Initial modifications to plugin

  - Compatibility with python3 (return str instead of unicode)
  - Update and complete the README.md

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2018 PuGong
+Copyright (c) 2018 PuGong -- 2020, others
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -1,33 +1,66 @@
 # mkdocs-markdownextradata-plugin
 
-A MkDocs plugin that render meraid graph to mermaid style
+A MkDocs plugin that renders mermaid graph to mermaid style.
 
+> This is a fork from Pugong Liu's excellent project, 
+> which is no longer maintained."
 
-## Installation
 
+## Installation
 
+### Automatic
 Install the package with pip:
 
 ```bash
-pip install mkdocs-mermaid-plugin
+pip install mkdocs-mermaid-plugin2
 ```
 
-## Usage
+### Manual
+Clone this repository:
+
+```bash
+python setup.py install
+```
 
-Enable this plugin in your `mkdocs.yml`:
+## Installation
+
+To enable this plugin, you need to declare it in your config file
+(`mkdocs.yml`).
+
+In order to work, the plugin also requires the
+[mermaid](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mermaid) javascript
+library (in the exemple below, it fetched from the last version
+from the [unpkg](https://unpkg.com/) repository; change the version
+no as needed).
 
 ```yaml
 plugins:
-    - markdownmermaid
+    - markdownmermaid2
 
 extra_javascript:
-    - https://unpkg.com/mermaid@7.1.2/dist/mermaid.min.js
+    - https://unpkg.com/mermaid@8.5.0/dist/mermaid.min.js
 ```
 
 > **Note:** Don't forget to include the mermaid.min.js (local or remotely) in your `mkdocs.yml`
 
-More information about plugins in the [MkDocs documentation][mkdocs-plugins]
+
+## Usage
+
+### General Principle
+In order to insert a mermaid diagram, simply insert the diagram,
+preceded by the language:
 
 
+    ```mermaid
+    graph TD
+    A[Client] --> B[Load Balancer]
+    B --> C[Server01]
+    B --> D[Server02]
+    ```
 
-[mkdocs-plugins]: http://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/plugins/
+### How to write Mermaid diagrams
+* For instructions on how to make a diagram, see 
+  [the official website](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/).
+* If you are not familiar, see the [n00bs' introduction to mermaid](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/n00b-overview).
+* In case of doubt, you will want to test your diagrams in the
+  [Mermaid Live Editor](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor).

setup.py

@@ -2,25 +2,29 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
+VERSION = '0.1.2'
+
 def readme():
     """print long description"""
     with open('README.md') as f:
         return f.read()
 
 long_description = (
-    "This is a mkdocs plugin that could enable the mermaid graph in the markdown file."
-    "Please follow the instruction in reame to enable this plugin"
+    "A mkdocs plugin that interprets mermaid graphs in the markdown file."
+    "To install, please follow instructions in the readme file."
+    "This is a fork of the Pugong Liu's excellent project, "
+    "which is no longer maintained."
 )
 
 setup(
-    name='mkdocs-mermaid-plugin',
-    version='0.1.1',
-    description='A MkDocs plugin that support mermaid graph in markdown file',
+    name='mkdocs-mermaid-plugin2',
+    version=VERSION,
+    description='A MkDocs plugin for including mermaid graphs in markdown sources',
     long_description=long_description,
     keywords='mkdocs python markdown mermaid',
     url='https://github.com/pugong/mkdocs-mermaid-plugin',
-    author='pugong',
-    author_email='pugong.liu@gmail.com',
+    author='pugong, Fralau',
+    author_email='pugong.liu@gmail.com, fralau2035@yahoo.com',
     license='MIT',
     python_requires='>=2.7',
     install_requires=[
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ def readme():
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['*.tests']),
     entry_points={
         'mkdocs.plugins': [
-            'markdownmermaid = markdownmermaid.plugin:MarkdownMermaidPlugin'
+            'markdownmermaid2 = markdownmermaid.plugin:MarkdownMermaidPlugin'
         ]
     }
 )