Mermaid export gives error and doesn't produce an output file

[st034013]

cwd:/
command: c:\Users\st034013.vscode\extensions\gruntfuggly.mermaid-export-0.0.8/node_modules/.bin/mmdc -t default -i "c:\temp\mermaid-ETR.mmd" -o "c:\temp\mermaid-ETR.png"
The system cannot find the path specified.

I've not modified settings after default install - is it expecting a config or CSS file?

I created some with example settings in, but still no joy:
cwd:/
command:c:\Users\st034013.vscode\extensions\gruntfuggly.mermaid-export-0.0.8/node_modules/.bin/mmdc -t default -c "c:\temp\mermaid-export.config" -C "c:\temp\mermaid-export.css" -i "c:\temp\mermaid-ETR.mmd" -o "c:\temp\mermaid-ETR.png"
The system cannot find the path specified.

[matthewcorven]

@st034013 I ran into this as well. I found that the C:\Users\[YOUR USER]\.vscode\extensions\gruntfuggly.mermaid-export-0.0.8\node_modules directory doesn't contain a .bin subdirectory.

Workaround:

cd "C:\Users\[YOUR USER]\.vscode\extensions\gruntfuggly.mermaid-export-0.0.8"
npm i

That created my .bin directory with many package scripts including mmdc/mmdc.cmd/mmdc.ps.

Note that this requires you have Nodejs & NPM installed.

[gazzar]

I also ran into this. I tried @matthewcorven's suggestion, which failed for me (I think because of some broken npm thing - it might be just my system). My hacky workaround was to just globally install the mermaid cli tool https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-cli then hack the C:[USER].vscode\extensions\gruntfuggly.mermaid-export-0.0.8\extension.js file to remove the explicit path to a locally-installed mmdc, as follows:

-- replace this --
  var command = context.extensionPath + "/node_modules/.bin/mmdc -t " + config.get( 'theme' );
-- with this --
  var command = "mmdc -t " + config.get( 'theme' );

[gnogueira-lgc]

The repo doesn't seem to be active anymore, as we have the same error from 2019. See #7