Standalone library version of nomnoml

[korroz]

It would be handy if nomnoml could come in a standalone javascript version for embedding on pages where you would want to render nomnoml diagrams.

For example something like this:

<script src="nomnoml.js"></script>
<script id="noml" type="text/plain">
    [nomnoml]is->[awesome]
</script>
<canvas id="target-canvas"></canvas>
<script>
    var canvas = document.getElementById('target-canvas');
    var noml = document.getElementById('noml').innerHTML;
    nomnoml.draw(canvas, noml);
</script>

On a sidenote, I've started this work and have a working build of a standalone nomnoml.js already.

[ctzurcanu]

+1 I would also propose a Markdown extension since MD also consumes text and generates html5

[exsilium]

👍 I could use this as well, currently I basically stripped down the app itself and included the canvas portion to my page, but a proper library would be nice.

[korroz]

Glad to see there is interest!

And as long as nomnoml works standalone it should be easy to make a markdown extension for it. My sights were on this target in fact, or in particular on integrating nomnoml into StackEdit.

Progress is good, although a slight detour down the path of upgrading Dagre (the layout library) to the latest version has seemingly led me into a dead-end. In any case, reducing dependencies and making nomnoml more portable has resulted in rather extensive refactoring. So I'm not sure how likely @skanaar will accept my eventual pull request.

[ctzurcanu]

@korroz I am also working on our own in-house StackEdit-like tech.

[skanaar]

Wohoo 🎉 Very happy to say that this is now a reality 😄
Thank to @korroz for hard work

[korroz]

@skanaar I'm just as happy!

Thanks for accepting!