microsoft / vscode-mdtools

This is a sample markdown extension e.g. wordcount and toUpper

Functionality

This is an example of how to extend VS Code with some useful text manipulation tools. This extension works for all file types.

These include:

• Common casing operations e.g. toUpper, ToLower, SwapCase, Reverse and more
• HTML encoding and Decoding
• ASCII Art

Install

Open up VS Code and hit F1 and type ext select Install Extension and type mdtools hit enter and reload window to enable.

Update a selection

The extension is activated for all file types, and you open up a menu of commands by pressing Alt+T. Multi selection is supported for all commands. If you select ASCII Art you will get a secondary menu where you can choose the font.

Known Issues

Here are a few common issues.

• The selection zone post edit can be mis-mapped.

vscode-mdtools's Issues

Update README to reflect usage?

It would be good to make the bit about having to use Alt-T to use the extension more prominent in the README... I read it 4 times when I couldn't get it to work, and managed to miss it. I like to think I may not be the only one... ;)

Very handy extension, by the way! Thank you for building it!

Reverse doesn't do what it says

Docs: "Convert [hello world] to [world hello]"
Actual: "Convert [hello world] to [dlrow olleh]"

command 'extension.textFunctions' not found

After a recent update I now receive the error "command 'extension.textFunctions' not found".

User Vinícius de Araújo Stutz has also reported this issue here

Multi selection does not work

toUpperCase and all those functions are usefull for more than markdown files ...

I think you should enable this plugin for all files ...

Error (in console) when there is no active file

If you run the command with no active file (opened file), nothing happens. But the Developer Tools - Console logs an error:

shell.ts:441 Cannot read property 'document' of undefined: TypeError: Cannot read property 'document' of undefined
    at C:\Users\alefr\.vscode\extensions\seanmcbreen.MDTools-1.0.0\out\extension.js:80:18
    at Object.m [as _notify] (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:5002)
    at Object.enter (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:8580)
    at _run (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:10408)
    at _completed (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:9849)
    at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:16511
    at done (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:11709)
    at Object.m [as _notify] (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:5144)
    at Object.enter (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:8580)
    at _run (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:6:10408)