v0.6.9

juliangarnier/animev0.6.9Feb 5, 2025by alixander

AI Summary

This release introduces extensive CLI and rendering enhancements, including support for animations, advanced glob filters, and new rendering features like box arrowheads and markdown table support.

Key Highlights

  • Animations on shapes via `style.animated: true`
  • PNG output to stdout using `--stdout-format png -`
  • New `&connected` and `&leaf` glob filters
  • New `d2 fmt --check` flag for validation
  • New `play` command for online playground access

Breaking Changes

  • Latex blocks no longer require escaping backslashes (remove excess backslashes for older versions)
  • Reserved keywords must be unquoted

New Features

  • Animations on shapes
  • Connections support `link`
  • Vars in markdown blocks are substituted
  • Github-flavored tables in `md` blocks
  • Box arrowheads added to render
  • PNG output to stdout
  • Glob filters `&connected` and `&leaf`
  • CLI flag `--no-xml-tag` for HTML embedding
  • CLI `play` command

Full Release Notes

#### Features ๐Ÿš€

- Animations: `style.animated: true` is supported on shapes [#2250](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2250)
- Connections now support `link` [#1955](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1955)
- Vars: vars in markdown blocks are substituted [#2218](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2218)
- Markdown: Github-flavored tables work in `md` blocks [#2221](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2221)
- Render: adds box arrowheads [#2227](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/2227)
- `d2 fmt` now supports a `--check` flag [#2253](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2253)
- CLI: PNG output to stdout is supported using `--stdout-format png -` [#2291](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2291)
- Globs: `&connected` and `&leaf` filters are implemented [#2299](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2299)
- CLI: add --no-xml-tag for direct HTML embedding [#2302](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2302)
- CLI: `play` cmd added for opening d2 input in online playground [#2242](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2242)

#### Improvements ๐Ÿงน

- Composition: links pointing to own board are purged [#2203](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2203)
- Syntax: reserved keywords must be unquoted [#2231](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2231)
- Latex: Backslashes in Latex blocks do not escape [#2232](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2232)
  - This is a breaking change. Previously Latex blocks required escaping the backslash. So
    for older D2 versions, you should remove the excess backslashes.
- Links: non-http url scheme links are supported (e.g. `x.link: vscode://file/`) [#2237](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/2237)
- Compiler: reserved keywords with missing values error instead of silently doing nothing [#2251](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2251)
- Render: SVG outputs conform to stricter HTML standards, e.g. no duplicate ids [#2273](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/2273)
- Themes: theme names are consistently cased [#2322](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2322)
- Nears: constant nears avoid collision with edge routes [#2327](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2327)

#### Bugfixes โ›‘๏ธ

- Imports: fixes using substitutions in `icon` values [#2207](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2207)
- Markdown: fixes ampersands in URLs in markdown [#2219](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2219)
- Globs: fixes edge case where globs with imported boards would create empty boards [#2247](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2247)
- Sequence diagrams: fixes alignment of notes when self messages are above it [#2264](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2264)
- Null: fixes `null`ing a connection with absolute syntax [#2318](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/2318)
- Gradients: works with connection fills [#2326](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2326)
- Latex: fixes backslashes doubling on successive parses [#2328](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2328)