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spacemacs/layers/+lang/markdown/README.org
Ben Swift dd9b40b235
[Markdown] add keybinding for markdown-insert-kbd
There's no keybinding for markdown-insert-kbd alongside all the other
markdown-insert-* keybindings, this patch adds one using the same
convention (specifically xk).
2020-02-13 18:35:07 +00:00

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Markdown layer

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Description

This layer adds markdown support to Spacemacs.

Features:

  • markdown files support via markdown-mode
  • Fast GitHub-flavored live preview via vmd-mode
  • TOC generation via markdown-toc
  • Completion of Emojis using company-emoji (still needs a way of showing, either using the emoji layer or having a proper font) 👏

BibTeX

For more extensive support of references with BibTeX files, have a look at the BibTeX layer.

Install

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add markdown to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file.

Configuration

Live preview

By default the built-in Emacs web browser is used to live preview a markdown buffer.

To use vmd (GitHub-flavored live preview) instead set the value of the variable markdown-live-preview-engine to vmd:

  dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
    (markdown :variables markdown-live-preview-engine 'vmd))

And install the executable with:

  npm install -g vmd

Additionally there is flymd package in chrome layer that allows to preview markdown buffer in Chrome. Please refer to chrome layer documentation for more information.

Automatic MMM-Mode Generation

To generate MMM-Modes for languages set the value of the variable markdown-mmm-auto-modes to a list of the languages. For languages where the mode name directly relates to the language name, use a string. Otherwise, use a list of `("language" "mode")`:

  dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
    (markdown :variables markdown-mmm-auto-modes '("c" "c++" "python" "scala" ("elisp" "emacs-lisp"))))

Note: Spacemacs already defines the variable markdown-mmm-auto-modes to a bunch of languages. Consider opening a PR on the Spacemacs repository to add new languages instead of overriding the variable in your dotfile.

Usage

Generate a TOC

To generate a table of contents type on top of the buffer: SPC SPC markdown-toc-generate-toc RET

Editing tables

While markdown-mode provides functionality to edit tables, users of org layer benefit from more sophisticated orgtbl-mode.

In order to use orgtabl-mode, add org layer to your ~/.spacemacs.

Key bindings

Element insertion

Key binding Description
SPC m - insert horizontal line
SPC m h i insert header dwim
SPC m h I insert header setext dwim
SPC m h 1 insert header atx 1
SPC m h 2 insert header atx 2
SPC m h 3 insert header atx 3
SPC m h 4 insert header atx 4
SPC m h 5 insert header atx 5
SPC m h 6 insert header atx 6
SPC m h ! insert header setext 1
SPC m h @ insert header setext 2
SPC m i l insert link
SPC m i u insert uri
SPC m i f insert footnote
SPC m i w insert wiki link
SPC m i i insert image
SPC m i t insert Table of Contents (toc)
SPC m x b make region bold or insert bold
SPC m x B insert gfm checkbox
SPC m x i make region italic or insert italic
SPC m x c make region code or insert code
SPC m x C make region code or insert code (GitHub Flavored Markdown format)
SPC m x k make region <kbd> element or insert <kbd> element
SPC m x q make region blockquote or insert blockquote
SPC m x Q blockquote region
SPC m x p make region or insert pre
SPC m x P pre region
SPC m x s make region striked through or insert strikethrough

Element removal

Key binding Description
SPC m k kill thing at point

Table manipulation

Key binding Description
SPC m t p move row up
SPC m t n move row down
SPC m t f move column right
SPC m t b move column left
SPC m t r insert row
SPC m t R delete row
SPC m t c insert column
SPC m t C delete column
SPC m t s sort lines
SPC m t t transpose table
SPC m t d convert region to table

Completion

Key binding Description
SPC m ] complete

Following and Jumping

Key binding Description
SPC m o follow thing at point
RET jump (markdown-do)

Indentation

Key binding Description
SPC m > indent region
SPC m < outdent region

Header navigation

Key binding Description
gj outline forward same level
gk outline backward same level
gh outline up one level
gl outline next visible heading

Buffer-wide commands

Key binding Description
SPC m c ] complete buffer
SPC m c m other window
SPC m c p preview
SPC m c P live preview using engine defined with layer variable markdown-live-preview-engine
SPC m c e export
SPC m c v export and preview
SPC m c o open
SPC m c w kill ring save
SPC m c c check refs
SPC m c n cleanup list numbers
SPC m c r render buffer

List editing

Key binding Description
SPC m l i insert list item

Movement

Key binding Description
SPC m { backward paragraph
SPC m } forward paragraph
SPC m N next link
SPC m P previous link

Promotion, Demotion

Key binding Command
M-k or M-up markdown-move-up
M-j or M-down markdown-move-down
M-h or M-left markdown-promote
M-l or M-right markdown-demote

Toggles

Key binding Description
SPC m T i toggle inline images
SPC m T l toggle hidden urls
SPC m T m toggle markup hiding
SPC m T t toggle checkbox
SPC m T w toggle wiki links