List of Library for Commonmark Extension

2.16. Diagram

Notes:

Your app should support the specific library or engine to draw the diagram
You should specify particular language of the fenced code block and write the definition of your diagram within it.

2.16.1 Mermaid

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-mermaid.js
Rendering diagrams of Flowchart or Sequence or Gantt
Using mermaid
Check mermaid doc for more information.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

Flowchart syntax:

  ```mermaid {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
  graph TD;
  <code content>
  ```

Sequence diagram syntax:

  ```mermaid {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
  sequenceDiagram
  <code content>
  ```

Gantt diagram syntax:

  ```mermaid {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
  gantt
  <code content>
  ```

Showcases

Flowchart

```mermaid {"align":"center", "codeblock": true} graph TD; A-->B; A-->C; B-->D; C-->D;

```mermaid {"align":"center"}
graph TD;
           A-->B;
           A-->C;
           B-->D;
           C-->D;

Sequence diagram

```mermaid {"align":"right"} sequenceDiagram participant Alice participant Bob Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you? loop Healthcheck John->>John: Fight against hypochondria end Note right of John: Rational thoughts prevail! John-->>Alice: Great! John->>Bob: How about you? Bob-->>John: Jolly good!

- Gantt diagram

```mermaid
       gantt
       dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
       title Adding GANTT diagram to mermaid
       excludes weekdays 2014-01-10

       section A section
       Completed task            :done,    des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
       Active task               :active,  des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
       Future task               :         des3, after des2, 5d
       Future task2               :         des4, after des3, 5d

2.16.2 Plantuml

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-plantuml.js,
Render diagrams of uml,
Using plantuml,
Check plantuml website fpr more information.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

```plantuml {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
@startuml
<code content>
@enduml
```

Showcases

```plantuml {"align":"right"} @startuml participant User

  User -> A: DoWork
  activate A

  A -> B: << createRequest >>
  activate B

  B -> C: DoWork
  activate C
  C --> B: WorkDone
  destroy C

  B --> A: RequestCreated
  deactivate B

  A -> User: Done
  deactivate A

  @enduml

### 2.16.3 Flowchart
*Notes:*
- It's implemented in showdown-flowchart.js
- Render diagrams of flowchart
- Using [flowchart.js](https://github.com/adrai/flowchart.js)
- Check [flowchart website](https://flowchart.js.org/) for more information.
- Code inside `{ }` is optional

***Syntaxes***

    ```flow {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
    <code content>

Syntaxes

```flowchart {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
<code content>
```

Showcases

```flow {"align":"center"} st=>start: Start:>https://www.google.com[blank] e=>end:>https://www.google.com op1=>operation: My Operation sub1=>subroutine: My Subroutine cond=>condition: Yes or No?:>https://www.google.com io=>inputoutput: catch something... para=>parallel: parallel tasks

st->op1->cond cond(yes)->io->e cond(no)->para para(path1, bottom)->sub1(right)->op1 para(path2, top)->op1

***Showcases***

```flowchart {"align":"right"}
st=>start: Start
e=>end
op1=>operation: My Operation
sub1=>subroutine: My Subroutine
cond=>condition: Yes
or No?:>https://www.google.com
io=>inputoutput: catch something
st->op1->cond
cond(yes)->io->e
cond(no)->sub1(right)->op1

2.16.4 Graphviz's dot

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-viz.js
Render diagrams of graphviz's dot
Using viz.js.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

The \ of json's "engine" field value is 'circo', 'dot', 'neato', 'osage', 'twopi' in syntax language attribute.

```dot {"engine": "<engine name>", "align": "<align>"}
<code content>
```

Showcases

Dot example with dot engine:

```dot {"engine":"dot", "align":"center"} digraph G { main -> parse -> execute; main -> init; main -> cleanup; execute -> make_string; execute -> printf init -> make_string; main -> printf; execute -> compare; }

<br>

- Dot example with circo engine:

```dot {"engine":"circo", "align":"right"}
digraph G {
    main -> parse -> execute;
    main -> init;
    main -> cleanup;
    execute -> make_string;
    execute -> printf
    init -> make_string;
    main -> printf;
    execute -> compare;
}

2.16.5 Railroad diagrams

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-viz.js,
Render diagrams of railroad
Using railroad-diagrams.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

```railroad {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
<code content>
```

Showcases

```railroad {"align":"center"} Diagram( Optional('+', 'skip'), Choice(0, NonTerminal('name-start char'), NonTerminal('escape')), ZeroOrMore( Choice(0, NonTerminal('name char'), NonTerminal('escape'))))

### 2.16.6 WaveDrom
*Notes:*
- It's implemented in showdown-viz.js, 
- Render diagrams of wavedrom 
- Using [wavedrom](https://github.com/wavedrom/wavedrom)
- Check [wavedrom website](https://wavedrom.com) for more information.
- Code inside `{ }` is optional

***Syntaxes***

    ```wavedrom {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
    <code content>

