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Date:   Fri, 6 Apr 2018 13:51:39 +0300
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make xmldocs failed with error after 4.17 merge period

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?


Br,

-- 
heikki

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