remark-stringify

Compiler for unified. Stringifies mdast syntax trees to markdown. Used in the remark processor but can be used on its own as well. Can be extended to change how markdown is parsed.

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Installation

npm:

npm install remark-stringify

Usage

var unified = require('unified')
var createStream = require('unified-stream')
var parse = require('remark-parse')
var toc = require('remark-toc')
var stringify = require('remark-stringify')

var processor = unified()
  .use(parse)
  .use(toc)
  .use(stringify, {
    bullet: '*',
    fence: '~',
    fences: true,
    incrementListMarker: false
  })

process.stdin.pipe(createStream(processor)).pipe(process.stdout)

Table of Contents

• API
  • processor.use(stringify[, options])
  • stringify.Compiler
• Extending the Compiler
  • Compiler#visitors
  • function visitor(node[, parent])
• License

API

processor.use(stringify[, options])

Configure the processor to stringify mdast syntax trees to markdown.

options

Options are passed directly, or passed later through processor.data().

options.gfm

Stringify with the required escapes for GFM compatible markdown (boolean, default: true).

• Escape pipes (|, for tables)
• Escape colons (:, for literal URLs)
• Escape tildes (~, for strike-through)

options.commonmark

Stringify for CommonMark compatible markdown (boolean, default: false).

• Compile adjacent blockquotes separately
• Escape more characters using slashes, instead of as entities

options.pedantic

Stringify for pedantic compatible markdown (boolean, default: false).

• Escape underscores in words

options.entities

How to stringify entities (string or boolean, default: false):

• true — Entities are generated for special HTML characters (& > &) and non-ASCII characters (© > ©). If named entities are not (widely) supported, numbered character references are used (’ > ’)
• 'numbers' — Numbered entities are generated (& > &) for special HTML characters and non-ASCII characters
• 'escape' — Special HTML characters are encoded (& > &, ’ > ’), non-ASCII characters not (ö persists)

options.setext

Compile headings, when possible, in Setext-style (boolean, default: false). Uses = for level one headings and - for level two headings. Other heading levels are compiled as ATX (respecting closeAtx).

options.closeAtx

Compile ATX headings with the same amount of closing hashes as opening hashes (boolean, default: false).

options.looseTable

Create tables without fences: initial and final pipes (boolean, default: false).

options.spacedTable

Create tables without spacing between pipes and content (boolean, default: true).

options.paddedTable

Create tables with padding in each cell so that they are the same size (boolean, default: true).

options.stringLength

Function passed to markdown-table to detect the length of a table cell (Function, default: s => s.length).

options.fence

Fence marker to use for code blocks ('~' or '`', default: '`').

options.fences

Stringify code blocks without language with fences (boolean, default: false).

options.bullet

Bullet marker to use for unordered list items ('-', '*', or '+', default: '-').

options.listItemIndent

How to indent the content from list items ('tab', 'mixed' or '1', default: 'tab').

• 'tab': use tab stops (4 spaces)
• '1': use one space
• 'mixed': use 1 for tight and tab for loose list items

options.incrementListMarker

Whether to increment ordered list item bullets (boolean, default: true).

options.rule

Marker to use for thematic breaks / horizontal rules ('-', '*', or '_', default: '*').

options.ruleRepetition

Number of markers to use for thematic breaks / horizontal rules (number, default: 3). Should be 3 or more.

options.ruleSpaces

Whether to pad thematic break (horizontal rule) markers with spaces (boolean, default true).

options.strong

Marker to use for importance ('_' or '*', default '*').

options.emphasis

Marker to use for emphasis ('_' or '*', default '_').

stringify.Compiler

Access to the raw compiler, if you need it.

Extending the Compiler

If this plugin is used, it adds a Compiler constructor to the processor. Other plugins can change and add visitors on the compiler’s prototype to change how markdown is stringified.

The below plugin modifies a visitor to add an extra blank line before level two headings.

module.exports = gap

function gap() {
  var Compiler = this.Compiler
  var visitors = Compiler.prototype.visitors
  var original = visitors.heading

  visitors.heading = heading

  function heading(node) {
    return (node.depth === 2 ? '\n' : '') + original.apply(this, arguments)
  }
}

Compiler#visitors

An object mapping node types to visitors.

function visitor(node[, parent])

Stringify node.

Parameters

• node (Node) — Node to compile
• parent (Node, optional) — Parent of node

Returns

string, the compiled given node.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer