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TaskGlow

TaskGlow

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Mushfikur Rahman

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Color your Markdown tasks, change their status, and see progress in a live preview.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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TaskGlow

Color your tasks. See your progress.

TaskGlow turns a compact Markdown task format into a color-coded VS Code workflow.

Supported format

# Project
## Current sprint

- [ ] Todo
- [.] In progress
- [-] Done, not tested
- [?] Unclear
- [~] On hold
- [x] Done and tested

NOTE: Important context

Open a TODO.md, *.todo.md, or *.tasks.md file. Use TaskGlow: Open Preview from the Command Palette for a live colored preview.

Commands

  • TaskGlow: Cycle Task Status (Alt+Shift+T)
  • TaskGlow: Open Preview (Alt+Shift+P)
  • Individual commands for each supported task status

Commands work on the current line or every line in a selection and participate in VS Code undo/redo.

Development

npm install
npm test

Press F5 in VS Code after adding the included launch configuration, or run npm run package to create a VSIX.

Marketplace publishing

Create the mushfikurrahman publisher in the Visual Studio Marketplace, sign in with npx vsce login mushfikurrahman, then run:

npm run publish:marketplace
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