Showcases

```wavedrom {"align":"center"} {signal: [ {name: 'clk', wave: 'p.....|...'}, {name: 'dat', wave: 'x.345x|=.x', data: ['head', 'body', 'tail', 'data']}, {name: 'req', wave: '0.1..0|1.0'}, {}, {name: 'ack', wave: '1.....|01.'} ]}

***Showcases***

```wavedrom {"align":"right"}
{ signal: [
  { name: "pclk", wave: 'p.......' },
  { name: "Pclk", wave: 'P.......' },
  { name: "nclk", wave: 'n.......' },
  { name: "Nclk", wave: 'N.......' },
  {},
  { name: 'clk0', wave: 'phnlPHNL' },
  { name: 'clk1', wave: 'xhlhLHl.' },
  { name: 'clk2', wave: 'hpHplnLn' },
  { name: 'clk3', wave: 'nhNhplPl' },
  { name: 'clk4', wave: 'xlh.L.Hx' },
]}

2.16.7 Vega and Vega-Lite

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-vega.js,
Render diagrams of Vega and Vega-Lite
Using vega-embed,
Check vega website and vega-lite website for more information.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

```vega {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
<code content>
```

Syntaxes

```vega-lite {"align": "left | center | right", "codeblock": true | false}
<code content>
```

Showcases

Vega example:

```vega {"align":"center"} { "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v5.json", "width": 200, "height": 200, "autosize": "none",

"signals": [ { "name": "startAngle", "value": 0, "bind": {"input": "range", "min": 0, "max": 6.29, "step": 0.01} }, { "name": "endAngle", "value": 6.29, "bind": {"input": "range", "min": 0, "max": 6.29, "step": 0.01} }, { "name": "padAngle", "value": 0, "bind": {"input": "range", "min": 0, "max": 0.1} }, { "name": "innerRadius", "value": 0, "bind": {"input": "range", "min": 0, "max": 90, "step": 1} }, { "name": "cornerRadius", "value": 0, "bind": {"input": "range", "min": 0, "max": 10, "step": 0.5} }, { "name": "sort", "value": false, "bind": {"input": "checkbox"} } ],

"data": [ { "name": "table", "values": [ {"id": 1, "field": 4}, {"id": 2, "field": 6}, {"id": 3, "field": 10}, {"id": 4, "field": 3}, {"id": 5, "field": 7}, {"id": 6, "field": 8} ], "transform": [ { "type": "pie", "field": "field", "startAngle": {"signal": "startAngle"}, "endAngle": {"signal": "endAngle"}, "sort": {"signal": "sort"} } ] } ],

"scales": [ { "name": "color", "type": "ordinal", "domain": {"data": "table", "field": "id"}, "range": {"scheme": "category20"} } ],

"marks": [ { "type": "arc", "from": {"data": "table"}, "encode": { "enter": { "fill": {"scale": "color", "field": "id"}, "x": {"signal": "width / 2"}, "y": {"signal": "height / 2"} }, "update": { "startAngle": {"field": "startAngle"}, "endAngle": {"field": "endAngle"}, "padAngle": {"signal": "padAngle"}, "innerRadius": {"signal": "innerRadius"}, "outerRadius": {"signal": "width / 2"}, "cornerRadius": {"signal": "cornerRadius"} } } } ] }

<br>

- Vega-Lite example:

```vega-lite {"align":"right"}
{
  "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v4.json",
  "description": "Plots two functions using a generated sequence.",
  "width": 300,
  "height": 150,
  "data": {
    "sequence": {
      "start": 0,
      "stop": 12.7,
      "step": 0.1,
      "as": "x"
    }
  },
  "transform": [
    {
      "calculate": "sin(datum.x)",
      "as": "sin(x)"
    },
    {
      "calculate": "cos(datum.x)",
      "as": "cos(x)"
    },
    {
      "fold": ["sin(x)", "cos(x)"]
    }
  ],
  "mark": "line",
  "encoding": {
    "x": {
      "type": "quantitative",
      "field": "x"
    },
    "y": {
      "field": "value",
      "type": "quantitative"
    },
    "color": {
      "field": "key",
      "type": "nominal",
      "title": null
    }
  }
}

2.16.8 Network Sequence

Notes:

It's implemented in showdown-sequence.js,
Render diagrams of sequence
Using js-sequence-diagrams.
Code inside { } is optional

Syntaxes

The \ of json's "theme" field value is "hand" or "simple" in syntax language attribute;

```sequence {"theme": "<theme name>", "align": "<align>"}
<code content>
```

Showcases

Sequence example with hand theme:

```sequence {"theme":"hand", "align":"center"} Alice->Bob: Hello Bob, how are you? Note right of Bob: Bob thinks Bob-->Alice: I am good thanks!

<br>

- Sequence example with simple theme:

```sequence {"theme":"simple", "align":"right"}
Alice->Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
Note right of Bob: Bob thinks
Bob-->Alice: I am good thanks!

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