Tag: linking
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I’ve made a couple of improvements to md-fixup, the opinionated Markdown formatting and linting tool I shared this week. The main additions are better emphasis handling and link conversion options. Emphasis Handling By default, md-fixup normalizes bold markers to __ (double underscore) and italic markers to * (single asterisk). So **bold** becomes __bold__ and _italic_…
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Apex has always supported Kramdown-style IAL (Inline Attribute Lists), but I’ve been steadily adding more Pandoc compatibility. The latest release brings several new features that make Apex work better with Pandoc-style markdown while maintaining backward compatibility. Thanks to somelinguist for the suggestions! Table Captions Get More Flexible Table captions now support three different formats. You…
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It’s time for my yearly roundup of my favorite tools, hardware, and projects. I’m combining everything in one post this year. You might find something new, or you might just have your own preferences validated. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments! It’s been an interesting year. I lost my job in…
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This is currently a work in progress, but I have a 0.1.0 release of a “One Ring To Rule Them All” Markdown processor published. The goal of Apex is to make it possible to write in any Markdown processor’s syntax, be it Kramdown (with IALs), MultiMarkdown (with v6 extensions), CommonMark (with GFM extensions), or any…
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I recently posted a script I was using to archive my linkding bookmarks to Markdown files in nvUltra. I’ve since started digging into DEVONthink and have updated the script to archive my bookmarks there. I still use my bookmarks with nvUltra by indexing a notebook in DEVONthink and saving the bookmarks there. Most of my…
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I made something in the process of making something else. I didn’t finish the something else, but figured I’d share the thing… I got an itch to revive StretchLink, my little menu bar app that expanded shortened links as you copied them, so you had a full URL when you pasted. It was great for…
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If you often recommend apps that are on Setapp, you either have an affiliate marketing account, or you really should get one. If you have one (or get one) this Shortcut is for you. A Setapp affiliate account gives you a little kickback every time someone purchases a Setapp subscription after following one of your…
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Three years ago this month, Luc Beaudoin, the creator of Hookmark, published the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking. The idea was to bring together developers in all categories and promote “Ubiquitous Linking” in Mac software, a concept that improves cognitive flow and productivity. I was one of the original signatories, but since then plenty have joined…