markdown-formatter

Introduction

This is a tool to improve the writing efficiency of markdown, not only provides a relatively uniform format for the markdown user, but also provides some snippets.

Instructions

After the installation is complete, you may need to restart your vscode.

In any markdown standard file with a .md suffix, you can use shift+option+f(osx) or ctrl+shift+f(window) to quickly format the code.

PS: It does not fix your markdown syntax errors. for example, there is no space after # as a title, because in the code # is a usable character that is widely used as a comment or variable declaration.

Feature

Ignore file format

If you want to ignore the current file ( not to be formatted ), you can insert below the code before or after the article

<!-- /* md-file-format-disable */ -->

Snippets part

First of all, You must config like this in settings.json

"[markdown]": {
  // 快速补全
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "other": true,
    "comments": true,
    "strings": true
  },
}

import image

Typing img

import table

Typing tab

import code

Typing js , html , css , python , go , java , or code

import list

Typing ul or ol

Formatter part

symbols

For ，,。;；！、？： add a space after these symbols;
，：；！“”‘’（）？。 , unify it as a half-width character(Optional);
.!? add a space after these symbols, if before uppercases or chineses;
Supports converting Chinese symbols into full-width symbols according to context, or converting English into half-width symbols;
a space before and after the back-quote, which wrapped by back-quote will not be formatted;

line

Empty a line for the title;
Empty a line for the code block;
The table is aligned automatically;
Empty a line for the link block;
erase dulicated line;

table

alt

list

unordered list


* TITLE
  + Title
    - title

alt

code

Format the code, by js-beautify tool, currently only the javascript , html and css language;

code block

function sayHello() {console.log('hello')}

If lang is js or javascript or empty, it will be formatted according to js syntax.
If lang is html , it will be formatted according to html syntax.
If lang is css , it will be formatted according to css syntax.
If you don't use js usually, You can disable code block or code area autoformat code by setting the parameter formatOpt to false.

The js formatting rules can be configured in settings.json .

Code blocks can clearly mark the type of language, so it is recommended to use code blocks, you can configure codeAreaToBlock to set the conversion method.

code area

The default is not formatted. If codeAreaToBlock is any language name, such as js or go, it will be converted into a code block and then formatted.

Tips: Empty lines in the code area cannot exceed one line.

Config

// enable/disable markdown-formatter
enable = config.get <boolean> ('enable', true); 
// fullwidth character translate into halfwidth character, such as `，：；！“”‘’（）？。`
// Automatically convert symbols based on context when set to 'auto'
// Don't convert symbols based on context when set to '_' or ''
fullWidthTurnHalfWidth = config.get<string>('fullWidthTurnHalfWidth', 'auto');
// Convert code block to code area, and the default is not converted. 
// You can set it by any meaningful strings
// if it is set to js, it will be formatted according to the js language syntax.
codeAreaToBlock = config.get<string>('codeAreaToBlock', '');
// enable/disable format code
// false: disable format code
formatCodes = config.get<boolean>('formatCodes', true);
// config beautifyjs
// {}: config beautifyjs
formatOpt = config.get<any> ('formatOpt', {}); 
// Format the symbols of the unordered list
// * > + > -
formatULSymbol = config.get<boolean>('formatULSymbol', true);
// Whether a space is required after the full-width or half-width symbol
spaceAfterFullWidthOrHalfWidth = config.get<string>('spaceAfterFullWidthOrHalfWidth', 'half');

How to config beautifyjs , you can clickhere

configuration example

You can refer to my configuration:

// settings.json
// markdown-formatter conf
// Convert the code area of unnamed language into code block according to js type
// "markdownFormatter.codeAreaToBlock": "js",
// or not
"markdownFormatter.codeAreaToBlock": "",
// format punctuation automatically
"markdownFormatter.fullWidthTurnHalfWidth": "auto",
// Chinese punctuation formatted to English
// "markdownFormatter.fullWidthTurnHalfWidth": "，：；！“”‘’（）？。",
"markdownFormatter.formatOpt": {
  "indent_size": 2
},
"[markdown]": {
  // auto save
  "editor.formatOnSave": false,
  // show space
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
  // 
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "other": true,
    "comments": true,
    "strings": true
  },
  // 
  "editor.snippetSuggestions": "top",
  "editor.tabCompletion": "on",
  // 
  "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "on",
  // 
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "mervin.markdown-formatter"
}

Software version and development environment

develop version

VSCode version 1.29.1 (macOS Mojave)

test version

VSCode version 1.33.1 (macOS Mojave)

Contact

If you have any ideas, please contact me.

If you know how to format other languages using front-end libraries, please let me know.

email: mydiamervin@gmail.com or here

Gratitude

Thank you for helping me improve this tool.

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