MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
option to show url as links without having to use '<' '>' delimiters, using a configurable regex
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Description
would be great if we could have a .macdown configuration file where we could customize behavior, eg allowing user to specify a regex to treat something as a link, eg:
.macdown: (either gitconfig like format or json as in sublimetext)
# treat some patterns as links without requiring <> boilerplate
treat_as_link: 'http[s]?://[\w/]+'
Optional extension of this idea:
# treat as file to be opened on a user's computer using user configurable shell command:
treat_as_local_file: '/Users/foo/[\w/]+'
local_file_open_command: 'open'
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the proposed .macdown configuration format and how MacDown currently recognizes links. Define how a configurable treat_as_link regex, local-file pattern, and local_file_open_command should behave, then verify the feature with representative URL and local-path cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, markdown
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100