Convert-SvgbobToSvg

Convert fenced svgbob code blocks to svg images.

Syntax

 Convert-SvgbobToSvg [-InputObject] <Hashtable> [-SiteDirectory] <String> [-Options] <Object>  [<CommonParameters>] 

Description

Scans the input data (lines of Markdown text) for svgbob fenced code blocks and converts them to a Markdown style image link to a svg file containing the rendered diagram.

Svgbob code blocks define human readable diagrams and are labeled as bob. For example:

~~~ bob
      +------+   .-.   +---+
 o----| elem |--( ; )--| n |----o
      +------+   '-'   +---+
~~~

The generated svg file is put right next to the HTML file currently being assembled and named after that HTML file with an unique index appended.

Parameters

-InputObject <Hashtable>

---

Parameter Property	Value
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default value	``
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters?	false

-SiteDirectory <String>

Location of the static HTML site. The Svg file will be generated relative to this path.

---

Parameter Property	Value
Required?	true
Position?	2
Default value	``
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false

-Options <Object>

Svg conversion options. An object or hashtable with follwing properties or keys:

Property	Description
background	Diagram background color (default: white)
fill_color	Fill color for solid shapes (default: black)
font_family	Text font (default: monospace)
font_size	Text font size (default 14)
scale	Diagram scale (default: 1)
stroke_width	Stroke width for all lines (default: 2)

When using conversion projects instantiated by New-StaticHTMLSiteProject these parameters are usually configured in Build.json in section svgbob and this parameter should be omitted for these configurations to take effect.

Note: If this parameter is specified, it superseeds the configuration from Build.json.

---

Parameter Property	Value
Required?	false
Position?	3
Default value	``
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false

Inputs

HTML fragment objects emitted by Convert-MarkdownToHTMLFragment with the -Split switch or equivalent objects.

Outputs

Lines of Markdown text where all fenced code blocks labelled bob are replaced by Markdown style image links to svg files.

Notes

The svg conversion is performed by the external utility svgbob_cli.exe which is packaged with this module. This is a Rust crate which can be installed from lib.rs.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Convert-MarkdownToHTMLFragment -InputObject $md -Split | Convert-SvgbobToSvg -SiteDirectory $site -RelativePath $relativePath

Read Markdown content from the file $md and replace all fenced code blocks marled as bob with Markdown style image links to the svg version of the diagram. The conversion is performed using default svg rendering options.

Where

$site

Is the absolute path to the HTML site's root directory

$relativePath

is the relative path of the HTML file currently being assembled below $site.

$md

is a Markdown file test.md which contains a fenced svgbob diagram:

Some text ...

~~~ bob
      +------+   .-.   +---+
 o----| elem |--( ; )--| n |----o
      +------+   '-'   +---+
~~~

Some more text ...

this fragment is converted to:

• A file test1.svg which is placed right next to the html file test.html which is going to be created by Publish-StaticHtmlSite in a subsequent stage of the conversion pipeline. The numerical postfix is the index of the Svgbob diagram in the fragment. The svg image renders as:

• An updated html fragment where the fenced Svgbob diagram is replaced with a reference to the svg image.

  Some text ...
  
  <img src='test1.svg' alt='Diagram 1.' />
  
  Some more text ...
  

Related Links

• https://wethat.github.io/MarkdownToHtml/2.7/Convert-SvgbobToSvg.html
• Svgbob

Module: MarkDownToHTML; Version: 2.7.1; (c) 2018-2022 WetHat Lab. All rights reserved.