Neovim markdown plugins

• Neovim Markdown extra
• Telescope markdown plugins
• Table of contents
  • jonschlinkert/markdown-toc
  • Marksman language server
  • Other TOC generators
• General markdown plugins
• Other markdown preview plugins
  • peek
  • Tables

Issues:

• Still no keymap for increasing or decreasing Markdown headers. vim-markdown plugin does that but it's VimScript and probably mess too much with existing plugins

Neovim Markdown extra

• Neovim Markdown extra

Included plugins:

• Headlines.nvim
  • Included in LazyVim Markdown extra
  • This plugin adds highlights for text filetypes, like markdown, orgmode, and neorg.
    • Background highlighting for headlines
    • Background highlighting for code blocks
    • Whole window separator for horizontal line
    • Bar for Quotes
• markdown-preview.nvim
  • NodeJS
• Installs igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli from the Mason registry, configured by nvim-lint

Telescope markdown plugins

• crispgm/telescope-heading.nvim
  • Allows you to switch between headings

Table of contents

jonschlinkert/markdown-toc

• GitHub
• API and CLI for generating a markdown TOC (table of contents) for a README or any markdown files
• Default TOC generator bundled in the Lazyvim markdown extra
• Insert <!-- toc --> into the head of a Markdown document, it's updated automatically on save

Marksman language server

• Github
• Automatically installed via Mason with LazyVim Markdown extra
• Marksman features
• LunarVim: Improve Markdown Editing with Marksman
• Marksman includes a code action to produce a Table of Contents
  • Usage: <leader>ca

Other TOC generators

• mzlogin/vim-markdown-toc
  • VimScript
  • Existing table of contents will auto update on save by default
  • Last commit 2022-08
• richardbizik/nvim-toc
  • Lua
  • Last commit 2023-07
• ajorgensen/vim-markdown-toc
  • VimScript
  • Stale: last commit 2020

General markdown plugins

• tadmccorkle/markdown

  • Lua

• preservim/vim-markdown
  • VimScript
  • Syntax highlighting, matching rules and mappings for the original Markdown and extensions
  • Useful for decreasing or increasing Markdown headers
  • Generate TOC
• nvim-FeMaco.lua
  • "A small plugin allowing to edit injected language trees with correct filetype in a floating window. This allows you to use all of your config for your favorite language"

Other markdown preview plugins

• glow.nvim
  • A (text-based) markdown preview directly in your neovim
  • glow-hover Leverage glow to display LSP hover responses.

peek

• Github
• Last commit 2023-04

• Dependency: Deno javascript runtime needed

  live update synchronized scrolling github-style look TeX math Mermaid diagrams

Tables

• markdown-table-mode.nvim