Crates.io | mdcat |
lib.rs | mdcat |
version | 2.2.0 |
source | src |
created_at | 2018-01-19 15:24:53.062469 |
updated_at | 2024-07-11 09:16:56.549027 |
description | cat for markdown: Show markdown documents in terminals |
homepage | https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat |
repository | https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat |
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Fancy cat
for Markdown (that is, CommonMark):
$ mdcat sample.md
mdcat in WezTerm, with "One Light (base16)", "Gruvbox Light", and "Darcula (base16)" (from left to right), and JetBrains Mono as font.
mdcat
works best with iTerm2, WezTerm, and kitty, and a good terminal font with italic characters.
Then it
Terminal | Basic syntax | Syntax highlighting | Images | Jump marks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Basic ANSI¹ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Windows 10 console | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Terminology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
iTerm2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓³ | ✓ |
kitty | ✓ | ✓ | ✓³ | |
WezTerm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓³ | |
VSCode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓³ |
Not supported:
Try mdcat --help
or read the mdcat(1) manpage.
mdcat
manually with cargo install mdcat
(see below for details).mdcat
can be linked or copied to mdless
; if invoked as mdless
it automatically uses pagination.
Run cargo build --release
.
The resulting mdcat
executable links against the system's SSL library, i.e. openssl on Linux.
To build a self-contained executable use cargo build --features=static
; the resulting executable uses a pure Rust SSL implementation.
It still uses the system's CA roots however.
The build process also generates the following additional files in $OUT_DIR
:
mdcat
and mdless
, in completions
sub-directory.mdcat.1
manpage, build from mdcat.1.adoc
with the asciidoctor
command from AsciiDoctor.
If asciidoctor
is not found the build script prints a warning.These additional artifacts are included in the release builds. If you package mdcat you may want to include these files too.
You may also want to include an mdless
link to mdcat
(see above).
mdcat
can output extensive tracing information when asked to.
Run mdcat
with $MDCAT_LOG=trace
for complete tracing information, or with $MDCAT_LOG=mdcat::render=trace
to trace only rendering.
Copyright Sebastian Wiesner sebastian@swsnr.de
Binaries are subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0, see LICENSE.
Most of the source is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0, see LICENSE, unless otherwise noted; some files are subject to the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, see http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0