Easily create Markdown tables of already structured text

• Easily create Markdown tables of already structured text
  • Features
    • Create a table reading rows first
    • Create a table reading columns first
    • Concatenate tables
    • Concatenate tables in reverse order
  • Local development
    • Prerequisites
    • Commands
  • Known Issues
  • Contribute

Features

Create a table reading rows first

• Select your table data (each new line is one cell in the table corresponding left to right / rows)
• Use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring up the Command Palette
• Type Markdown create table and confirm
• Enter the number of columns, confirm
• You should see your formatted table

Create a table reading columns first

• Select your table data (each new line is one cell in the table corresponding top to bottom / columns)
• Use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring up the Command Palette
• Type Markdown create table and confirm
• Enter the number of columns, confirm
• You should see your formatted table

Concatenate tables

• Select your tables separated by LineFeeds
• Use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring up the Command Palette
• Type Markdown concatenate tables and confirm
• You should see your tables merged into one.

Concatenate tables in reverse order

• Select your tables separated by LineFeeds
• Use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring up the Command Palette
• Type Markdown concatenate tables in reverse order and confirm
• You should see your tables merged into one, but in reversed order.

Local development

Prerequisites

• yarn
• vscode

Commands

Install needed packages

yarn install

Run tests

yarn run test

Press F5 to open a new window with the extension loaded and all others disabled.

Known Issues

• Error management could be improved.
• If you want empty table cells during create table, you should use a special string and replace it afterwards.
• Only :--- is supported at the moment
• Linefeed is \n at the moment, no \r\n support.

Contribute

Have a look at Known Issues or raise your own. This is my first public open source project, so I appreciate hints and help!