Drafts Directory: Markdown Emphasis (_)

Action

Posted by agiletortoise, Last update 25 days ago

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about 1 month ago

Add configured value support to change emphasis character

Apply Markdown emphasis to selection or insert the emphasis character if no selection. By default, this action uses _ (underscore) as the emphasis character.

The action can be configured to use * as your emphasis character.

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Install

Steps

configurationKey
name
Emphasis Character
key
markupCharacter

script

// Apply Markdown emphasis to selection, or insert _ if no selection
let markup = "_";
if (context.configuredValues["markupCharacter"]) {
	markup = context.configuredValues["markupCharacter"]
}

const sel = editor.getSelectedText();
const [st, len] = editor.getSelectedRange();

if (!sel || sel.length == 0) {
  editor.setSelectedText(markup + markup);
  editor.setSelectedRange(st + markup.length,0);
}
else {
  editor.setSelectedText(markup + sel + markup);
  editor.setSelectedRange(st + len + (markup.length*2),0);
}

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After Success Nothing

Notification Error

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name	Emphasis Character
key	markupCharacter

After Success	Nothing
Notification	Error
Log Level	Error