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Example notebook

This notebook serves as a proof of principle for marimo-md-export.

You can view the original notebook at examples/notebook.py. The command used to convert it to a docs page is the just docs command in justfile.

Figures

x = np.linspace(0, 4 * np.pi, 300)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 3))
ax.plot(x, np.sin(x), label=r"$\sin(x)$")
ax.plot(x, np.exp(-x / 6) * np.sin(x), label=r"$e^{-x/6}\sin(x)$", ls="--")
ax.set_xlabel("x")
ax.legend()
fig

png

Tables

df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Quantity": ["Mean", "Variance", "Skewness"],
        "sin(x)": [0.0, 0.5, 0.0],
        "damped": [
            round(float(np.mean(np.exp(-x / 6) * np.sin(x))), 4),
            round(float(np.var(np.exp(-x / 6) * np.sin(x))), 4),
            None,
        ],
    }
)
df
Quantity sin(x) damped
Mean 0.0 0.0677
Variance 0.5 0.1094
Skewness 0.0

Console output

print(f"Number of points: {len(x)}")
print(f"x range: [{x[0]:.4f}, {x[-1]:.4f}]")
print(f"Mean of sin(x): {np.mean(np.sin(x)):.6f}")
Number of points: 300
x range: [0.0000, 12.5664]
Mean of sin(x): -0.000000

String output

Returning a string from a cell preserves escape sequences like as actual newlines in the exported markdown.

"Line one\nLine two\nLine three"
Line one
Line two
Line three

Dynamic markdown

mo.md() with f-strings embeds computed values into rendered markdown. This is distinct from plain print() or returning a string — the output is styled as markdown (bold, italics, headers) rather than preformatted text.

pi_hat = 4 * np.sum(1 / (1 + ((np.arange(1, 10001) - 0.5) / 10000) ** 2)) / 10000
mo.md(
    f"Estimate: **{pi_hat:.10f}**  \n"
    f"True π:   **{np.pi:.10f}**  \n"
    f"Error:    {abs(pi_hat - np.pi):.2e}"
)

Estimate: 3.1415926544
True π: 3.1415926536
Error: 8.33e-10

This also works inside fenced code blocks. For example,

mo.md(f'''
```python
n_points = {len(x)}
```
''')

becomes

n_points = 300

LaTeX math in f-strings

With f-string interpolation, inline math is exported as <marimo-tex> with ||( and ||) delimiters instead of $...$. Register these in your KaTeX or MathJax configuration:

renderMathInElement(body, {
  delimiters: [
    { left: "$$",  right: "$$",  display: true },
    { left: "$",   right: "$",   display: false },
    { left: "\\(", right: "\\)", display: false },
    { left: "\\[", right: "\\]", display: true },
    { left: "||(", right: "||)", display: false },   // <-- new
  ],
})
window.MathJax = {
  tex: {
    inlineMath: [["\\(", "\\)"], ["||(", "||)"]],   // <-- new
    displayMath: [["\\[", "\\]"]],
    processEscapes: true,
    processEnvironments: true
  },
  options: {
    ignoreHtmlClass: ".*|",
    processHtmlClass: "arithmatex"
  }
};

See the Zensical docs for further guidance.

JSON outputs

Returning a dict or list from a cell produces a Python-style formatted output using pprint.

{"name": "damped sinusoid", "amplitude": 1.0, "decay_rate": 0.167}
{'amplitude': 1.0, 'decay_rate': 0.167, 'name': 'damped sinusoid'}
[round(float(xi), 4) for xi in x[:5]]
[0.0, 0.042, 0.0841, 0.1261, 0.1681]
{
    "experiment": "damped sinusoid",
    "parameters": {
        "amplitude": 1.0,
        "decay_rate": 0.167,
        "frequency": 1.0,
    },
    "results": {
        "samples": 300,
        "range": [0.0, 12.5664],
        "statistics": {
            "mean": 0.0,
            "variance": 0.5,
            "converged": True,
        },
    },
    "tags": ["oscillation", "damping", "physics"],
}
{'experiment': 'damped sinusoid',
 'parameters': {'amplitude': 1.0, 'decay_rate': 0.167, 'frequency': 1.0},
 'results': {'range': [0.0, 12.5664],
             'samples': 300,
             'statistics': {'converged': True, 'mean': 0.0, 'variance': 0.5}},
 'tags': ['oscillation', 'damping', 'physics']}

