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Feature Request

It would be good if, when pasting text from the clipboard formatted in Markdown, formatting was automatically introduced, e.g.

This is an H1

=============

This is an H2

# This is an H1

This is an H2

This is an H3

Unordered lists use asterisks, pluses, and hyphensā€‰

  • Red

  • Green

  • Blue

is equivalent to:

  • Red

  • Green

  • Blue

and:

  • - Red

  • - Green

  • - Blue

Ordered lists use numbers followed by periods:

  1. Bird

  2. McHale

  3. Parish

  • ā­single asterisksā­ *

single underscores

** ā­ā­double asterisksā­ā­ **

double underscores

See:

https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax

Posted by Jack S. Ā·
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  • Jack S.

    ā€¢

    Oct 9, 2025

    Markdown āžœ formatting

    When šŸ“‹pasting Markdown, convert characters to formatting.

    e.g.,

    _Title

    Subtitle

    Subtitle

    -_bullets

    etc.

  • Jack S.

    ā€¢

    Apr 12, 2024

    ā¹ļøTables: Also available with Markdown.

    eg.

    | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |

    |---|---|---|

    | Apple | House | Tree |

    | Dog | Cat | Bird |

    | Book | Pen | Paper |

    | Table | Chair | Lamp |

    • Jack S.

      ā€¢

      Apr 12, 2024

      It would make pasting from ChatGPT easier

  • Jack S.

    ā€¢

    Jan 2, 2024

    Tables

    Eg.

    | Year | Snowfall (mm) |

    |-------|---------------|

    | 2010 | 1000 |

    | 2011 | 1200 |

    | 2012 | 800 |

    | 2013 | 900 |

    | 2014 | 1100 |

    | 2015 | 950 |

    | 2016 | 850 |

    | 2017 | 1300 |

    | 2018 | 1050 |

    | 2019 | 1150 |

    | 2020 | 900 |

  • Jack S.

    ā€¢

    Dec 30, 2023

    Markdown style

    While typing:

    Type ** on either side of your text to bold.

    Type * on either side of your text to italicize.

    Type ``` on either side of your text to create inline code. (That's the symbol to the left of your 1 key.)

    Type ~ on either side of your text to strikethrough.

    At the beginning of any new line or existing block of content, try these:

    Type *, -, or + followed by space to create a bulleted list.

    Type [] to create a to-do checkbox, followed by space. (There's no space in between.)

    Type 1., a., or i. followed by space to create a numbered list.

    Type # followed by space to create an H1 heading.

    Type ## followed by space to create an H2 sub-heading.

    Type ### followed by space to create an H3 sub-heading.

    Type > followed by space to create a toggle list.

    Type " followed by space to create a quote block.

    Idea:

    https://www.notion.so/help/keyboard-shortcuts

  • Jack S.

    ā€¢

    Dec 18, 2023

    This would make it easier, for example, to paste ready-made formatted text from responses to ChatGPT queries and Perplexity

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