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Set-MarkdownOption

SYNOPSIS

Sets the colors and styles used for rendering Markdown content in the console.

SYNTAX

IndividualSetting (Default)

Set-MarkdownOption [-Header1Color <String>] [-Header2Color <String>] [-Header3Color <String>]
 [-Header4Color <String>] [-Header5Color <String>] [-Header6Color <String>] [-Code <String>]
 [-ImageAltTextForegroundColor <String>] [-LinkForegroundColor <String>] [-ItalicsForegroundColor <String>]
 [-BoldForegroundColor <String>] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]

Theme

Set-MarkdownOption [-PassThru] -Theme <String> [<CommonParameters>]

InputObject

Set-MarkdownOption [-PassThru] [-InputObject] <PSObject> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Sets the colors and styles used for rendering Markdown content in the console. These styles are defined using ANSI escape codes that change the color and style of the Markdown text being rendered.

For more information about Markdown, see the CommonMark (https://commonmark.org/)website.

> [!NOTE] > The string values used in the settings are the characters that follow the Escape character > (`[char]0x1B`) for the ANSI escape sequence. Do not include the Escape character in the > string. For more information about ANSI escape codes work, see > ANSI_escape_code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code).

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Switch to the Light Theme

Set-MarkdownOption -Theme Light -PassThru

Header1         : [7m
Header2         : [4;33m
Header3         : [4;34m
Header4         : [4;35m
Header5         : [4;36m
Header6         : [4;30m
Code            : [48;2;155;155;155;38;2;30;30;30m
Link            : [4;38;5;117m
Image           : [33m
EmphasisBold    : [1m
EmphasisItalics : [36m

Example 2 - Customize the color and style settings

$mdOptions = Get-MarkdownOption
$mdOptions.Header2 = '[93m'
$mdOptions.Header3 = '[94m'
$mdOptions.Header4 = '[95m'
$mdOptions.Header5 = '[96m'
$mdOptions.Header6 = '[97m'
Set-MarkdownOption -InputObject $mdOptions -PassThru

Header1         : [7m
Header2         : [93m
Header3         : [94m
Header4         : [95m
Header5         : [96m
Header6         : [97m
Code            : [48;2;155;155;155;38;2;30;30;31m
Link            : [4;38;5;117m
Image           : [33m
EmphasisBold    : [1m
EmphasisItalics : [36m

PARAMETERS

-BoldForegroundColor

Sets the foreground color for rendering bold Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Code

Sets the color for rendering code blocks and spans in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header1Color

Sets the color for rendering Header1 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header2Color

Sets the color for rendering Header2 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header3Color

Sets the color for rendering Header3 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header4Color

Sets the color for rendering Header4 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header5Color

Sets the color for rendering Header5 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Header6Color

Sets the color for rendering Header6 blocks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ImageAltTextForegroundColor

Sets the foreground color for rendering the alternate text of an image element in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-InputObject

A PSMarkdownOptionInfo object containing the configuration to be set.

Type: System.Management.Automation.PSObject
Parameter Sets: InputObject
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ItalicsForegroundColor

Sets the foreground color for rendering the italics in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-LinkForegroundColor

Sets the foreground color for rendering hyperlinks in Markdown text.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: IndividualSetting
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PassThru

Causes the cmdlet to output a PSMarkdownOptionInfo object containing the new configuration.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Theme

Selects a theme containing predefined color settings. The possible values are Dark and Light .

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Theme
Aliases:
Accepted values: Dark, Light

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject

OUTPUTS

Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender.PSMarkdownOptionInfo

NOTES

The string values used to define the color and style must match the regular expression `^[ [0-9;] ?m{1}`.

Get-MarkdownOption

ConvertFrom-Markdown

Show-Markdown

ANSI_escape_code

CommonMark

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