> Am 06.04.2018 um 12:51 schrieb Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi Markus, > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 12:03:55PM +0200, Markus Heiser wrote: >>>> There are ways to do this, look at how the v4l2 and I think the drm >>>> subsystems handle ascii art such that "real" drawings end up being >>>> produced. >>> >>> Thanks. I did not actually find anything else except use of tables and >>> code-blocks in v4l documentation. Is that what you were referring? >> >> If it is about *figures*: we have a directive named 'kernel-figure', >> which is a full replacement of the 'figure' directive from Sphinx-Doc. >> In addition it supports *inline* SVG and DOT markups. Read: >> >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/sphinx.html#figures-images > > Thanks for the info. > > I don't want to use for example dot language in kernel documentation. > I want to be able to clearly see the figure also from the plain text > file. That's why I prefer ascii art. > > Isn't there a way we could render ascii art as svg diagram? Sorry, not yet. Johannes started a discussion about this. Its a long time ago and I do not have any new ideas yet :/ see: https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg07035.html -- Markus -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html