NAME

       ditaa - convert ASCII diagrams into proper bitmap graphics

SYNOPSIS

       ditaa [options] input [output]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the ditaa command.

       DiTAA  is  a  small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ASCII art ("drawings" that
       contain characters that resemble lines, like | / and -), into proper bitmap graphics.

       DiTAA also uses special markup syntax to increase the possibilities of shapes and  symbols  that  can  be
       rendered.

OPTIONS

       --help Show summary of options.

       -v, --verbose
              Makes ditaa more verbose.

       -A, --no-antialias
              Turns anti-aliasing off.

       -d, --debug
              Renders the debug grid over the resulting image.

       -E, --no-separation
              Prevents the separation of common edges of shapes.

       -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
              The encoding of the input file.

       -h, --html
              In  this  case  the  input is an HTML file. The contents of the <pre class="textdiagram"> tags are
              rendered as diagrams and saved in the images directory and a new HTML file is  produced  with  the
              appropriate <img> tags.

       -o, --overwrite
              If  the  filename  of the destination image already exists, an alternative name is chosen.  If the
              overwrite option is selected, the image file is instead overwritten.

       -r, --round-corners
              Causes all corners to be rendered as round corners.

       -s SCALE, --scale SCALE
              A natural number that determines the size of the rendered image. The units are  fractions  of  the
              default size (2.5 renders 1.5 times bigger than the default).

       -S, --no-shadows
              Turns off the drop-shadow effect.

       -t TABS, --tabs TABS
              Tabs  are normally interpreted as 8 spaces but it is possible to change that using this option. It
              is not advisable to use tabs in your diagrams.

AUTHOR

       DiTAA was written by Efstathios (Stathis) Sideris.

       This manual page was written by David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used
       by others).

                                                 April 15, 2010                                         DITAA(1)