Graphviz: Please place cursor in graphviz code before running

[lucbeta]

Hi,
just installed SublimeGraphvizPreview an a ubuntu 14.04 machine with sublimetext 2. After entering code I get the message: Graphviz: Please place cursor in graphviz code before running.

Placed the cursor before code and I still get the message. Any sugguestions on this Problem?

Happy New Year 2015
luc

[rlodbrok]

Hi, please do NOT place the cursor "before" or after the code but inside the digraph brackets. should work that way - please confirm.

[bugeb]

I also encountered the same problem, select a graphviz snippet in your file(or Ctrl+A).

[munro]

@lttowq Check out the video of the home page [1], you have to put your cursor inside the { ... } block. I did it that way because it was easier for me. 😄 If you want it to work in another way as well, you're free to make a pull request!

Could you record a video of the issue [2] if you think something is just broken with using it on Ubuntu?

[1] https://github.com/munro/SublimeGraphvizPreview
[2] http://askubuntu.com/questions/107726/how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast

[ulidtko]

@munro

Pardon the quality, I've spent like a minute recording this.

So yeah, as you can see, 3 people supposedly can't be so stupid as to not being able to place a cursor inside a block of code. The real problem is that the previewer just doesn't work (and probably also gives the wrong error message).

[ulidtko]

By the way, those using Atom will be happy to know that it's Graphviz previewer actually does work.

[munro]

@ulidtko This sublime plugin searches for digraph so it can render graphviz embedded in other files. So to fix this for your use case, someone needs to make it look for strict graph as well, it should be pretty easy.

As a tangent, I use primarily use Atom, and have tried that plugin, but the usability of previewing inline graphviz snippets keeps bringing me back. XD I would really like to see a better markdown preview so I can add hooks to things like graphviz preview. Just throwing this out, since Christmas is coming up!

# my random idea

here's a diagram of what I'm thinking:
```graphviz
digraph {
    you -> are -> neat;
}
` ``

[AndrewMagerman]

I have the same issue. I'm doing a workaround of cmd-a, cmd-shift-G.

Observed behaviour:
cursor within blocks: abovementioned error message gets shows.
part of code selected: no preview generation
everything selected: no issues.

[timofg]

In windows. I'm trying to execute sublime with administrator privileges. Then it seems to be solved.

[B04902047]

1.Select the parts of the code of which you want to generate a preview. (possibly by "command+a")
2."cmd+shift+g"

[bravedavid]

change helpers.py file, then I work well in Mac.

52 # compile pdf
53 pdf_filename = tempfile.mktemp(prefix='sublime_text_graphviz_', dir=None, suffix='.jpg')
54 call(['dot', grapviz.name, '-Tjpg', '-o' + pdf_filename], env=ENVIRON)

[AndrewMagerman]

where is the helpers.py file?

[fivedoumi]

I change the code in helpers.py，but is did no work either.
the problem still exists.

[munro]

@bravedavid oooo interesting you had to switch to JPG, is there something we could do to make PDFs work for you? I like PDFs 'cause it's vectorized, and it lets me zoom into really crazy diagrams

@fivedoumi could you share a video of it not working, and share any debugging output from the console?

[fivedoumi]

@munro
It works after I set the dot.exe's directory correctly,thanks.