Generalisation

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PlantUML now can generate diagrams other than UML. In such cases the usual @startuml does not make sense anymore. So now we allow diagrams start with @startXYZ and finish with @endXYZ, where XYZ can change with the type of diagram and can be any characters (including spaces).

This means that plugin developers are encouraged to change their code to recognize @start instead of @startuml.

DOT diagrams are usually formatted as @startdot...@enddot.

DOT

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You can use the DOT language to create directed graphs (see a Gallery of examples). (Note: PlantUML uses Graphviz/DOT for layout of UML diagrams anyway.)

This allows you to use Graphviz/DOT with all tools that support PlantUML.

You can use @startdot/@enddot or @startuml/@enduml to delineate the diagram, and then the very first line has to be: digraph XYZ {.

Here are some examples:

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@startuml digraph foo { node [style=rounded] node1 [shape=box] node2 [fillcolor=yellow, style="rounded,filled", shape=diamond] node3 [shape=record, label="{ a | b | c }"] node1 -> node2 -> node3 } @enduml

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@startuml digraph foo { PlantUML -> Dot [label=use]; } @enduml