Markmap Integration

[blaggacao]

Description

https://markmap.js.org/ handily transforms any markdown outline into an interactive mindmap visualization.

For quarto users, this might represent a valuable tool to showcase and transmit their research, for example to provide an intuitive overview over a field of interest.

The unique fit for quarto consists in that the markdown format converts any document in a "double use document" which can produce a mindmap of its outline.

If you're convinced this is useful, integration could have two modes:

• format mode, in which a mindmap derivative of the html format renders the mindmap of a particular document

• inline mode, in which a filter renders the entire outline or parts of it (via ::: blocks) into a placeholder anchor (<div class="markmap"/>) on the same html page

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As for the Implementation strategy, there's the possibility to do it in-tree with a tight and feature rich integration (similar to reveal.js), or alternatively an extension could provide these features, maybe that would entail somtimes a slightly hacky or unpolished approach.

Overall, ... I think this is really nice and I haven't seen any other issue raising the idea.

_{Originally erroneously posted here quarto-dev/quarto#678}

[mcanouil]

FYI:

• Markmap integration! hakimel/reveal.js#3436
• From FR: markmap integration quarto#678
  • https://github.com/markmap/markmap-vscode(https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gera2ld.markmap-vscode)

For anyone wanting to take a shot at this:

• https://quarto.org/docs/extensions/