mansplain

convert npm man links to html anchor elements

a tool for converting man-style links to clickable html anchor elements. made p specifically for the npm cli reference

installation

npm install mansplain

usage

default usage:

const mansplain = require('mansplain');
 
var input = "<li>npm-cmd(9)</li>";
var result = mansplain({ input: input });
console.log(result);
 
//=> '<li><a href="cmd">cmd</a></li>'

opts:

mansplain can take 3 arguments:

• input: a string to be converted

• skip: a boolean, if set to true, mansplain will skip the first match, e.g.:

  var input = '<li>npm-cmd(9)</li><li>npm-install(1)</li>'
  var result = mansplain({ input: input, skip: true});
  console.log(result);    
   
  //=> '<li>npm-cmd</li><li><a href="install">npm-install</a></li>'
   

• prefix: a hash, serves as a prefix for href value. ** DO NOT INCLUDE A TRAILING OR LEADING SLASH **

  var input = "<li>npm-cmd(1)</li>";
  var result = mansplain({ input: input, prefix: { 1:'cli'}});
  console.log(result);
   
  //=> '<li><a href="cli/cmd">cmd</a></li>'

testing

this package uses mocha framework and the chai assertion library for testing.

npm test

notes

• matches on a word with digits, hypens, or periods followed by (n), where n is a single digit
• will remove npm- prefix