README.md

jupickhr

docs	install	extend	demo

pikchr text-based diagrams for JupyterLab, etc.

features

• supports writing and rendering pikchr in:
  • pikchr fenced code blocks in .ipynb cells and .md documents
  • rich display for the text/x-pikchr MIME type
  • Open With... ⯈ Pikchr for .pikchr text documents
  • jupickhr.widget.Pikchr for live updating
• generates:
  • portable img tags (with fixed up special entities and fonts)
    • these can be drag-and-dropped directly into other tools, like ipydrawio
  • inline SVG
• light, dark and autodetected themes

install

pip install jupikchr "jupyterlab>=3.4,<4"

or

mamba install -c conda-forge jupikchr "jupyterlab>=3.4,<4"

or

conda install -c conda-forge jupikchr "jupyterlab>=3.4,<4"

If you want to integrate with, or just hack on, jupikchr itself, try the development installation steps.

how it works

• in the browser
  • pikchr source and metadata is found:
    • in Markdown by jupyterlab-markup
    • in text/x-pikchr rich display outputs
    • in the Jupyter widget
  • a WebWorker is started which loads the pickchr C executable, compiled to WebAssembly
    • these are vendored directly from fossil's pikchrshow
  • the resulting HTML is either displayed directly, or embedded inside a portable img tag
    • in the case of rich outputs, the text/html display type is also stored inside the output as a fallback, e.g. for nbconvert