Smartly paste for Markdown.
Paste smart
Smartly paste in Markdown by pressing 'Ctrl+Alt+V' ('Cmd+Alt+V' on Mac) or Markdown Paste command.
- If you paste an image, the extension will create an new file for the image and insert link code to Markdown.
- If you paste a text, it will test the text with customize regex, and replace matched content by regex.
- If you paste a text contain HTML tag, it will try to convert the HTML content to Markdown.
- If you paste a rich text, it will try to convert the rich text to Markdown.
Download file
Use Markdown Download command (Linux or Windows:Ctrl+Alt+D, Mac:Cmd+Alt+D) to download file and insert link code into Markdown.
Paste code
Use Markdown Paste Code command (Linux or Window:Ctrl+Alt+C, Mac:Cmd+Alt+C) to paste code with auto-detecting language.
Ruby tag
Also, if you want to write article for learning Asia language like Chinese or Japanese, ruby tag(for example:聪明) may be useful. Now a ruby tag snippet are prepare for you, select some text and press 'Ctrl+Alt+T'.
<ruby>聪明<rp>(</rp><rt>pronunciation</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
This extension will not get the pronunciation for you in this version. You have to replace 'pronunciation' by yourself.
Insert latex math symbol and emoji
You can insert latex math symbol and emoji to any text file, such as Julia source file.
Press 'Ctrl+Alt+\' or input "Insert latex math symbol" in vscode command panel, then input latex symbol name and choose symbol you want.
Embed base64 image
While you paste image or download image, you can force the extension to insert embed base64 image to markdown by empty filename.
AI Parse Clipboard
Use LLM AI to parse text or HTML clipboard content. You can also customize the AI clipboard parsing behavior to better suit different use cases by using the AI configurations
Predefined variables
${workspaceRoot} or ${workspaceFolder} - the path of the folder opened in VS Code${workspaceFolderBasename} - the name of the folder opened in VS Code without any slashes (/)${fileWorkspaceFolder} - the current opened file's workspace folder${file} or ${filePath} - the current opened file${relativeFileDirname} - the current opened file's dirname relative to $fileWorkspaceFolder${fileBasename} - the current opened file's base name${fileBasenameNoExtension} - the current opened file's base name with no file extension${fileExtname} - the current opened file's extension${fileDirname} - the current opened file's directory name${datetime} - the current date & time formatted by "yyyyMMDDHHmmss", You can customize the format by format string. exp: ${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}${selectedText} - the current selected text. If selected text contain illegal characters \/:*?""<>|\r\n it will return "". You can also set the default text, exp: ${selectedText|default text}, If selected text contain illegal characters or selected text is empty it will return the default text.
MarkdownPaste.path
The folder path that image will be saved. Support absolute path and relative path and predefined variables.
Default value is ${fileDirname}.
MarkdownPaste.nameBase
The string as the default image file name. Support predefined variables.
Default value is ${datetime|yyyyMMDDHHmmss}.
MarkdownPaste.namePrefix
The string prepend to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.
Default value is "".
MarkdownPaste.nameSuffix
The string append to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.
Default value is "".
MarkdownPaste.silence
Enable/disable showing confirm box while paste image. Set this config option to true, filename confirm box will not be shown while paste image.
Default value is false.
MarkdownPaste.enableImgTag
Enable/disable using HTML img tag with width and height for pasting image. If this option be enabled, you can input width and height by using <filepath>[?width,height] in filename confirm input box. for example input \abc\filename.png?200,100, then <img src='\abc\filename.png' width='200' height='100' /> will be inserted.
Default value is true.
MarkdownPaste.encodePath
Encode path link to URL-encode format.
encodeURI Encode all characters to URL-encode format.encodeSpaceOnly Encode ' '(space) to '%20' only.none Encode nothing.
Default value is encodeSpaceOnly
MarkdownPaste.rules
If you want to define your own regex to parse and replace content for pasting text. You can fill the following JSON, and set it to this option.
[{
// rule 1
"regex": "(https?:\/\/.*)", // your javascript style regex
"options": "ig", // regex option
"replace": "[](https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/blob/HEAD/$1)" // replace string
},
{
// rule 2
"regex": "(https?:\/\/.*)", // your javascript style regex
"options": "ig", // regex option
"replace": "[](https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/blob/HEAD/$1)" // replace string
},
...
]
The extension will try to test text content by regex defined in this option, if matched it will replace content by using the TypeScript function string.replace().
Default value is:
[
{
"regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
"options": "g",
"replace": "[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
},
{
"regex": "^(https?://.*)",
"options": "ig",
"replace": "[](https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/blob/HEAD/$1)"
}
]
NOTE While pasting image, this option also apply to render image path link.
MarkdownPaste.applyAllRules
If true, it will apply all rules to the same text orderly, instead only the first applicable one.
Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.enableHtmlConverter
Enable/disable converting html to markdown.
Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.enableRulesForHtml
Enable/disable using rules after converting html to markdown.
Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.turndownOptions
Use turndown options when cover html to markdown, please see turndown options for detail.
Default value is setext
MarkdownPaste.lang_rules
As MarkdownPaste.rules, you can define rules for other language (for example: asciidoc).
[
[
{
"asciidoc": [
{
"regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
"options": "g",
"replace": "image::https://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg[link=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1\"]"
},
{
"regex": "^(https?://.*)",
"options": "ig",
"replace": "image::$1[linktext,300]"
},
{
"regex": "(.*/media/)(.*)",
"options": "",
"replace": "image::$2[linktext,300]"
}
]
},
{
"markdownx": [
{
"regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
"options": "g",
"replace": "[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
},
{
"regex": "^(https?://.*)",
"options": "ig",
"replace": "[](https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/blob/HEAD/$1)"
}
]
}
]
]
NOTE If any language rule been matched, it will not apply MarkdownPaste.rules anymore.
MarkdownPaste.autoSelectClipboardType
Auto select clipboard type while multiple clipboard types are available. default is: html&text
MarkdownPaste.autoSelectClipboardTypePriority
Auto select clipboard type priority. default is:
[
"image",
"html",
"text"
]
MarkdownPaste.enableAI
Enable AI clipboard parsing feature. default is false.
MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption
Set OpenAI (compatible) connection options. default is:
"MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption": {
"apiKey": "",
"baseURL": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
"maxRetries": 2
}
The extension use Groq LLM server by default. You can got an API key from Groq.com.
The extension use OpenAi Node to connect LLM server. So you can also use another LLM server by setting MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption.baseURL, e.g. MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption.baseURL = "https://api.openai.com/v1", the more detail about openai connection options, please see: https://github.com/openai/openai-node
MarkdownPaste.openaiCompletionTemplate
Set OpenAI completion template. default is:
[
{
"model": "llama-3.1-70b-versatile",
"messages": [
{
"role": "system",
"content": [
"You are a helpful assistant."
]
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
"Translate the following text into English and output in markdown format:",
"{{clipboard_text}}"
]
}
],
"max_tokens": 4096
}
]
Note: The extension will replace {{clipboard_text}} with your clipboard content.
MarkdownPaste.openaiCompletionTemplateFile
Set OpenAI completion template file. default is: ${fileWorkspaceFolder}/.openaiCompletionTemplate.json
If you want to write more complicated AI completion template, you can use this option.
