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GeneralisationPlantUML now can generate diagrams other than UML. In such cases the usual@startuml does not make sense anymore. So now we allow diagrams start with @startXYZ and finish with @endXYZ , where XYZ can change with the type of diagram and can be any characters (including spaces).
This means that plugin developers are encouraged to change their code to recognizeDITAA diagrams are usually formatted as @startditaa...@endditaa .
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DitaaDitaa (DIagrams Through Ascii Art) is an Open Source project that allows to generate general diagrams from a text descriptions. The idea is close to PlantUML, and it may be useful for documentation to generate other diagrams than UML. So last version of PlantUML allows this :
You will find the complete documentation about ditaa on: If your plugin does not support @startditaa yet, a temporary feature has been set up : it is also possible to use Ditaa with @startuml by using ditaa keyword on the very first line of your description.
⚠ On PlantUML, only PNG generation is supported.
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Option supported by PlantUMLYou can also use some option, after the@startditaa or ditaa keyword:
Without option
Remove separator
Remove shadow or scale diagram
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More documentationYou will find the complete documentation about ditaa on: | |||||||||||||||||