Add support for bat for markdown rendering

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4e3349315d58fe4a047293e1a7dc431e76fa39a..d5cdc9aec158e71099949eab3154075b8569d6f7 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This will run every test in the default configuration.
 
 ### Optional
 
-- [glow](https://repology.org/project/glow/packages) for rendering markdown in the terminal
+- [glow](https://repology.org/project/glow/packages) or [bat](https://repology.org/project/bat-cat/packages) for rendering markdown in the terminal
 - [cabal](https://repology.org/project/cabal/packages) for compiling the helper program for creating configurations
 
 ## Configuration

diff --git a/xdg-ninja.sh b/xdg-ninja.sh
index e16bd7120cafd042a0522d8ea4983458f702fdd2..c7b4ab21d9fcf313a4ad4030a8547c6f70c244dc 100755 (executable)
--- a/xdg-ninja.sh
+++ b/xdg-ninja.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 
-USE_GLOW=true
-if ! command -v glow >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-    printf "Glow not found, markdown rendering not available.\n"
+USE_GLOW=false
+USE_BAT=false
+if command -v glow >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    USE_GLOW=true
+elif command -v bat >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    USE_BAT=true
+else
+    printf "Glow or bat not found, markdown rendering not available.\n"
     printf "Output will be raw markdown and might look weird.\n"
-    printf "Install glow for easier reading & copy-paste.\n"
-    USE_GLOW=false
+    printf "Install glow or bat for easier reading & copy-paste.\n"
 fi
 
 unalias -a
@@ -123,6 +127,8 @@ log() {
     HELP)
         if $USE_GLOW; then
             printf "%s" "$HELP" | glow -
+        elif $USE_BAT; then
+            printf "%s" "$HELP" | bat -pp -f --language markdown
         else
             printf "%s" "$HELP"
         fi