> bar_detail;
}

Usage

Execute blockdiag command:

$ blockdiag simple.diag
$ ls simple.png
simple.png

Requirements

  • Python 2.4 or later (not support 3.x)

  • Python Imaging Library 1.1.5 or later.

  • funcparserlib 0.3.4 or later.

  • setuptools or distribute.

License

Apache License 2.0

History

1.1.5 (2012-04-22)

  • Embed source code to SVG document as description

  • Fix bugs

1.1.4 (2012-03-15)

  • Add new edge.hstyles: oneone, onemany, manyone, manymany

  • Add edge attribute: description (for build description-tables)

  • Fix bugs

1.1.3 (2012-02-13)

  • Add new edge type for data-models (thanks to David Lang)

  • Add –no-transparency option

  • Fix bugs

1.1.2 (2011-12-26)

  • Support font-index for TrueType Font Collections (.ttc file)

  • Allow to use reST syntax in descriptions of nodes

  • Fix bugs

1.1.1 (2011-11-27)

  • Add node attribute: href (thanks to @r_rudi!)

  • Fix bugs

1.1.0 (2011-11-19)

  • Add shape: square and circle

  • Add fontfamily attribute for switching fontface

  • Fix bugs

1.0.3 (2011-11-13)

  • Add plugin: attributes

  • Change plugin syntax; (cf. plugin attributes [attr = value, attr, value])

  • Fix bugs

1.0.2 (2011-11-07)

  • Fix bugs

1.0.1 (2011-11-06)

  • Add group attribute: shape

  • Fix bugs

1.0.0 (2011-11-04)

  • Add node attribute: linecolor

  • Rename diagram attributes:
    • fontsize -> default_fontsize

    • default_line_color -> default_linecolor

    • default_text_color -> default_textcolor

  • Add docutils extention

  • Fix bugs

0.9.7 (2011-11-01)

  • Add node attribute: fontsize

  • Add edge attributes: thick, fontsize

  • Add group attribute: fontsize

  • Change color of shadow in PDF mode

  • Add class feature (experimental)

  • Add handler-plugin framework (experimental)

0.9.6 (2011-10-22)

  • node.style supports dashed_array format style

  • Fix bugs

0.9.5 (2011-10-19)

  • Add node attributes: width and height

  • Fix bugs

0.9.4 (2011-10-07)

  • Fix bugs

0.9.3 (2011-10-06)

  • Replace SVG core by original’s (simplesvg.py)

  • Refactored

  • Fix bugs

0.9.2 (2011-09-30)

  • Add node attribute: textcolor

  • Add group attribute: textcolor

  • Add edge attribute: textcolor

  • Add diagram attributes: default_text_attribute

  • Fix beginpoint shape and endpoint shape were reversed

  • Fix bugs

0.9.1 (2011-09-26)

  • Add diagram attributes: default_node_color, default_group_color and default_line_color

  • Fix bugs

0.9.0 (2011-09-25)

  • Add icon attribute to node

  • Make transparency to background of PNG images

  • Fix bugs

0.8.9 (2011-08-09)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.8 (2011-08-08)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.7 (2011-08-06)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.6 (2011-08-01)

  • Support Pillow as replacement of PIL (experimental)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.5 (2011-07-31)

  • Allow dot characters in node_id

  • Fix bugs

0.8.4 (2011-07-05)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.3 (2011-07-03)

  • Support input from stdin

  • Fix bugs

0.8.2 (2011-06-29)

  • Add node.stacked

  • Add node shapes: dots, none

  • Add hiragino-font to font search list

  • Support background image fetching from web

  • Add diagram.edge_layout (experimental)

  • Fix bugs

0.8.1 (2011-05-14)

  • Change license to Apache License 2.0

  • Fix bugs

0.8.0 (2011-05-04)

  • Add –separate option and –version option

  • Fix bugs

0.7.8 (2011-04-19)

  • Update layout engine

  • Update requirements: PIL >= 1.1.5

  • Update parser for tokenize performance

  • Add –nodoctype option

  • Fix bugs

  • Add many testcases

0.7.7 (2011-03-29)

  • Fix bugs

0.7.6 (2011-03-26)

  • Add new layout manager for portrait edges

  • Fix bugs

0.7.5 (2011-03-20)

  • Support multiple nodes relations (cf. A -> B, C)

  • Support node group declaration at attribute of nodes

  • Fix bugs

0.7.4 (2011-03-08)

  • Fix bugs

0.7.3 (2011-03-02)

  • Use UTF-8 characters as Name token (by @swtw7466)

  • Fix htmlentities included in labels was not escaped on SVG images

  • Fix bugs

0.7.2 (2011-02-28)

  • Add default_shape attribute to diagram

0.7.1 (2011-02-27)

  • Fix edge has broken with antialias option

0.7.0 (2011-02-25)

  • Support node shape

0.6.7 (2011-02-12)

  • Change noderenderer interface to new style

  • Render dashed ellipse more clearly (contributed by @cocoatomo)

  • Support PDF exporting

0.6.6 (2011-01-31)

  • Support diagram.shape_namespace

  • Add new node shapes; mail, cloud, beginpoint, endpoint, minidiamond, actor

  • Support plug-in structure to install node shapes

  • Fix bugs

0.6.5 (2011-01-18)

  • Support node shape (experimental)

0.6.4 (2011-01-17)

  • Fix bugs

0.6.3 (2011-01-15)

  • Fix bugs

0.6.2 (2011-01-08)

  • Fix bugs

0.6.1 (2011-01-07)

  • Implement ‘folded’ attribute for edge

  • Refactor layout engine

0.6 (2011-01-02)

  • Support nested groups.

0.5.5 (2010-12-24)

  • Specify direction of edges as syntax (->, –, <-, <->)

  • Fix bugs.

0.5.4 (2010-12-23)

  • Remove debug codes.

0.5.3 (2010-12-23)

  • Support NodeGroup.label.

  • Implement –separate option (experimental)

  • Fix right-up edge overrapped on other nodes.

  • Support configration file: .blockdiagrc

0.5.2 (2010-11-06)

  • Fix unicode errors for UTF-8’ed SVG exportion.

  • Refactoring codes for running on GAE.

0.5.1 (2010-10-26)

  • Fix license text on diagparser.py

  • Update layout engine.

0.5 (2010-10-15)

  • Support background-image of node (SVG)

  • Support labels for edge.

  • Fix bugs.

0.4.2 (2010-10-10)

  • Support background-color of node groups.

  • Draw edge has jumped at edge’s cross-points.

  • Fix bugs.

0.4.1 (2010-10-07)

  • Fix bugs.

0.4 (2010-10-07)

  • Support SVG exporting.

  • Support dashed edge drawing.

  • Support background image of nodes (PNG only)

0.3.1 (2010-09-29)

  • Fasten anti-alias process.

  • Fix text was broken on windows.

0.3 (2010-09-26)

  • Add –antialias option.

  • Fix bugs.

0.2.2 (2010-09-25)

  • Fix edge bugs.

0.2.1 (2010-09-25)

  • Fix bugs.

  • Fix package style.

0.2 (2010-09-23)

  • Update layout engine.

  • Support group { … } sentence for create Node-Groups.

  • Support numbered badge on node (cf. A [numbered = 5])

0.1 (2010-09-20)

  • first release

Todos

Functionals

  • Reimplement –separate option

  • Support diagram legends

  • Support other block diagram structure

Known Issues

  • Fix some experimental features.

  • PDF renderer does not support blur shadow

  • PDF renderer does not support path rendering

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