alg
Unicorns and rainbows! alg is short for ALmost orG and is inspired by, for now actually copied from, emacs' org-mode (that one is the unicorn). It's meant to describe a document format and set of editing tools for authoring documents and organizing tasks in the form of a vscode extension.
alg is a thing because I'm too stubborn to stop reinventing the wheel, but some original ideas will become a thing in due time. Also, alg will become a superset of markdown (not because it's better than org's format, simply because I want to).
Features
The extension will activate in .alg files offering syntax highlight, code folding, and basic editing tools. The tools can be accessed by the command palette and are all prefixed by alg:.
A simple sample alg file is provided in the samples folder. That's the file I've been using for testing.
For your convenience, here's a table with all the tools and keyboard shortcuts. Keep in mind the shortcuts are all placeholders.
| Command | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
alt+left |
Promote Heading | Decreases the heading level |
alt+right |
Demote Heading | Increases the heading level |
alt+down |
Previous Heading | Moves to the next heading |
alt+up |
Next Heading | Moves to the previous heading |
ctrl+alt+up |
Previous Same Level Heading | Moves to the previous same level heading |
ctrl+alt+up |
Next Same Level Heading | Moves to the next same level heading |
shift+left |
Promote Current Subtree | Promotes the current header and all it's sub headers |
shift+right |
Demote Current Subtree | Demotes the current header and all it's sub headers |
shift+enter |
Insert New Header | Inserts a new header at the current level |
Trying it out
I want to publish this when it has enough features to actually be useful, but for now you can simply clone it, ´npm install´, open the folder in vscode and run it.