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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+;;;
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Frank Pursel <frank.pursel@gmail.com>
+;;;
+
+(define-module (gnu packages ditaa)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages java)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages javascript)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages batik)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system ant)
+  #:use-module (guix modules)
+  #:use-module (guix build utils) )
+
+(define-public java-libbatik
+  (package
+   (name "batik")
+   (version "1.16+dfsg")
+   (source
+    (origin
+     (method url-fetch)
+     (uri (string-append
+          "https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/batik/" 
+           name "_" 
+          version ".orig.tar.xz"))
+     (sha256 (base32
+             "1xnmnnadp4l74dz55d3ask236lwy0iwg981851d01j2zlrgpw4p9")) ))
+   (build-system ant-build-system)
+   (arguments
+    `(#:tests? #f
+      #:jar-name (string-append ,name ".jar")
+      #:source-dir "sources"
+      #:phases
+      (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                    (add-after 'unpack 'remove-prepackaged-jars
+                               (lambda _
+                                 (for-each
+                                  (lambda (jarf)
+                                    (delete-file jarf)
+                                    (format #t "Deleted: ~s\n" jarf))
+                                  (find-files "." ".*\\.jar"))
+                                 #t) )
+                    (add-after
+                     'remove-prepackaged-jars 'src-consolidation
+                     (lambda _
+                       (mkdir-p "sources")
+                       (let ((cwd (getcwd))
+                             (sub-dirs (list "anim" "awt-util" "bridge"
+                                             "codec" "constants" "css"
+                                             "dom" "ext" "extension"
+                                             "gui-util" "gvt" "i18n"
+                                             "parser" "script" "slideshow"
+                                             "svgbrowser" "svg-dom"
+                                             "svggen" "svgpp"
+                                             "svgrasterizer" "swing"
+                                             "transcoder" "ttf2svg"
+                                             "util" "xml")) )
+                         (for-each
+                          (lambda (sdir)
+                            (copy-recursively
+                             (string-append
+                              "batik-" sdir "/src/main/java/") "sources/") )
+                          sub-dirs) )
+                       ;; Remove scripting subdirs for jpython, and jacl. 
+                       (for-each
+                        (lambda (rfile)
+                          (delete-file rfile)
+                          (format #t "Deleted: ~s\n" rfile))
+                        (append
+                         (find-files
+                          "sources/org/apache/batik/script/jpython" )
+                         (find-files
+                          "sources/org/apache/batik/script/jacl" ) ))
+                       #t) ) ) ) )
+   (inputs (list rhino java-xmlgraphics-commons libxslt
+                java-jaxen java-junit java-jaxp java-xerces
+                java-jdom quickjs))
+   (home-page "https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik")
+   (synopsis "The java based toolkit for Scalable Vector Graphics")
+   (description "Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or 
+applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 
+format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation.")
+   (license license:asl2.0) ) )
+
+(define-public ditaa
+  (package
+    (name "ditaa")
+    (version "0.11.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/stathissideris/ditaa")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1y3g17wp1wvb05m56pp25avww2njpgh0gk0jsbsf25scj7hyyj26"))))
+    (build-system ant-build-system)
+    (inputs (list java-libbatik java-commons-cli java-w3c-svg
+                  `(,icedtea "jdk") java-junit))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:build-target "release-all"
+       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                  ;; Ant's buildfile and build tree need to be modified
+                  ;; to provide access to the guix builds of the
+                  ;; batik and the java-commons-cli
+                  ;; jar files.  Also some of the source requires java7.
+                  (add-after 'unpack 'remove-prepackaged-jars
+                    (lambda _
+                      (for-each (lambda (jarf)
+                                  (delete-file jarf)
+                                  (format #t "Deleted: ~s\n" jarf))
+                                (find-files "." ".*\\.jar")) #t))
+                  (add-before 'build 'build-prep
+                    (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (let* ((batik-jar (search-input-file inputs
+                                         "share/java/batik.jar"))
+                             (commons-cli-jar (search-input-file inputs
+                                               "lib/m2/commons-cli/commons-cli/1.4/commons-cli-1.4.jar")))
+                        (mkdir-p "lib")
+                        (copy-file batik-jar "./lib/batik.jar")
+                        (copy-file commons-cli-jar "./lib/commons-cli.jar"))
+                      (with-directory-excursion "build"
+                        (substitute* "release.xml"
+                          (("source=\"1.6\"")
+                           "source=\"7\"")
+                          (("<file name=\"commons-cli-1.2.jar\"/>")
+                           (string-append "<file name=\"commons-cli.jar\"/>"
+                                          "\n" "<file name=\"batik.jar\"/>"))))
+                      #t))
+                  (replace 'build
+                    (lambda* _
+                      (setenv "ANT_OPTS"
+                              (string-append "-Dversion.string="
+                                             ,version))
+                      (with-directory-excursion "build"
+                        (invoke "ant" "-f" "release.xml" "release-jar")) #t))
+                  (replace 'check
+                    (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (if tests?
+                          (begin
+                            (setenv "ANT_OPTS"
+                                    (string-append "-Dversion.string="
+                                                   ,version))
+                            (mkdir-p "tests/testlib")
+                            (with-directory-excursion "build"
+                              (invoke "ant" "-f" "release.xml"
+                                      "generate-test-images")
+                              (invoke "ant" "test"))) #f)))
+                  (replace 'install
+                    (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                             (lib (string-append out "/lib"))
+                             (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                             (bash (search-input-file inputs "bin/bash"))
+                             (java (search-input-file inputs "bin/java"))
+                             (jre (search-input-directory inputs "jre"))
+                             (ditaa (string-append out "/bin/ditaa"))
+                             (jar-name (string-append ,name
+                                                      ,version ".jar")))
+                        (with-directory-excursion "releases"
+                          (install-file jar-name lib))
+                        (mkdir-p bin)
+                        (with-output-to-file ditaa
+                          (lambda ()
+                            (display (string-append "#!"
+                                                    bash
+                                                    "\n"
+                                                    "JAVA_HOME="
+                                                    jre
+                                                    " "
+                                                    java
+                                                    " -jar "
+                                                    out
+                                                    "/lib/"
+                                                    jar-name
+                                                    " $@"))))
+                        (chmod ditaa #o755)) #t))
+                  (add-after 'install 'install-docs
+                    (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (let ((doc (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                                                "/share/doc/")))
+                        (for-each (lambda (filen)
+                                    (install-file filen doc))
+                                  (find-files "." ".*README\\.md"))) #t)))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/stathissideris/ditaa")
+    (synopsis "Create graphics from ascii art")
+    (description
+     "ditaa is a small command-line utility 
+that converts diagrams drawn using ascii art 
+('drawings' that contain characters that resemble lines like | / - ), 
+into proper bitmap graphics.")
+    (license license:lgpl3)))
+
+
+
+
+
