discourse-yuml

Add ability to write yUML class diagrams directly into a discourse post.

Installation

Docker

To install in docker, add the following to your app.yml in the plugins section:

hooks:
  after_code:
    - exec:
        cd: $home/plugins
        cmd:
          - mkdir -p plugins
          - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
          - git clone https://github.com/sekhat/discourse-yuml.git

and rebuild docker via

cd /var/discourse
./launcher rebuild app

Manual

From your main discourse do:

cd plugins
git clone https://github.com/sekhat/discourse-yuml.git
cd ..

Rebake Posts

rake posts:rebake

Limitations

Currently, it only supports yUML class diagrams.

Usage

A yUML diagram can be specified as so

[yuml]
[Class] -> [AnotherClass]
[/yuml]

Which should give you a diagram like so

You can now specify the type of diagram you wish to draw via the type argument

For example to start a yuml activity diagram you can do the following:

[yuml type=activity]
(start)->[a]
[a]->(end)
[/yuml]

The following types are supported:

• class - For class diagrams
• activity - For activity diagrams
• usecase - For use case diagrams

If no type is specified, then class is used by default

The different diagram styles for yuml.me can also be specified via the style argument

For example

[yuml style=plain]
[Class]->[AnotherClass]
[/yuml]

The supported styles are:

• scruffy
• plain
• boring

If none is specified then by default scruffy is used.

These options can also be combined:

[yuml type=class style=plain]
[Class]->[AnotherClass]
[/yuml]

Enjoy