@penrose/automator

@penrose/automator: a headless renderer for Penrose

This package is a command-line application that depends on @penrose/core and batch-processes multiple Penrose diagrams.

Usage:

Penrose Automator.

Usage:
  automator batch LIB OUTFOLDER [--folders]  [--src-prefix=PREFIX] [--repeat=TIMES] [--render=OUTFOLDER]
  automator render ARTIFACTSFOLDER OUTFOLDER

Options:
  -o, --outFile PATH Path to either an SVG file or a folder, depending on the value of --folders. [default: output.svg]
  --folders Include metadata about each output diagram. If enabled, outFile has to be a path to a folder.
  --src-prefix PREFIX the prefix to SUBSTANCE, STYLE, and DOMAIN, or the library equivalent in batch mode. No trailing "/" required. [default: .]
  --repeat TIMES the number of instances

Getting started

• Follow the instruction in the wiki page to install Penrose.
• Run yarn start batch registry.json out/ --src-prefix=../../examples in this directory. The output SVGs will appear in out.

Using automator for local development

• If you are developing a module in core (e.g. Synthesizer), you can run yarn start in the project root direcory, which will continuously watch your changes in core and update your build.
• Check the console before you run automator to make sure your changes in core are not causing any errors.
• If the build is successful, automator will now be using the most recent version of core when batch-processing Penrose programs.

Static site generation

In addition to batch-processing Penrose programs, you can also use automator to generate a static site for viewing the diagrams and metadata (e.g. performance statistics). Here's an example:

• Run yarn start batch registry.json out/ --src-prefix=../../examples --folders in this directory.
  • Different from the example above, the --folders option asks automator to output metadata along with SVGs. automator render requires the output to have associated metadata.
• Run yarn start render out browser to generate a static site.
• Open browser/index.html to view the result.