ELK integration not working

[jcunliffe1]

copied plantuml and elk-full jars to folder and pointed plugin to it, then got:

https://plantuml.com/de/elk
https://github.com/plantuml/ELK-demo

[krasa]

does it work from command line?

[jcunliffe1]

yep - the demo project works

[jcunliffe1]

maybe make it low prio - it's not that great yet

[alersrt]

Despite this is in Alpha stage, it's still important part of PlantUML project and allows to get much more better results in some cases.

[SirNoName2705]

I have found a Workaround. I could not get it to work using my own plantuml jar. But if you start plantuml -picoweb:8000:127.0.0.1 with your own installation and then link the url in the plugin settings it works.

I have renamed the old installation to plantuml_old.jar.

Normally you would get the elk-full.jar from this website: https://plantuml.com/de/elk
But it would not download for me.
If you have the same problem go to: http://beta.plantuml.net/
And then download it manually.

I do not know why this is still a "Beta" feature. Because Elk is so much better that it makes plantuml even viable for using in my project. Without it, you cannot read complex diagrams that are auto-generated.

[SirNoName2705]

I just realized that then the export feature for tikz etc. will not work.
I do not understand why the plugin will show that error even if I add the elk-full.jar in the same directory where the plantuml.jar is located. Even if I put it in the plugin directory.

I hope this will be addressed soon. I really like the plugin.