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MDTools

Sean McBreen

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Text replacement functions e.g. change case, reverse and ASCII Art for all file types.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Functionality

This is an example of how to extend VS Code with some useful text manipulation tools. This extension works for all file types.

These include:

  • Common casing operations e.g. toUpper, ToLower, SwapCase, Reverse and more
  • HTML encoding and Decoding
  • ASCII Art

Install

Open up VS Code and hit F1 and type ext select Install Extension and type mdtools hit enter and reload window to enable.

install and work

Update a selection

The extension is activated for all file types, and you open up a menu of commands by pressing Alt+T. Multi selection is supported for all commands. If you select ASCII Art you will get a secondary menu where you can choose the font.

Known Issues

Here are a few common issues.

  • The selection zone post edit can be mis-mapped.
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