Document how to implement custom marks

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
data-visualization, documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the Mark class and reviewing its existing public API and documentation patterns. Document how to implement custom marks and describe the Mark class API; the work is done when a newcomer can follow the documentation to create a custom mark and understand the available API.

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Description

documentation

And in particular, the API of the Mark class, which is currently undocumented.

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