Aquamarine
Compiler support: this crate requires rustc 1.31.1 or newer
Aquamarine is a procedural macro extension for rustdoc, that aims to improve the visual component of Rust documentation through use of the mermaid.js diagrams.
#[aquamarine]
macro works through embedding the mermaid.js into the generated rustdoc HTML page, modifying the doc comment attributes.
To inline a diagram into the documentation, use the mermaid
snippet in a doc-string:
/// ```mermaid
/// graph LR
/// s([Source]) --> a[[aquamarine]]
/// r[[rustdoc]] --> f([Docs w/ Mermaid!])
/// subgraph rustc[Rust Compiler]
/// a -. inject mermaid.js .-> r
/// end
/// ```
The diagram will appear in place of the mermaid
code block, preserving all the comments around it. You can even add multiple diagrams!
To see it in action, go to the demo crate docs.rs page.
You can learn more about mermaid.js
and what it can do in the mermaid's documentation MdBook
Dark-mode
Aquamarine will automatically select the dark
theme as a default, if the current rustdoc
theme is either ayu
or dark
.
You might need to reload the page to redraw the diagrams after changing the theme.
Custom themes
Theming is supported on per-diagram basis, through the mermaid's %%init%%
attribute.
Note: custom theme will override the default theme
/// ```mermaid
/// %%{init: {
/// 'theme': 'base',
/// 'themeVariables': {
/// 'primaryColor': '#ffcccc',
/// 'edgeLabelBackground':'#ccccff',
/// 'tertiaryColor': '#fff0f0' }}}%%
/// graph TD
/// A(Diagram needs to be drawn) --> B{Does it have 'init' annotation?}
/// B -->|No| C(Apply default theme)
/// B -->|Yes| D(Apply customized theme)
/// ```
To learn more, see the Theming Section of the mermaid.js book
In the wild
Crates that use aquamarine
in their documentation