Add dot as output format

Question

It would be very useful to generate the dot-file as output. Using -keepfiles produces only outlines of the graph not containing the text.

With the dot-file produced I could use other programs to create different output formats or customize my graph further.

Comments

The '-keepfiles' has been removed (-keepfiles option has been removed. Please consider -debugsvek instead) but the '-debugsvek' only gives some outline as well.

Answer 1

I'm looking for the same option.

Generating diagrams in plantuml and importing them as dot-file into OnmiGraffle to finaize it would be very handy!

Answer 2

It doesn't seem to be possible.

Dot is used internally in PlantUML to position nodes and edges, but rendering is made by PlantUML.

PlantUML may render the diagram using multiple passes and do other stuff internally.

This means that you can't have a complete DOT file that would generate the same diagram.

Comments

The description of the graph is all the file contains, not the layout specifications (locations of things, where edges should go, etc).  The image result may be different, but the description of the graph should be able to be output in dot.