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mindex

A Mind-map generator for JSON / XML / CSV or HTML-tables (saved from Excel)

USAGE:

dotnet tool install -g mindex --no-cache

mindex path-to-json-or-csv-or-xml-or-html-file [header-rows-count-in-case-of-html]

JSON (hierarchical-tree-support)

{
  "name": "root",
  "parent": null,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "child-1",
      "parent": "root",
      "children": [
        {
          "name": "sub-child-1",
          "parent": "child-1",
          "children": [
            {
              "name": "leaf-node",
              "parent": "sub-child-1",
              "url": "https://www.google.com",
            },
            ...
          ]
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ]
}

XML (hierarchical-tree-support)

<root xmlns:json="http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json">
    <name>root</name>
    <parent />
    <children json:Array="true">
        <name>child-1</name>
        <parent>root</parent>
        <children json:Array="true">
            <name>sub-child-1</name>
            <parent>child-1</parent>
            <children json:Array="true">
                <name>leaf-node</name>
                <parent>sub-child-1</parent>
                <url>https://www.google.com</url>
            </children>
            ...
        </children>
        ...
    </children>
</root>

CSV (flat-hierarchical / single-header)

header-1,header-2,header-3
child-1.1,child-2.1,child-3.1
child-1.2,child-2.2,child-3.2
...

HTML (hierarchical-tree-support using multiple tr / td with col-span) - Pass the headers-count as the last argument

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            ...
        </td>
        ...
    </tr>
    ...
</table>

# Install from local project path
dotnet tool install -g --add-source ./bin mindex

TODOs

Handle th / tbody in case of HTML tables

Accept custom-styles

Handle overflow-x on mobile-screens

Drag nodes

Use linkHorizontal

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