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LDericher
LDericher

Reputation: 305

Ditaa not aligning

It should be clear to know (for a human) what I want this ditaa-input file to look like

/---------------------------\
|           TEST            |
+--------------+------------+
| foo()        | "yuck < 3" |
+--------------+------------+
| bar()        | NEVEREVER! |
+--------------+------------+
| antlioneater | (x>5) || d |
\--------------+------------/

But it doesn't. Look at the less/greater signs. Plus, that is one out-of-shape antlioneater!

What am I doing wrong? I invoked ditaa v0.9 as ditaa -E -e utf8 test.txt.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 848

Answers (2)

LordOfThePigs
LordOfThePigs

Reputation: 11300

I suggest using another character that looks like it, for example ‹ and ›.

It's a bit of a trick, but since the output of ditaa is an image anyway, having a visually similar character is usually good enough.

I personally use this to embed HTML markup in my ditaa charts.

Upvotes: 2

Stathis Sideris
Stathis Sideris

Reputation: 624

Ditaa parses > and < as arrow heads even if they are not attached to a line ( --> ), hence the weird rendering. It's unfortunate, but that's how it is!

Upvotes: 1

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