Re: underlining support for markdown syntax?

Hi Tim!

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:02:21 -0600, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 02/28/12 05:41, rath@mglug.de wrote:
>> [..]
> There are two possibilities that occur to me. The first is if you
> want the *whole* line underlined. There are lots of ways you can do
> this. I personally use
>
> :t.|s/./-/g

Sounds good.

> (which could be wrapped up in a macro) because it doesn't tromp my
> scratch register. I know other people use a macro that does
> something
> like
>
> YpVr-
>
> to "Y"ank the current line, "p"aste it, "V"isualize the line, and
> "r"eplace each character in that selection with a "-". Note that
> changes your scratch/yank registers' contents.

Thats so easy if I see it now! Thanks!

>
> You can map them something like
>
> :nnoremap <leader>- :t.<bar>s/./-/g<cr>
> :nnoremap <leader>= YpVr=
>
> so you can (by default, based on your 'mapleader' setting) type
>
> \=
>
> to underline the current line with "="s. I put in both styles so you
> can see how each would work, but I'd pick the one that's clearest to
> you and stick with it for both cases.

Ok, thanks.

I modified the command to "Ypwv$r=", so ich moved to the next "word"
(let the comment marker alive), then marked with standard marker v (not
V for whole line) up to the end ("$"), then replacing it :-)

>
>
> The other case regards visually marking a sub-portion of a line as
> underlined such as
>
> I only want this part underlined, okay?
> --------------------
>
> That's a lot harder, so if it's what you want, time can be taken to
> cook up something, but there are some non-trivial edge-cases that
> would have to be addressed.

Thats not necessary. For Markdown-Syntax the example above is full
functionally.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Oliver

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