In this short clip, we'll look at creating a simple Bash/Zsh function to export SVG diagrams using PlantUML.
Requirements:
- PlantUML: Direct Download
Place it where you can easily refer to it.
nmn$ ls -l $TOOLS_HOME/plantuml/plantuml.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 nmn staff 7985304 9 Nov 2019 /Users/nmn/tools/plantuml/plantuml.jar
Next, we'll create a function and put that in bash/zsh profile so that it can be loaded automatically on each session.
function plantsvg() {
NAME="$1"
cat ${NAME} | java -DPLANTUML_LIMIT_SIZE=8192 -jar $TOOLS_HOME/plantuml/plantuml.jar -tsvg -pipe > ${NAME}.svg
open -a Firefox.app ${NAME}.svg
}
Once you have it setup, this will export the provided plantuml file to an SVG image and open it up using Firefox.
You can change the application used to open this SVG by replacing Firefox.app
with the another application.
Here it is in action
📝:
👉 Tested on MacOS but should work on earlier versions and all flavours of Linux
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