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# NAME

App::Greple::md - Greple module for Markdown syntax highlighting

# SYNOPSIS

    greple -Mmd file.md

    greple -Mmd --mode=dark -- file.md

    greple -Mmd --base-color=Crimson -- file.md

    greple -Mmd --cm h1=RD -- file.md

    greple -Mmd --no-table -- file.md

# DESCRIPTION

**App::Greple::md** is a [greple](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3AGreple) module for viewing
Markdown files in the terminal with syntax highlighting.

It colorizes headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code,
fenced code blocks, HTML comments, blockquotes, horizontal rules,
links, and images.  Tables are formatted with aligned columns and
optional Unicode box-drawing borders.  Links become clickable via
OSC 8 terminal hyperlinks in supported terminals.

Nested elements are handled with cumulative coloring: for example,
a link inside a heading retains both its link color and the heading
background color.

For a complete Markdown viewing experience with line folding,
multi-column output, and themes, see [App::mdee](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3Amdee), which uses this
module as its highlighting engine.

# MODULE OPTIONS

Module options are specified before `--` to separate them from
greple's own options:

    greple -Mmd --mode=dark --cm h1=RD -- file.md

## **-m** _MODE_, **--mode**=_MODE_

Set color mode.  Available modes are `light` (default) and `dark`.

    greple -Mmd -m dark -- file.md

## **-B** _COLOR_, **--base-color**=_COLOR_

Override the base color used for headings, bold, links, and other
elements.  Accepts a named color (e.g., `Crimson`, `DarkCyan`) or a
[Term::ANSIColor::Concise](https://metacpan.org/pod/Term%3A%3AANSIColor%3A%3AConcise) color spec.

    greple -Mmd -B Crimson -- file.md

## **--\[no-\]table**

Enable or disable table formatting.  When enabled (default),
Markdown tables (3 or more consecutive pipe-delimited rows) are
formatted with aligned columns using [App::ansicolumn](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3Aansicolumn).

    greple -Mmd --no-table -- file.md

## **--\[no-\]rule**

Enable or disable Unicode box-drawing characters for table borders.
When enabled (default), ASCII pipe characters (`|`) are replaced
with vertical lines (`│`), and separator row dashes become
horizontal rules (`─`) with corner pieces (`├`,
`┤`, `┼`).

    greple -Mmd --no-rule -- file.md

## **--cm** _LABEL_=_SPEC_

Override the color for a specific element.  _LABEL_ is one of
the color labels listed in ["COLOR LABELS"](#color-labels).  _SPEC_ follows
[Term::ANSIColor::Concise](https://metacpan.org/pod/Term%3A%3AANSIColor%3A%3AConcise) format and supports `sub{...}`
function specs via [Getopt::EX::Colormap](https://metacpan.org/pod/Getopt%3A%3AEX%3A%3AColormap).

    greple -Mmd --cm h1=RD -- file.md
    greple -Mmd --cm bold='${base}D' -- file.md

## **--hashed** _LEVEL_=_VALUE_

Append closing hashes to headings.  For example, `### Title`
becomes `### Title ###`.  Set per heading level:

    greple -Mmd --hashed h3=1 --hashed h4=1 -- file.md

## **--show** _LABEL_\[=_VALUE_\]

Control which elements are highlighted.  This is useful for
focusing on specific elements or disabling unwanted highlighting.

    greple -Mmd --show bold=0 -- file.md          # disable bold
    greple -Mmd --show all= --show h1 -- file.md  # only h1

`--show LABEL=0` or `--show LABEL=` disables the label.
`--show LABEL` or `--show LABEL=1` enables it.
`all` is a special key that sets all labels at once.

# CONFIGURATION

Module parameters can also be set using the `config()` function
in the `-M` declaration:

    greple -Mmd::config(mode=dark,base_color=Crimson) file.md

Nested hash parameters use dot notation:

    greple -Mmd::config(hashed.h3=1,hashed.h4=1) file.md

Available parameters:

    mode          light or dark (default: light)
    base_color    base color override
    table         table formatting (default: 1)
    rule          box-drawing characters (default: 1)
    osc8          OSC 8 hyperlinks (default: 1)
    hashed.h1-h6  closing hashes per level (default: 0)

## OSC 8 Hyperlinks

Links are converted to clickable OSC 8 terminal hyperlinks in
supported terminals (iTerm2, Kitty, WezTerm, Ghostty, etc.).
Disable with:

    greple -Mmd::config(osc8=0) file.md

# COLOR LABELS

The following labels identify colorizable elements.  Use them
with `--cm` to customize colors or `--show` to control
visibility.

## Code

    code_mark        Code delimiters (fences and backticks)
    code_info        Fenced code block info string (language name)
    code_block       Fenced code block body
    code_inline      Inline code body

## Headings

    h1 - h6          Heading levels 1 through 6

## Inline Formatting

    bold             Bold (**text** or __text__)
    italic           Italic (*text* or _text_)
    strike           Strikethrough (~~text~~)

## Block Elements

    blockquote       Blockquote marker (>)
    horizontal_rule  Horizontal rules (---, ***, ___)
    comment          HTML comments (<!-- ... -->)

## Links

    link             Inline links [text](url)
    image            Images ![alt](url)
    image_link       Image links [![alt](img)](url)

# SEE ALSO

- [App::mdee](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3Amdee)

    Markdown viewer command with line folding, table formatting,
    multi-column layout, and themes.  Uses this module for syntax
    highlighting.

- [App::Greple](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3AGreple)

    General-purpose extensible grep tool that hosts this module.

- [Term::ANSIColor::Concise](https://metacpan.org/pod/Term%3A%3AANSIColor%3A%3AConcise)

    Concise ANSI color specification format used for color labels.

- [App::ansicolumn](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3Aansicolumn)

    ANSI-aware column formatting used for table alignment.

# AUTHOR

Kazumasa Utashiro

# LICENSE

Copyright 2025-2026 Kazumasa Utashiro.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.