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Isn't this just opening the drawio editor in vscode? What's the point? (genuine question)

1. It uses the offline version, running locally.

2. The files are saved on my filesystem, which would be more of a hassle to keep in sync if I used the online version.

3. It slightly lowers the friction for me to work on a diagram, which completely changes how often I instinctively reach for a tool.

Plus that "embed in png" feature (assuming it is ever stable enough for release) looks genuinely useful for source controlling editable images that would appear automatically in something like README.md.

AFAIK you can do this with the official offline version too.

What's the point of embedding it in vscode especially?

See point 3.

The diagram can be part of documentation of the code in the the same working directory, possibly version controlled.

It is going to be very useful to be able to just edit the diagram within the same editor as the rest of the files in the same working directory. You just double click the file in VS Code, and it opens there.

I am looking forward for the completion of the PNG part so that it is even more seamless.

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