You then explore the add-in's implementation. In this article, you see how to use the add-in. Using my add-ins I was able to generate a table of contents with a click of a button and auto-number all the figures and listings. I'm writing this article in Markdown Monster. All three add-ins are available in the Markdown Monster Add-In Manager. There's a Table of Contents Generator add-in and a Listing and Figure Auto-Number add-in, and, as you see in this article, the CodeProject Markdown Parser. Since I began using Markdown Monster a few weeks ago, I've created 3 add-ins (including this one) for improving my own productivity. There's even a Visual Studio extension that allows you to quickly create a Markdown Monster add-in, and because Markdown Monster is a WPF app, its a piece of cake to debug your add-ins.Ī couple of days ago, while preparing to publish my CodeProject article Invisible Ink, which I wrote in markdown, I thought to myself, do I really want to go and reformat all my code blocks to be compatible with CodeProject? Why not spend that time creating a custom markdown parser, that spits out pre tags compatible with CodeProject's syntax? So, that's what I did. One of the features of Markdown Monster is that Rick has created a very nice extensibility system for it. It's a paid product, but the free version merely produces a created with Markdown Monster footer in the generated HTML. Markdown Monster is an open-source WPF application created by Rick Strahl. I've created a markdown parser for Markdown Monster. But, no matter, I've come up with an alternative way to write your CodeProject article in markdown and copy and paste the generated HTML into the CodeProject article editor. It's not here yet, and I don't know if it ever will be. After which, I usually spend some time formatting code blocks and fixing this and that, which orphans my original document once you start editing in the CodeProject editor, there's no going back.įor that reason I've been hoping for markdown support in CodeProject.
While the CodeProject's article editor (aka the Submission Wizard) is a great way to submit an article, in the past I've preferred to write my article in a text editor, such as word, and then paste it into the CodeProject editor. You get the full power of HTML-you can intermingle HTML in markdown if you need it-but you're left with a document that is much easier to edit, navigate, and so forth. It's faster to write than HTML has exquisite brevity, there's no need for angle brackets, and spell checking is easier to achieve. Supplanting the Markdig Code Block Renderer.Exploring the Inner Workings of the Add-In.
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