Term plugin for GitBook

This is the term plugin, based on the innovative terminal plugin by David Mogar. However, it is much cleaner and more intuitive to use, and works on all backends.

How can I use this plugin?

Add the following to your gitbook:

"plugins" : [ "term" ],

This will set up everything for you. If you want some more control over the behaviour or the style of your term, just add this section too:

"pluginsConfig": {
  "term": {
    "copyButtons": false,
    "fade": false,
    "style": "classic",
  }
}

The following are valid options for either for a block in block mode or the config file:

Option	Default	Description
fade	true	Fade non-input parts on hover
copyButtons	true	Add the copy button
style	"default"	Pick the style (based on term)
prompt	regexp (below)	The string to search for and replace in block mode
linestyles	true	Add per line styles (warning and error)

Block based auto-colorization

The block based system using the GitBook block system and the keyword term. A named-group regular expression picks up the parts of your command line, and can be modified either in your defaults or per-block. This works in all backends, including the GitBook readme (json backend). When using this method, one copy button will be created that copies all commands.

The regular expression that is used by default is:

"(?<prompt>[^\\$^#^:]*)(?<pathsep>:?)(?<path>[^\\$^#]*?)(?<delimiter>[\\$#] )(?<command>.*)$"

The only requirement is that a named group "command" exist if you use copyButtons. The others are iterated in order and added as t-name spans. This default looks form something like prompt:path$ command (or #). You use it like this:

{% term lineStyles=true %}
foo@joe:~ $ ./myscript
Normal output line. Nothing special here...
But...
You can add some colors. What about a warning message?
[warning][WARNING] The color depends on the theme. Could look normal too
What about an error message?
[error][ERROR] This is not the error you are looking for

Language based method

You can also use a language based method, where you use triple-backticks followed by term as the language. This will work inside another block, but will not handle non-default color styles well, nor can you change the defaults.

Styles

Term has 6 styles:

• default: Looks just like normal GitBook. Until you hover.
• black: Just that good old black term everybody loves.
• classic: Looking for green color font over a black background? This is for you.
• flat: Oh, flat colors. I love flat colors. Everything looks modern with them.
• ubuntu: Admit it or not, but Ubuntu have a good looking term.
• white: Make your term to blend in with your GitBook.