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Pavol Z. Kutaj
Pavol Z. Kutaj

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How to Create a Markdown Code Block in Vim With a Single Keystroke

The aim of this pageđź“ť is to simplify the creation of markdown codeblock to code that is already in a file. There may be other scenarios. This is working for me. I often have a JSON in markdown or other pieces of code.

Instead of first creating the block, I paste/create the content that should go into the block, then visually select it and then press c to create the block with cursor in INSERT mode after the first triple backtick, so that I can define a language/style of the block.

  • there may be better ways just using vanilla-vim, but I just can't resist this has been my VSCODE workflow for a long time
  • therefore - select the code block visually and go with c (or whatever letter you define)
  • the implementation is simple, just put the following into your .vimrc:
  • NOTE: it is a triple backtick, not a double as shown below but it is breaking the parsing of the blog and I don't know how to escape it reliably :/
vnoremap <leader>c <esc>o``<esc>gvo<esc>O``
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  • Then select the block visually, ideally with line selection
  • Press <leader>c --> DONE

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