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|Name=md-toc
 
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|Short description=Automatically generate a compliant table of contents for a markdown file to improve document readability
 
|Short description=Automatically generate a compliant table of contents for a markdown file to improve document readability
|Full description=The table of contents (a.k.a: TOC) generated by this program is designed to work with several markdown parsers such as the ones used by GitHub and GitLab.
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|Full description=The table of contents (a.k.a: TOC) generated by this program is designed to  
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work with several markdown parsers such as the ones used by GitHub and GitLab.
  
When used with the in-place option this script will write TOC at the first occurrency of a marker. The default marker is [](TOC), which will result invisible after the markdown file has been translated.
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When used with the in-place option this script will write TOC at the first
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occurrency of a marker. The default marker is ``[](TOC)``, which will  
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result invisible after the markdown file has been translated.
  
By default titles up to three indentation levels (in HTML: h1, h2, h3) will be included in the TOC but the user can decide to keep any wanted level.
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By default titles up to three indentation levels (in HTML: ``h1``, ``h2``,  
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``h3``) will be included in the TOC but the user can decide to keep all
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possible levels.
  
md_toc makes it is possible to generate ordered or unordered TOCs. In both cases each element of the TOC is by default a link to a paragraph in the web page. It is also possible to generate non-linked version of the TOC.
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md_toc makes it is possible to generate ordered and unordered TOCs.
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In both cases each element of the TOC is by default a
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link to a paragraph in the web page. It is also possible to generate  
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a non-linked version of the TOC.  
  
If the user wants it, there is the possibility to ignore space indentations within the TOC.
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If the user wants it, there is the possibility to ignore space indentations
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within the TOC.
  
Rules for generating the TOC are determined by the selected markdown parser. md-toc aimes to be as conformant as possible in respect to each one of them. This was possible by studying the available documentation and/or reverse engineering the source code.
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Rules for generating the TOC are determined by the selected  
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markdown parser. md-toc aimes infact to be as conformant as possible in  
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respect to each one of them. This was possible by studying the available  
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documentations and by reverse engineering the source codes.
 
|Homepage URL=https://github.com/frnmst/md-toc
 
|Homepage URL=https://github.com/frnmst/md-toc
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Keywords=markdown, md, table-of-contents, toc
 
|Keywords=markdown, md, table-of-contents, toc
|Version identifier=3.1.0
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|Version identifier=4.0.0
|Version date=2019/03/29
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|Version date=2019/04/04
 
|Version status=alpha
 
|Version status=alpha
|Version download=https://github.com/frnmst/md-toc/archive/3.1.0.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://github.com/frnmst/md-toc/archive/4.0.0.tar.gz
|Version comment=Fixed code fence detection for github. Other fixes.
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|Version comment=Bug fixes. Improved documentation. Separated build_toc from the build_multiple_tocs function.
 
|Last review by=Frnmst
 
|Last review by=Frnmst
|Last review date=2019/03/29
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|Last review date=2019/04/04
 
|Submitted date=2018/01/27
 
|Submitted date=2018/01/27
 
|User level=intermediate
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
 
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|Prerequisite description=Python 3
 
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Revision as of 13:14, 4 April 2019


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md-toc

https://blog.franco.net.eu.org/software/#md-toc
Automatically generate and add an accurate table of contents to markdown files.

Description

The table of contents (a.k.a: TOC) generated by this program is designed to work with several markdown parsers such as the ones used by GitHub and GitLab.

Rules for generating the TOC are determined by the selected markdown parser. md-toc aimes infact to be as conformant as possible in respect to each one of them. This was possible by studying the available documentations and by reverse engineering the source codes.

GitHub and GitLab have introduced their version of the markdown TOC after md-toc and similar tools were created:

  • in March 2021 GitHub added an interactive TOC button at the top-left of readme files. This system works for markdown and others
  • GitLab added an extension called Table of contents to its Gitlab Flavored Mardown

Features

  • works offline
  • edits file in place using a TOC marker or output to standard output
  • maximum heading level selection (1 to 6)
  • list indentation based on heading, which can optionally be disabled
  • outputs an ordered or unordered TOC list
  • creates anchor links to markdown headings by default or a plain list as alternative
  • checks if heading level is coherent: this avoid creating an erroneous TOC. This feature can be disabled if needed
  • skip any number lines before generating the TOC
  • can read content from standard input
  • handles multiple files at once
  • selection of newline string
  • check if there is difference between existing TOC in file and newly generated one
  • selection of list marker
  • supports GitHub, GitLab, Commonmark, Redcarpet and others
  • pre-commit md-toc hook

And more! See the feature comparison table

Documentation

Documentation at: https://docs.franco.net.eu.org/md-toc/

Related Projects





Licensing

License

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Notes

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13 June 2021

Notes

See also https://docs.franco.net.eu.org/md-toc/copyright_license.html for a list of all the licenses used.




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
VideoSupporthttps://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=6QaW4qv7y1o
Users, DevelopersBug Trackinghttps://framagit.org/frnmst/md-toc/-/issues
Users, DevelopersChangeloghttps://blog.franco.net.eu.org/software/CHANGELOG-md-toc.html
Users, DevelopersBug Trackinghttps://software.franco.net.eu.org/frnmst/md-toc/issues
Python (Ref)Generalhttps://pypi.org/project/md-toc
Users, DevelopersBug Trackinghttps://codeberg.org/frnmst/md-toc/issues
DocumentationSupporthttps://docs.franco.net.eu.org/md-toc/
VideoSupporthttps://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=guyVdPNmC0A
Users, DevelopersBug Trackinghttps://github.com/frnmst/md-toc/issues


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to buildpython3-build
Required to buildflake8-docstrings
Required to buildsphinx-copybutton
Required to buildsphinx-book-theme
Weak prerequisitepyfakefs
Required to buildvenv
Required to usehttps://blog.franco.net.eu.org/software/#fpyutils
Required to buildFlake8
Required to useSetuptools
Required to buildSphinx
Required to usePython 3

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 15 February 2024.



Version comment

Release 8.2.3 - Code cleanup - Bug fixes - pre-commit configuration cleanup


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