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Compose with Markdown in Google Docs

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67 pointsdugmartin12 comments

Would be really nice to have code md syntax in Google docs. The simple formatting is not such a game changer

It only seems to convert the markdown syntax to normal Docs formatting. Since Docs does not natively support the concept of a "code block", it would make sense that this is not supported.

When I was at Google, we used an addon to do that. I think it might be this one? Not sure since there was a separate addon repo with internal and specific whitelisted addons.

https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/code_blocks/100... https://github.com/alexwforsythe/code-blocks

This is what I used in college. It works great, but its much slower and more tedious to use compared to markdown code blocks. At one point I switched from using google docs to using the export to pdf feature on a static site generator because I was writing documents with a ton of code blocks and inline code formatting. It saved me a ton of time highlighting code and clicking about in the side panel.

I know there are LaTeX addons that let you do things like $$\frac{1}{2}$$ and then render the entire document. Makes me wonder what it would take to do something similar for code.

When I need formated code in docs or slides, I use the copy/paste with style capability of browsers. It works from rendered content but also from IDE.

I usually make heading 6 styled as code since you can't add non-heading styles.

OP link is for Workspaces. According to this https://support.google.com/docs/answer/12014036 I should be able to see it in regular Google Docs, but the option doesn't appear for me.

I don't see it Workspaces or in regular Google Docs. I don't see the typical "feature rolling out over the next few weeks" disclaimer, but I wonder if that's it.

If it does inter-document linking like obsidian, that would be a real game changer for me.

The Google Sites product supported markdown, or that mediawiki format, I'm not sure which, it was a long time ago, but one day they all converted to wysiwyg HTML and that pissed me off.

Finally! but why isn't it the complete set?

Seems like someone with more vision than "match MSWord's feature set" has been out in charge of google docs.

Shame, no fenced code blocks.

I have to test this out.

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