Docs to Markdown

Docs to Markdown

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Docs to Markdown (GD2md-html) converts Google Docs to simple, readable Markdown or HTML. Now open-source!

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Docs to Markdown (GD2md-html) converts Google Docs to simple, readable Markdown or HTML. Now open-source!This add-on allows you to create documents using the excellent editing and collaborative features of Google Docs, then convert to Markdown or HTML that you can store as text files using a version-control system.Note that Docs to Markdown marks up the content (headings, paragraphs, lists, code blocks, etc.) but does not preserve colors and styles in text or tables.See https://github.com/evbacher/gd2md-html/wiki for docs. See https://github.com/evbacher/gd2md-html/ for the source.------------------------------------------Release information (most recent on top):- v 1.0β29: Handle partial selections correctly (expand to whole paragraph).- v1.0β27 (19 June 2020): Copy output to clipboard. Print success/error messages for clipboard output (see chromium bug 1074489). - v1.0β26 (6 June 2020): Render soft line breaks correctly in HTML (
not <br>).-v1.0β25: Use image path in this form: images/image1.png, images/image2.png, etc. Clean up old zip image code.-v1.0β24: Correct a spelling error (s/Supress/Suppress).-v1.0β23: Copy converted output to the clipboard. Add option to suppress top comment.-v1.0β22: Roll back font-change runs for now (still causing problems), but keep table note.-v1.0β21: Add a note that tables are currently converted to HTML tables. No change to rendered conversion.-v1.0β20: Handle font-change runs with extra whitespace better (italic, bold, etc.).-v1.0β19 (March 7, 2020): Fix for angle bracket at beginning of a line. Also: use doc title instead of URL in conversion comment.-v1.0β18 (12 Feb., 2020): Escape HTML tags by default, render them optionally.- v1.0β17 (5 April, 2019): Convert smart quotes to straight quotes in code, but leave them alone in other text.- v1.0β16 (25 Feb. 2019): Handle simple nested lists properly in HTML conversion (Markdown already works well).- v1.0β15 (10 Feb. 2019): Number ordered list items sequentially (instead of using 1. for all items).No change to rendered HTML.- v1.0β14 (15 Jan. 2019): Name change to Docs to Markdown: now published on G Suite Marketplace.- v1.0β13 (29 Sept. 2018): Close strikethrough text properly at the end of a paragraph.- v1.0β12 (24 Sept. 2018) : Convert strikethrough text.- Revert to: // - 1.0β11: Fix small bug: replace bufout with bufHTML. Remove version number from banner. Retitle.- v1.0β12 (28 May, 2018): Replace < with < by default. Add option to allow HTML tags. Also allow escape (\<).- v1.0β11 (24 March, 2018): No effect on output. Remove version number from banner. Retitle.- v1.0β10 (17 Feb. 2018): Handle soft line-breaks (shift-enter) properly. (Markdown and HTML)- v1.0β9 (9 Nov. 2017): Handle embedded paragraphs in list items for Markdown.- v1.0β8 (30 Oct. 2017): Use _ instead of * for italic markup to avoid ambiguity (Markdown).- v1.0β7 (10 Oct., 2017): Warn if DEBUG is true.- v1.0β6 (07 Oct., 2017): Ignore headings that are blank or just contain whitespace.- v1.0β5 (17 Sept., 2017): Warn about multiple H1 headings, but only in the top comment, not inline.- v1.0β4 (16 Sept., 2017): Don't wrap HTML by default. Add checkbox option to wrap HTML. For footnotes also.- v1.0β3 (29 July, 2017): Escape angle brackets (<) in HTML code blocks.- v1.0β2 (15 July, 2017): Check for spurious 0-row table. Fix image path for placeholder links.- v1.0β (10 July, 2017): Initial release of gd2md-html.