en-US/about_PSDocs_Options.help.txt
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about_psdocs_options SHORT DESCRIPTION Describes additional options that can be used during markdown generation. LONG DESCRIPTION PSDocs lets you use options when calling Invoke-PSDocument to change how documents are generated. This topic describes what options are available, when to and how to use them. Options can be used by: - Using the -Option parameter of Invoke-PSDocument with an object created with New-PSDocumentOption - Using the -Option parameter of Invoke-PSDocument with a hash table - Using the -Option parameter of Invoke-PSDocument with a YAML file - Configuring the default options file .psdocs.yml As mentioned above, a options object can be created with New-PSDocumentOption see cmdlet help for syntax and examples. When using a hash table, @{}, one or more options can be specified with the -Option parameter using a dotted notation. For example: $option = @{ 'markdown.wrapseparator' = ' '; 'markdown.encoding' = 'UTF8' }; Invoke-PSDocument -Path . -Option $option; markdown.wrapseparator is an example of an option that can be used. Please see the following sections for other options can be used. Another option is to use an external file, formatted as YAML, instead of having to create an options object manually each time. This YAML file canbe used with Invoke-PSDocument to quickly build documentation in a repeatable way. YAML properties are specified using lower camel case, for example: markdown: wrapSeparator: '\' By default PSDocs will automatically look for a file named psdocs.yml inthe current working directory. Alternatively, you can specify a YAML file inthe -Option parameter. For example: Invoke-PSDocument -Path . -Option '.\myconfig.yml'. wrap separator This option specifies the character/string to use when wrapping lines in a table cell. When a table cell contains CR and LF characters, these characters must be substituted so that the table in rendered correctly because they also have special meaning in markdown. By default a single space is used. However different markdown parsers maybe able to natively render a line break using alternative combinations such as ` or <br />`. This option can be specified using: # PowerShell: Using the Markdown.WrapSeparator hash table key $option = New-PSDocumentOption -Option @{ 'Markdown.WrapSeparator' = '\' } # psdocs.yml: Using the markdown/wrapSeparator YAML property markdown: wrapSeparator: '\' encoding Sets the text encoding used for markdown output files. One of the following values can be used: - Default - UTF8 - UTF7 - Unicode - UTF32 - ASCII By default Default is used which is UTF-8 without byte order mark (BOM) is used. This option can be specified using: # PowerShell: Using the Markdown.Encoding hash table key $option = New-PSDocumentOption -Option @{ 'Markdown.Encoding' = 'UTF8' } # psdocs.yml: Using the markdown/encoding YAML property markdown: encoding: UTF8 Additionally Invoke-PSDocument has a -Encoding parameter. When the -Encoding parameter is used, it always takes precedence over an encoding set through -Option or psdocs.yml. Prior to PSDocs v0.4.0 the only encoding supported was ASCII. skip empty sections From PSDocs v0.5.0 onward, Section blocks that are empty are omitted from markdown output by default. i.e. Markdown.SkipEmptySections is $True. To include empty sections (PSDocs v0.4.0 or older) in markdown outputeither use the -Force parameter on a specific Section block or set Markdown.SkipEmptySections = $False. This option can be specified using: # PowerShell: Using the Markdown.SkipEmptySections hash table key $option = New-PSDocumentOption -Option @{ 'Markdown.SkipEmptySections' = $False } # psdocs.yml: Using the markdown/skipEmptySections YAML property markdown: skipEmptySections: false EXAMPLES example psdocs.yml # Set markdown options markdown: # Use UTF-8 with BOM encoding: UTF8 skipEmptySections: false wrapSeparator: '\' default psdocs.yml # These are the default options. # Only properties that differ from the default values need to be specified. markdown: encoding: Default skipEmptySections: true wrapSeparator: ' ' NOTE An online version of this document is available at https://github.com/Bernie hite/PSDocs/blob/master/docs/concepts/PSDocs/en-US/about_PSDocs_Options.md. SEE ALSO - - KEYWORDS - Options - Markdown - PSDocument |