ASCII Canvas

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by Huseyin Akbas

ASCII-only canvas drawing, like Excalidraw but with characters.

★ 2 starsUpdated 18d agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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ASCII Canvas

ASCII-only canvas drawing in Obsidian. Draw with characters in a grid: pencil, shapes, fill, brush, spray, word art, selection and move. Files use .ascii extension and can be embedded with ![[file.ascii]].

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Installation

Install from Community Plugins in Obsidian (Settings → Community plugins → Browse), or copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ascii-canvas-obsidian/ folder.

Usage

  • New canvas: Command palette → "ASCII Canvas: New ASCII canvas", or click the ribbon icon.
  • Tools: Pencil, line, rect, diamond, circle, triangle, fill, brush, spray, erase, select, word art. Use the char input for the draw character; for word art, type in the text field then click on the canvas.
  • Undo / Redo: Toolbar or Ctrl/Cmd+Z and Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z.
  • Copy / Cut / Paste: Select with the select tool, then Ctrl/Cmd+C, X, V.
  • Save: Toolbar button or Ctrl/Cmd+S. Canvas size can be changed in the toolbar (cols x rows).

Development

npm install
npm run build

Then link to a vault with npm run link (if using the link script) or copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into the plugin folder. Use npm run dev for watch mode.

License

MIT

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