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Render a markdown draft to HTML email body

Source: R/mc_md_render.R
mc_md_render.Rd

Reads a markdown file, strips everything above the first --- separator (header metadata), converts the remaining markdown to HTML, inlines table styles for Gmail compatibility, and appends the New Graph signature.

Usage

mc_md_render(path, sig = TRUE, sig_path = NULL)

Arguments

path

Path to the markdown draft file.

sig

Logical. Append a signature? Default TRUE.

sig_path

Path to a custom signature HTML file. Default NULL uses the bundled New Graph signature. Ignored when sig = FALSE.

Value

A character string of HTML ready for mc_send().

Details

Gmail strips <style> blocks from HTML emails. This function adds inline styles to <table>, <th>, and <td> elements so tables render correctly.

The markdown file should follow the compost template format:

# Email to Recipient - Topic

**Subject:** ...

**To:** ...

---

Hi Name,

Body text here.

Everything above and including the --- line is stripped. Everything below is converted to HTML.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
html <- mc_md_render("communications/20260222_brandon_cottonwood_draft.md")
cat(html)
} # }