Re:Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagram...
by _blk on Thursday April 03, 2025 @03:33AM
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Thanks for the clarification! Glad you can cater to both worlds.
For diagramming and even UI prototyping I keep getting back to plain old ascii drawings though. Asciiflow.com is fantastic. I just wish they had vim keybindings. It's also great to embed in .md too. Could mermaid generate ascii? It just seems easier to comprehend and doesn't need a separate renderer.
Re:Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagram...
by knsv on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:00AM
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No it can not. That's an interesting idea, though, but one would need to navigate/differentiate between the rendered output text and the Mermaid diagram code.
For diagramming and even UI prototyping I keep getting back to plain old ascii drawings though. Asciiflow.com is fantastic. I just wish they had vim keybindings. It's also great to embed in .md too. Could mermaid generate ascii? It just seems easier to comprehend and doesn't need a separate renderer.