I have a README.md (markdown syntax) that I want to print out to the console using node.js.
Is this possible?
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1first off, why do you wish to print to the console? and what do you wish to print: html or markdown (or ascii or manpage etc.)?fbstj– fbstj2011-05-24 16:54:26 +00:00Commented May 24, 2011 at 16:54
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First install markdown-js (https://github.com/evilstreak/markdown-js)
$ npm install markdown-js
Then make a javascript:
var markdown = require("markdown-js");
var fs = require("fs");
var str = fs.readFileSync("filename.md", "utf8");
var result = markdown.makeHtml(str);
console.log(result);
4 Comments
Raynos
-1 for recommending
readFileSync. Please use asynchronous commands.
generalhenry
for scripts that exit after the first tic async is pointless. It's not like the Sync is inside a response handler.
Rob Raisch
+1 agreed, for one-offs like this, async offers nothing but complexity.
Sveisvei
Of course you should always write async if its a server/service etc, but that was not the nature of the question - and might* have taken away the main point.
npm i -g marky-markdown
marky-markdown input.md > output.html
cat output.html
npmjs display pages use Maruku markdown. If you want to see how they will be displayed use the npm package marky-markdown as this is what npmjs uses. A full description is available on their blog.
