text-to-xml-safe-string README

Formats text to XML safe string, replace linebreaks (\n), tabs (\t), and special characters (&, ', ", <, >)

Installation

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Select text that you want formatted
Open command palette with cmd+shift+p (Mac) or ctrl+shift+p (Windows)
Search and select command "Text To XML Safe String"
The string will be inserted below your selection, wrapped in quotes for use in code

Input:

sql.Exec(`
    SELECT * FROM some_table
    WHERE name = $1
`, "John Doe")

Output:

"sql.Exec(`\n\tSELECT * FROM some_table\n\tWHERE name = $1\n`, &#34;John Doe&#34;)"

Configuration option for wrapping output in quotes or other text
Output should be inserted after entire selection, not where the cursor ends the selection when select dragging

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