Does remark-html work only from the command line?

[kahwee]

I encounter an issue when trying to use only command line to execute remark. This is my .remarkrc

{
  "output": true,
  "plugins": {
    "lint": {
      "no-shell-dollars": false
    },
    "github": true,
    "comment-config": true,
    "toc": true,
    "validate-links": true,
    "html": true
  },
  "settings": {
    "commonmark": true,
    "bullet": "*"
  }
}

I then execute

remark history.md --output history.html

This does not seem to work. Is remark-html intended to be used in conjunction with .remarkrc or do I have to do this programmatically.

Thanks.

[wooorm]

Please provide more information, such as version numbers, contents of files.

remark-html works with .remarkrc files on the CLI, and programatically on the API.

P.S. Read the docs/

[kahwee]

I upload my files to GitHub: https://github.com/kahwee/remark-test2

The exact error message is:

> remark testing.md --output testing.html

testing.md
        1:1  error    Error: Invalid value `true` for setting `options`
    at raise (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/remark/lib/utilities.js:37:11)
    at Of.compilerPrototype.setOptions (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/remark/lib/stringify.js:881:9)
    at Of.Compiler (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/remark/lib/stringify.js:822:10)
    at new Of (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/unherit/index.js:58:22)
    at Of.HTMLCompiler (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/remark-html/index.js:57:26)
    at Processor.stringify (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/unified/index.js:226:16)
    at Ware.stringify (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/remark/lib/cli/file-pipeline/stringify.js:56:35)
    at Ware.<anonymous> (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/wrap-fn/index.js:75:16)
    at Ware.<anonymous> (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/wrap-fn/index.js:57:27)
    at next (/Users/kahwee/projects/remark-test2/node_modules/ware/lib/index.js:85:20)

✖ 1 error

To execute the test, run npm run build

Pardon me if I missed some details in remark docs.

Thanks.

[wooorm]

Oh I see, don't use 'true' as the value for the keys in '.remarkrc', instead use 'null', in which case they default to an empty object!

[kahwee]

Hey thank you @wooorm, that explains.

Do you mind if I contact you through email? I want to improve Node.js guides generator based on nodejs/node#4866

I want to know what your thoughts on how I should be implementing this where there is a template involved. Should I fork remark-html to do this?