Hongdown for Visual Studio Code

This extension registers Hongdown as a formatter for Markdown and MDX files. It uses the bundled WebAssembly formatter by default, so no separate Hongdown installation is required.

Usage

Install the extension, then select Format Document in a Markdown file. To make Hongdown the default Markdown formatter:

{
  "[markdown]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "hongminhee.hongdown"
  },
  "[mdx]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "hongminhee.hongdown"
  }
}

Settings

• hongdown.backend: wasm by default. Set to cli to run the system Hongdown CLI.
• hongdown.cli.path: CLI executable path for the cli backend. The default hongdown resolves from PATH.
• hongdown.config.path: explicit config path. Relative paths are resolved from the workspace folder, or from the file's containing directory when no workspace is open. When unset, the extension uses .hongdown.toml in the workspace root when present.

The WASM backend cannot execute external code block formatters configured in code_block.formatters. If you need those, use the cli backend.

License

Distributed under the GPL-3.0-or-later.