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VSCode: Highlighting of headings when viewing plain text qmd
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Description
Unlike the markdown extension, the quarto extension does not apply a highlighting colour to headings when editing qmd files in plain text. This makes it hard to see the document structure. Could this become configurable?
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in VS Code by opening a plain-text qmd file and compare its heading display with the Markdown extension. Start by locating the Quarto extension's plain-text syntax highlighting and configuration entry points; done means heading highlighting works for qmd files and can be configured.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100