Markdown Paste

Smartly paste for Markdown.

Support Mac/Windows/Linux!.

Requirements

'xclip' command be required (Linux)
'powershell' command be required (Win32)
'pbpaste' command be required (Mac)

Features

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.(Linux only)
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(Cōngmíng)) 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.

Config

Predefined variables
- ${workspaceRoot} - the path of the folder opened in VS Code
- ${fileWorkspaceFolder} - - the current opened file's workspace folder
- ${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"
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}.
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": "[]($1)"         // replace string
},
{
    // rule 2
    "regex": "(https?:\/\/.*)", // your javascript style regex
    "options": "ig",            // regex option
    "replace": "[]($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://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
  },
  {
    "regex": "^(https?://.*)",
    "options": "ig",
    "replace": "[]($1)"
  }
]

NOTE While pasting image, this option also apply to render image path link.

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://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
        },
        {
          "regex": "^(https?://.*)",
          "options": "ig",
          "replace": "[]($1)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
]

NOTE If any language rule been matched, it will not apply MarkdownPaste.rules anymore.

FAQ

Extension not working on Windows, nor on Mac.

telesoho#6

Contributing

See the contribution guidelines for ideas and guidance on how to improve the extension. Thank you!

License

The extension and source are licensed under the MIT license.