Markdown character count

This VS Code extension shows number of characters exclude Markdown syntaxes for writing.

Display number of active file characters on statusbar after installing.

Features

• Display number of characters in the active file to StatusBar.
• Count characters excluding Markdown syntax.
• Supports non-Markdown file.

Installation

code --install-extension isobe-h.markdown-character-count

Exclude Following Markdown Syntaxes

• bold
• checked list
• header
• hyperlink
• inline code
• italic
• list
• number list
• parentheses
• strikethrough
• image(Count as 0)
• code block(Count as 0)
• citation(Count as 0)
• table(Count as 0)

Example

17 characters

# header1

- first
- second

0 characters.

![](https://github.com/isobe-h/markdown-character-count-extension/raw/HEAD/hoge.png)

Column A | Column B | Column C
---------|----------|---------
 A1 | B1 | C1
 A2 | B2 | C2
 A3 | B3 | C3

> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit,
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna
aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation
ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

const sum = (a,b) => {
	return a + b;
}

Options

Count markdown syntaxes as character

Count markdown syntaxes(e.g. '# hoge' count as 6 characters default: false

Display character counts for non-Markdown files

Display character counts other than Markdown default: false