Markdown Lists Reformat (*⇨-) Action

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Markdown Lists Reformat (*⇨-) Action

Updated 08042024-192559

• GitHub Issue
• Drafts Directory - https://directory.getdrafts.com/a/2Tt
• WTF
• ID: 05C65F71-6E28-441A-A808-845F6C7FE2EF
• Draft

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no idea why I hadn't before just made an Action for this but ... I have now. https://directory.getdrafts.com/a/2Tt

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Description

Changes (replaces) any [* ]-formatted Markdown lists in the current Draft to hyphen format (- ).

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Changes (replaces) any [* ]-formatted Markdown lists in the current Draft to hyphen format (- ) via regex (/^\*\s+/gm).

Source

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// Get the content of the current draft
let content = draft.content;

// Define a regular expression to find all instances of lists formatted with [* ]
let regex = /^\*\s+/gm;

// Replace the matches with [- ]
let updatedContent = content.replace(regex, '- ');

// Update the draft content with the new format
draft.content = updatedContent;

// Save the draft
draft.update();