code: def render_aafigure(self, text, options):
      
  
      fname = get_basename(text, options)
      fname = '%s.%s' % (get_basename(text, options), options['format'])
      if True: #TODO: hasattr(self.builder, 'imgpath'):
          # HTML
          #TODO relfn = posixpath.join(self.builder.imgpath, fname)
          relfn = '_build/html/_images/' + fname
          #TODO: outfn = path.join(self.builder.outdir, '_images', fname)
          outfn = '/home/luca/repos/aafigure/documentation/_build/html/_images/' + fname
      else:
          # LaTeX
          relfn = fname
          outfn = path.join(self.builder.outdir, fname)
      metadata_fname = '%s.aafig' % outfn
  
      try:
          if path.isfile(outfn):
              extra = None
              if options['format'].lower() == 'svg':
                  f = None
                  try:
                      try:
                          f = file(metadata_fname, 'r')
                          extra = f.read()
                      except:
                          raise AafigError()
                  finally:
                      if f is not None:
                          f.close()
              return relfn, outfn, id, extra
      except AafigError:
          pass
  
      ensuredir(path.dirname(outfn))
  
      try:
          (visitor, output) = aafigure.render(text, outfn, options)
  	output.close()
      except aafigure.UnsupportedFormatError, e:
          raise AafigError(str(e))
  
      extra = None
      if options['format'].lower() == 'svg':
          extra = visitor.get_size_attrs()
          f = file(metadata_fname, 'w')
          f.write(extra)
          f.close()
  
      return relfn, outfn, id, extra
docs: Render an ASCII art figure into the requested format output file.