gitbook-plugin-mel-core

Styled hint blocks in your docs

This plugins requires gitbook >=2.0.0.

Install

Add the below to your book.json file, then run gitbook install :

{
    "plugins": ["hints"]
}

Usage

You can now provide hints in various ways using the hint tag.

{% hint style='info' %}
Important info: this note needs to be highlighted
{% endhint %}

The above example will produce a styled alert, with an icon:

<div class="alert alert-info hints-alert">
  <div class="hints-icon"><i class="fa fa-info"></i></div>
  <div class="hints-container">
    <p>Important info: this note needs to be highlighted</p>
  </div>
</div>

Available styles are:

• info (default)
• tip
• danger
• working

Configuration

You can specify custom classes for the icons (or none) in your book.json:

{
    "plugins": ["hints"],
    "pluginsConfig": {
        "hints": {
            "info": "fa fa-info-circle",
            "tip": "fa fa-mortar-board",
            "danger": "fa fa-exclamation-cicle",
            "working": "fa fa-wrench"
        }
    }
}