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 # TikZKit
 
 Next to being a palindrome, TikZKit is a graphical what-you-see-is-what-you-get
 (WYSIWYG) editor for PGF/TikZ. [PGF/TikZ](http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/all/)
 in turn is a markup package that allows to create most beautiful pictures in LaTeX.
 The core features of TikZKit are:
 1. Exact rendering as if you had generated the picture through LaTeX.
 2. TikZ export, obtaining TikZ code that can easily be manipulated.
 
 Please join tikzkit development to quickly get to a usable state.
 
 ## Architecture
 
 TikZKit is written in modern C++ and Qt5.
 It is organized in two libraries following the model/view concept, and the application:
 1. tikzcore: This library provides the data model. The model entirely defines a
    TikZ picture. The model itself is represented by the class tikz::core::Document.
 2. tikzui: This library provides the view. It renders the scene by using the
    QGraphicsView based on a tikz::core::Document.
 3. TikZKit: The application is a thin wrapper around the libraries tikzcore and
    tikzui.
 
 ## TODO List for a first tikzkit 1.0 release (incomplete)
 
 ### tikzcore
 - tikz::core::Document (priority: high)
   - makro support: implement Entity::toJsonObject() in all Entity classes. This
     way, Entities can by serialized to JSON, and by replaying the JSON makro,
     items can be e.g. copy & pasted, or template can be created.
   - add tikz::core::Layer: These layers match pgf layers when exported to PGF/TikZ, e.g.
     background, nodes, edges, foreground
   - add tikz::core::Scope: These scopes match \begin{scope} ... \end{scope} in
     PGF/TikZ. These scopes can be used to group items that share a style.
 
 - Add tikz::core::AbstractProperty
   - implement set of required property types (ColorProperty, ValueProperty,
     TextProperty, BoolProperty, StringListProperty, DoubleProperty, PosisionProperty)
   - allow adding / removing properties at runtime, so that the property system
     is extensible e.g. through plugins
 
 - MetaPos: x und y so trennen, dass es von unterschiedlichen Positions/Anchors kommt.
 - TexGenerator verbessern (mehrere jobs parallel, saubere kapselung, QTemporaryDir)
 - logo
 - class Package? -> tikz package + tikz options
 - introduce tikz::Editor: add EntityFactoryInterface similar to
   KTE::CommandInterface, add class EntityFactory that returns a list of
   QStrings ("node-rectangle", ... ?
 - implement pseudo-plugin that uses the EntityFactory
 
 - tikz::core::Path (priority: high)
   - add support for rectangle primitive
   - add support for grid primitive
   - add support for simple edges (straight, bending, bezier)
   - add support for polygonal lines and shapes
 
 - tikz::core::Node (priority: medium)
   - support anchors above, left, below, right and combinations
   - support anchoring on other anchors
 
 - visitors (priority: high)
   - fix TikZ export Visitor
   - (load visitor, currently unused)
   - (save visitor, currently unused)
 
 ### tikzui
 
 - property editor:
   - show properties of the selected item
   - use Transaction to group properties
   - add default/reset button
   - add support for categories and coloring of categories
 
 - LaTeX to SVG generator
   - proper design of the class with cleanup of the metadata (use QTemporaryDir)
   - proper diagnostics, if the dvisvg 
 
 - shapes
   - add more shapes
   - add more arrows
 
 - zoom control: Add widget to display current zoom level
 
 ### app
 - TikZKit
 - add icons to actions
 
 integration test (priority: medium)
 - implement testing suite:
   - tests are listed in a list view on the left
   - ability to add a new test
   - test
     - user graphically creates scene: add/manipulate nodes/edges
     - baseline
       - save the scene as TeX/TikZ code and convert to pdf
       - use libpoppler-qt4 to render the pdf from the TeX/TikZ code
       - save pdf as png
       - render TikzScene to png
     - use pdiff to check the graphical diff
     - fail test only on user specified threshold
 
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