Console Markdown

Change the console's style using markdown. Easy to use, with no setup required.

This package uses an implementation of marked for the Markdown syntax, and chalkdart for the console styling.

Features

• No setup required
• Symbol markdown syntax
• Tags markdown, HTML-like syntax
• Optional strict markdown syntax, to avoid mistakes

Getting started

Install it using pub:

dart pub add console_markdown

And import the package:

import 'package:console_markdown/console_markdown.dart';

Usage

Apply the markdown to a string using the ConsoleMarkdown.apply() method:

print(ConsoleMarkdown.apply('Hello **World**!'));

You can also use the string.toConsole() extension method:

print('Hello, **world**!'.toConsole());

print(
  '''
    Hello **World**!
    __Looks *pretty* easy__
    
    <console color="red" background="black" bold> Console Markdown </console>
  '''.toConsole();
)

Markdown Cheatsheet

Symbols

Symbol	Property	Example	Result
**	bold	**text**	text
*	italic	*text*	text
__	underline	__text__	text
~~	strikethrough	~~text~~	text
^	superscript	^text^	text
~	subscript	~text~	text
___	double-underline	___text___
!!	blink	!!text!!
!!!	rapid-blink	!!!text!!!
||	hidden	||text||
^^	inverse	^^text^^
`	dim	`text`

Tags

Tag	Property	Example
<b>	bold	<b>text</b>
<i>	italic	<i>text</i>
<u>	underline	<u>text</u>
<uu>	double-underline	<uu>text</uu>
<s>	strikethrough	<s>text</s>
<sup>	superscript	<sup>text</sup>
<sub>	subscript	<sub>text</sub>
<br>	line break	<br>
<reset>	reset	<reset>text
<overline>	overline	<overline>text</overline>

Note: All Symbol property names can be used as a tag.

Colors

The following colors are available as tags:

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white
• gray

Using the flag background, you can set the background color of the text.

Dynamic Tags

Dynamic Tag	Property	Example	Description
<console>	console	<console color="red" background="#000000" bold>text</console>	All property names above can be used as a tag property.
<rgb(r, g, b)>	rgb	<rgb(255, 0, 0)>text</rgb>	Can be set as a background by adding a background property.
<hex([#]...)>	hex	<hex(#ff0000)>text</hex>	Can be set as a background by adding a background property.
<#...>	short hex	<#ff0000>text</#>	Can be set as a background by adding a background property.

Markdown syntax alternatives

If you're feeling paranoid about performance, you can use simpler versions of the markdown with only certain placeholders.

Markdown	Description
ConsoleMarkdownSymbols	Contains all symbols only.
ConsoleMarkdownBasic	Contains only the console tag, which can be used to set any of the other properties.
ConsoleMarkdown	Contains all markdown syntax.

Example

import 'package:console_markdown/console_markdown.dart';

void main() {
  print(
    '''
      Hello **World**!
      __Looks *pretty* easy__

      <console color="red" background="black" bold> Console Markdown </console>
    '''.toConsole()
  );
}