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Seems like a considerable upgrade from PlanUML (https://plantuml.com/ - which is amazing, but sometimes you just can't seem to be able to align the stuff the way you want too). In fact, it seems that the code is slightly less readable compared to PlantUML, I should try to recreate some tangled messes and see how the alignment options work!


Pikchr is quite low-level and could require a considerable high amount of work to get a result.


It feels that way, yes.

I wonder when the line is drawn (pun intended) between an low-level UML description language and a SVG-like formatting language with english words in it. :/


I currently try to create a some middle ground. Basic idea: use eDSL to output drawio xml and use drawio to render a final diagram.

drawio could back many complex things like arrow routing.

WIP output example: https://docs.tuxcare.com/images/eportal-overview.svg




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