Errors

Cells that raise exceptions produce error output with traceback.

raise ValueError("This cell demonstrates error output handling")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/marimo_3094/__marimo__cell_DnEU_.py", line 1, in 
    raise ValueError("This cell demonstrates error output handling")
ValueError: This cell demonstrates error output handling

exception: This cell demonstrates error output handling

Output written to sys.stderr is captured separately from stdout.

sys.stderr.write(f"Warning: computing over {len(x)} points\n")
Warning: computing over 300 points
35

SVG graphics

Inline SVG rendered via mo.Html.

mo.Html("""<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="200" height="100" viewBox="0 0 200 100">
<rect x="5" y="5" width="190" height="90" fill="#4a9eff" rx="10"/>
<text x="100" y="55" text-anchor="middle" fill="white" font-size="14">SVG Image</text>
</svg>""")

SVG Image

Graphviz graphs

Graphs created with the graphviz package render as SVG and display correctly in the exported markdown.

from graphviz import Digraph

dot = Digraph()
dot.node("A", "Start")
dot.node("B", "Process")
dot.node("C", "End")
dot.edges(["AB", "BC"])
dot

svg

Mermaid diagrams

Mermaid code fences inside mo.md() cells pass through to the exported markdown and render on platforms with mermaid support (GitHub, MkDocs with pymdownx, etc.).

```mermaid
graph TD
    A[Start] --> B[Process]
    B --> C[End]
```
graph TD
    A[Start] --> B[Process]
    B --> C[End]

Admonitions

Marimo admonitions using the /// type | title syntax are automatically converted to MkDocs/Zensical-compatible !!! type "title" format during export.

!!! note "Important Information"
    This is a note admonition. It supports **bold**, *italic*, and other
    markdown formatting inside the block.

Important Information

This is a note admonition. It supports bold, italic, and other markdown formatting inside the block.

!!! tip
    Admonitions without a title also work — the title is simply omitted.

Tip

Admonitions without a title also work — the title is simply omitted.

Multiple outputs

A cell with both console output and an expression result.

print(f"Computing statistics for {len(x)} points...")
np.mean(np.sin(x))
Computing statistics for 300 points...
np.float64(-2.3684757858670008e-17)

Long line outputs

This cell produces output with very long lines to demonstrate overflow wrapping.

print(
    "A very long line that exceeds the typical container width, stretching well beyond what fits on a single line. In this case the text should scroll, not wrap! "
)
A very long line that exceeds the typical container width, stretching well beyond what fits on a single line. In this case the text should scroll, not wrap! 

You can pass --overflow scroll to the CLI to switch the global behaviour from wrapping to scrolling. Note, however, that JSON outputs (lists, dicts, tuples) won't be affected by this.

You can also control overflow on a per-cell basis.

Add # @scroll to a cell to force horizontal scrolling for its output, regardless of the global --overflow setting.

# @scroll
print(
    "A very long line that exceeds the typical container width, stretching well beyond what fits on a single line. In this case the text should scroll, not wrap! "
)
A very long line that exceeds the typical container width, stretching well beyond what fits on a single line. In this case the text should scroll, not wrap! 

Hiding code

Marking a cell with @app.cell(hide_code=True) (as the marimo editor does when you hide a cell's code) omits its code block from the export while still rendering its output.

The cell below is annotated with hide_code=True, so only its output — a figure — appears:

png

Suppressing outputs

Adding # @suppress to a cell prevents its output from appearing in the exported markdown. The cell itself will still appear.

# @suppress
print("This is just for debugging - no need to include in the docs!")