(BLOCK (PARA (TEXT "Sometimes, ") (FORMAT-QUOTE () (TEXT "a picture is worth a thousand words")) (TEXT ".") (SOFT) (TEXT "To create some graphical representations, Zettelmarkup provides a simple mechanism.") (SOFT) (TEXT "Characters like ") (FORMAT-QUOTE () (LITERAL-INPUT () "|")) (TEXT " or ") (FORMAT-QUOTE () (LITERAL-INPUT () "-")) (TEXT " already provide some visual feedback.") (SOFT) (TEXT "For example, to create a picture containing two boxes that are connected via an arrow, the following representation is possible:")) (VERBATIM-CODE () "~~~draw\n+-------+       .-------.\n| Box 1 | ----> | Box 2 |\n+-------+       '-------'\n~~~") (PARA (TEXT "Zettelstore translates this to:")) (BLOB () () "svg" "<svg class=\"zs-draw\" width=\"260\" height=\"80\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"><marker id=\"Pointer\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" refX=\"5\" refY=\"5\" markerUnits=\"strokeWidth\" markerWidth=\"5\" markerHeight=\"10\" orient=\"auto\"><path d=\"M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z\" /></marker><g id=\"closed\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><path id=\"closed0\" d=\"M 5 10 L 15 10 L 25 10 L 35 10 L 45 10 L 55 10 L 65 10 L 75 10 L 85 10 L 85 30 L 85 50 L 75 50 L 65 50 L 55 50 L 45 50 L 35 50 L 25 50 L 15 50 L 5 50 L 5 30 Z\" /><path id=\"closed1\" d=\"M 165 20 Q 165 10 175 10 L 175 10 L 185 10 L 195 10 L 205 10 L 215 10 L 225 10 L 235 10 L 235 10 Q 245 10 245 20 L 245 30 L 245 40 Q 245 50 235 50 L 235 50 L 225 50 L 215 50 L 205 50 L 195 50 L 185 50 L 175 50 L 175 50 Q 165 50 165 40 L 165 30 Z\" /></g><g id=\"lines\" stroke=\"#000\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><path id=\"open2\" marker-end=\"url(#Pointer)\" d=\"M 105 30 L 115 30 L 125 30 L 135 30 L 145 30 \" /></g><g id=\"text\" stroke=\"none\" style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:15px\"><text id=\"obj3\" x=\"22.5\" y=\"35\">Box 1</text><text id=\"obj4\" x=\"182.5\" y=\"35\">Box 2</text></g></svg>") (PARA (TEXT "Technically spoken, the drawing is translated to a ") (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001008000000#svg") (TEXT "SVG")) (TEXT " element.")) (PARA (TEXT "The following characters are interpreted to create a graphical representation.") (SOFT) (TEXT "Some of them will start a path that results in a recognized object.")) (TABLE ((CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Character")) (CELL () (TEXT "Meaning")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Path Start"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "+")) (CELL () (TEXT "Corner")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "-")) (CELL () (TEXT "Horizontal line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "|")) (CELL () (TEXT "Vertical line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "<")) (CELL () (TEXT "Left arrow")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () ">")) (CELL () (TEXT "Right arrow")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "No"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "v")) (CELL () (TEXT "Down arrow")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "No"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "^")) (CELL () (TEXT "Up arrow")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () ":")) (CELL () (TEXT "Dashed vertical line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "=")) (CELL () (TEXT "Dashed horizontal line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () ".")) (CELL () (TEXT "Rounded corner")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "'")) (CELL () (TEXT "Rounded corner")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "/")) (CELL () (TEXT "North-east diagonal line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "\\")) (CELL () (TEXT "South-east diagonal line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "Yes"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "x")) (CELL () (TEXT "A tick on a line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "No"))) ((CELL ((align . "center")) (LITERAL-INPUT () "*")) (CELL () (TEXT "A dot on a line")) (CELL ((align . "center")) (TEXT "No")))) (PARA (TEXT "Interpretation of these characters starts at the top left corner and continues depending on the current character.")) (PARA (TEXT "All other characters are treated as text.")))