Is it possible to comment out lines of diagram syntax?

Question

Sometimes I want to comment out portions of the diagram syntax, similar to what I would do in source code, such as:

component a

component b

component c

component d

 

a -> b

b -> c

/*

c -> d

d-> e

*/

 

Is there someway todo this?  

 

Great product BTW!

Answer 1

You can use quote like in the following example

@startuml
' This is a comment on a single line
Bob->Alice : hello
/' You quote alors use slash-and-quote
to split your comments on several
lines '/
@enduml
 

Comments

I'd be nice to have a link to documentation on this.

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http://plantuml.com/commons

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This is a very subtle clue in the documentation.   Could somebody add a more clear/less minimalistic sentence to this documentation?    We are trying to make Plantuml the standard for our company but minimalistic documentation is a real problem...

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Yes, you can indeed add a more clear sentence to the documentation. This is 100% open.

Just go to http://alphadoc.plantuml.com/doc/markdown/en/commons

PlantUML is a free, collaborative and open source project.

Thanks for your help !

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Is the documentation contents available on GitHub? I don't see it at https://github.com/plantuml/

The official website is becoming unusable due to aggressive ads, and looks very unprofessional when I try to promote the project at work.

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PlantUML software is free but unfortunately we do have to earn something somehow. Note that we have just slightly decreased the level of ads.

Our patreons have access to an ads-free version of the documentation website. If you just send an email to plantuml@gmail.com we would be glad to offer you such an access so that you can see how it looks like.

Thanks,

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I understand that ads support the project, but at some point it starts to do more harm than good. Pardon me for pointing it out, but I doubt I'm alone in this impression.

Even if I got a an ad-free version, anyone I refer to the site will still get more than 50% of the screen taken up by ads on the first screen of any page.

Answer 2

Line comments use a single apostrophe

' This is a comment

Block comments use C-style comments except that instead of * you use an apostrophe

/'

many lines

here

'/