Crate smart_markdown 

Parse and render Markdown to ANSI-styled terminal output.

Quick start

One-shot rendering to a string:

use smart_markdown::render_to_string;

let output = render_to_string("# Hello\n\n**bold** and *italic*\n", 80);
println!("{output}");

Live in-place terminal rendering with cursor control:

use smart_markdown::Markdown;

let mut md = Markdown::parse("# Loading...\n\n*please wait*");
md.render(); // prints to stdout with ANSI escape codes

// Update content and re-render in-place
// (requires modifying parsed elements — see append_to_cell, set_cell_content)

Streaming LLM output with real-time table updates:

use smart_markdown::{StreamRenderer, ThemeMode, is_light_terminal};

let width = 80;
let theme = if is_light_terminal() { ThemeMode::Light } else { ThemeMode::Dark };
let mut sr = StreamRenderer::new(width, theme)
    .with_ascii_table_borders(true);

// Feed chunks as they arrive from the LLM
for line in sr.push("# Hello\n\n") {
    println!("{line}");
}
for line in sr.push("| Name | Value |\n") {
    println!("{line}");
}
for line in sr.push("|------|-------|\n") {
    println!("{line}");
}
// Table will render and re-render as new rows are added
for line in sr.push("| CPU  | 45%   |\n") {
    println!("{line}");
}
for line in sr.push("| Mem  | 67%   |\n") {
    println!("{line}");
}
for line in sr.flush_remaining() {
    println!("{line}");
}

Re-exports

pub use highlight::ThemeMode;

Modules

highlight

Syntax highlighting for fenced code blocks.

Structs

Markdown

A parsed Markdown document with support for live in-place terminal rendering.

StreamRenderer

Incrementally renders markdown text chunks as they arrive.

Functions

is_light_terminal

Returns true if the terminal background is light-colored.

render_to_string

Render a markdown string to a single String with ANSI styling.