Mermaid - Generation of diagrams and flowcharts from text in a similar manner as markdown

[vitaly]

@sam

What about attributes? I am not sure we are aligned as an industry, but I think maybe GitHub should support something like this: (there is a forest theme here: https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/tree/master/src/themes)

```mermaid theme=forest
```

I have no personal preference about attrs format, and dont’ know reasons why something should be prefered/avoided.

@chrisalley

If we need to render the output of source code with a CommonMark document, perhaps it would be better to go with a dedicated syntax?

I this case, following this logic, we will need new syntax for EVERY new block renderer. That’s overkill.

May be, i could agree, using fenced syntax to wrap things with nested md markup like quotes may be unusual, but i see no problem with code-like blocks, as mermaid.

Fallback of mermaid to code text block when no extension installed looks natural, IMO.

Also, spec (markdown) is for humans, not humans for spec. We should not push users follow blind with abstract rules, if result does not looks “natural”.

@martinwoodward

Let’s kick off a separate thread for math?

Let’s be realistic - doing nothing will cause waste of several years more. I’d be happy if process of math markup stabilization can move forward.