Visualize markdown with mindmaps in Discourse

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Hello dears,

Is there any plugin or intention to have something like this in Discourse?

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No plugin or theme that I am aware of. I do not expect us to add something like this to core, but if the community wish to build a plugin or theme, sure!

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Very handy utility. Including link to REPL to try it out, and a mindmap that conveys the idea:

A mindmap that provides an overview of Markmap

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mindmap
  root((Discourse))
    Origins
      Long history
      Popularisation
        British popular psychology author Tony Buzan
    Research
      On effectiveness<br/>and features
      Supports MindMaps already!!!
        Uses
            Creative techniques
            Strategic planning
            Argument mapping
    Tools
      Pen and paper
      Mermaid

We support mindmaps now in the mermaid theme component!

example source:

mindmap
  root((Discourse))
    Origins
      Long history
      Popularisation
        British popular psychology author Tony Buzan
    Research
      On effectiveness<br/>and features
      Supports MindMaps already!!!
        Uses
            Creative techniques
            Strategic planning
            Argument mapping
    Tools
      Pen and paper
      Mermaid

markmap could be implemented, similarly as a theme component I guess.

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Oh, lovely :heart_eyes: thank you Sam!

(Btw, the mail notification of your post does not contain the mind map, but shows its textual definition instead)

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Out of curiosity, I tried to make it work with Markmap because it’s another interesting mindmap. It needs some detailed attention, but it can work. Hopefully, I can share something based on it. :smile:

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@Arkshine is there an update on the mindmap

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Me too, i am interested.

Dear @Arkshine , could you please tell the “trick” to make it work on Discourse? :slightly_smiling_face:

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I started to look at it again a few days ago, and I think I’m on the right track to post something soon. :smile:
It’s more work than expected.

On a technical side, Discourse relies on the Markdown-it library to handle markdown and has many custom plugins attached to it.
In my previous video, I used the library from a CDN link. However, markmap, by default, tries to load Markdown-it from a CDN and use another instance. This means you won’t be able to use specific Discourse features in a markmap, so you must implement the library differently to use the instance from Discourse.

Stay tuned. :+1:

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