[PATCH] hgweb: make graph data suitable for template usage

[Paul Boddie]

On Thursday 17 May 2012 17:33:01 Matt Mackall wrote:
>
> Sounds complicated. I don't know enough about how our current canvas
> technique meshes the textual and graphical data here. Perhaps Dirkjan
> can comment.

For a Web application it's not that complicated. You're undoubtedly familiar 
with the graphviz parser that is used on the Mercurial Wiki, and that employs 
pretty much the same technique. I've actually extended that parser [*] to be 
able to produce SVG images (useful for printing, export, and so on), and that 
uses exactly the same technique.

> If the problem here is "IE6 sucks", we may be able to overlook that.

Well, I'd rather keep the single graph action/resource and not have to bother 
supporting legacy browsers, too. I've had feedback from someone using the 
SVG-based theme I've developed and they told me that subsequent IE versions 
seem to work fine, so maybe IE6 users just need to get with the times.

Paul

[*] http://moinmo.in/ParserMarket/graphviz