Using Markdown in text and table widgets

Helix IPLM's 'text' and 'table' type widgets support the Showdown Markdown Language. Some example text widgets that use Markdown language are shown below. Currently Markdown is not supported for other widget types.

Code block

Text widget in Markdown

pi ip attr set tutorial.tutorial@1.TRUNK my_code_block '{"display":"text", "data": ["``` \n pi ip load tutorial.cpu myws \n Loading IPV 'tutorial.cpu@2.TRUNK' into Workspace '/tmp/workspaces/myws'. \n ┌────────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────┬───────────────┐ \n │ NAME               │      VERSION      │  MODE │ RELATIVE PATH │\n ╞════════════════════╪═══════════════════╪═══════╪═══════════════╡ \n │ tutorial.cpu       │      2.TRUNK      │ Local │ cpu           │ \n │ tutorial.bist_sram │      1.TRUNK      │ Local │ bist_sram     | \n │ tutorial.gen_dig   │ LATEST.TRUNK [@2] │ Local │ gen_dig       │ \n │ tutorial.proj_tech │      1.TRUNK      │ Local │ proj_tech     │ \n └────────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────┴───────────────┘ \n ```"]}'

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Escaping characters

Escaping characters in Markdown is accomplished using double backslash characters.

Escaping Characters in Markdown

 pi ip attr set tutorial.adc escaped '{"display":"text","data":[{"title":"Escaped Char","text":"Backslash escape tests:\nbackslash: \\ \nbacktick: \\`\nasterisk: \\*\nunderscore: \\_\ncurly braces: \\{\\}\nsquare brackets: \\[\\]\nparenthesis: \\(\\)\nhash mark: \\#\nplus sign: \\+\nminus sign: \\-\ndot: \\.\nexclamation mark: \\!\n_emphasis_\n__strong__"}]}'

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Emojis

Emojis in Markdown

> pi ip attribute set tutorial.padring@1.TRUNK emojis '{"display":"text","data": ["this is a :smile: emoji :+1: :ghost: :jack_o_lantern:"]}'