markdownlint-cli2-formatter-pretty

An output formatter for markdownlint-cli2 that looks like markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default with color and clickable links

Install

npm install markdownlint-cli2-formatter-pretty --save-dev

Use

To enable this formatter, use the following .markdownlint-cli2.jsonc:

{
  "outputFormatters": [
    [ "markdownlint-cli2-formatter-pretty" ]
  ]
}

Many terminals support color, but support for clickable links (implemented by terminal-link) is not as widespread. Where possible, rule names in output are rendered as clickable links with information about the rule.

To append informational links to the output instead (which may be clickable):

{
  "outputFormatters": [
    [ "markdownlint-cli2-formatter-pretty", { "appendLink": true } ]
  ]
}

Example

As an image:

And as text (which may have its formatting removed by GitHub, etc.):

dir/about.md:1:3 error MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading [Context: "#  About  #"]
dir/about.md:1:10 error MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading [Context: "#  About  #"]
dir/about.md:4 error MD032/blanks-around-lists Lists should be surrounded by blank lines [Context: "1. List"]
dir/about.md:5:1 error MD029/ol-prefix Ordered list item prefix [Expected: 2; Actual: 3; Style: 1/2/3]
dir/subdir/info.md:1 error MD022/blanks-around-headings Headings should be surrounded by blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 0; Below] [Context: "## Information"]
dir/subdir/info.md:1 error MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1 First line in a file should be a top-level heading [Context: "## Information"]
dir/subdir/info.md:2:7 error MD038/no-space-in-code Spaces inside code span elements [Context: "` code1`"]
dir/subdir/info.md:2:26 error MD038/no-space-in-code Spaces inside code span elements [Context: "`code2 `"]
dir/subdir/info.md:4 warning MD012/no-multiple-blanks Multiple consecutive blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 2]
viewme.md:3:10 error MD009/no-trailing-spaces Trailing spaces [Expected: 0 or 2; Actual: 1]
viewme.md:5 warning MD012/no-multiple-blanks Multiple consecutive blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 2]
viewme.md:6 error MD025/single-title/single-h1 Multiple top-level headings in the same document [Context: "Description"]
viewme.md:12:4 error MD019/no-multiple-space-atx Multiple spaces after hash on atx style heading [Context: "##  Summary"]
viewme.md:14:14 warning MD047/single-trailing-newline Files should end with a single newline character