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Inline Markdown (Deprecated) ​

The markdown and markdown-compile features are deprecated since Farben 0.18 and will be removed after 0.19 stable.

Use the inline feature instead. It integrates directly into the c* macro family (no separate mdprint! / mdprintln! / md_fmt! macros), supports compile-time processing with the compile feature, and works the same way across stdout, stderr, and writer variants.

Migration ​

toml
# Before (deprecated)
farben = { version = "...", features = ["markdown"] }
# or
farben = { version = "...", features = ["markdown-compile"] }

# After
farben = { version = "...", features = ["inline"] }

Replace mdprintln! and related macros with their c* equivalents:

rust
use farben::prelude::*;

// Before (deprecated):
// mdprintln!("**bold** and *italic*");

// After:
cprintln!("*bold* and /italic/");

See the Inline Syntax guide for the full syntax reference.

Old Syntax Reference ​

The deprecated markdown feature supported:

  • **bold**
  • *italic*, _italic_
  • __underline__
  • ~~strikethrough~~
  • `inline code`

Block-level elements like headings and lists were never supported.

Why the Change ​

The markdown feature required a separate family of macros (mdprint!, mdprintln!, md_fmt!, etc.) and a separate compile-time code path. The inline feature eliminates this duplication by applying inline syntax processing as a transparent pre-processing pass before the standard Farben pipeline. Every existing macro benefits automatically.