Markdown PDF

This extension converts Markdown files to pdf, html, png or jpeg files.

Japanese README

Table of Contents

• Features
• Install
• Usage
• Extension Settings
• Options
• FAQ
• Known Issues
• Release Notes
• License
• Special thanks

Features

Supports the following features

• Syntax highlighting
• emoji
• markdown-it-checkbox
• markdown-it-container
• markdown-it-include
• PlantUML
  • markdown-it-plantuml
• mermaid

Sample files

• pdf
• html
• png
• jpeg

markdown-it-container

INPUT

::: warning
*here be dragons*
:::

OUTPUT

<div class="warning">
<p><em>here be dragons</em></p>
</div>

markdown-it-plantuml

INPUT

@startuml
Bob -[#red]> Alice : hello
Alice -[#0000FF]->Bob : ok
@enduml

OUTPUT

markdown-it-include

Include markdown fragment files: :[alternate-text](relative-path-to-file.md).

├── [plugins]
│  └── README.md
├── CHANGELOG.md
└── README.md

INPUT

README Content

:[Plugins](./plugins/README.md)

:[Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)

OUTPUT

Content of README.md

Content of plugins/README.md

Content of CHANGELOG.md

mermaid

INPUT

```mermaid
stateDiagram
    [*] --> First
    state First {
        [*] --> second
        second --> [*]
    }
```

OUTPUT

Install

Chromium download starts automatically when Markdown PDF is installed and Markdown file is first opened with Visual Studio Code.

However, it is time-consuming depending on the environment because of its large size (~ 170Mb Mac, ~ 282Mb Linux, ~ 280Mb Win).

During downloading, the message Installing Chromium is displayed in the status bar.

If you are behind a proxy, set the http.proxy option to settings.json and restart Visual Studio Code.

If the download is not successful or you want to avoid downloading every time you upgrade Markdown PDF, please specify the installed Chrome or 'Chromium' with markdown-pdf.executablePath option.

Usage

Command Palette

1. Open the Markdown file
2. Press F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P
3. Type export and select below
   • markdown-pdf: Export (settings.json)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (pdf)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (html)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (png)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (jpeg)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (all: pdf, html, png, jpeg)

Menu

1. Open the Markdown file
2. Right click and select below
   • markdown-pdf: Export (settings.json)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (pdf)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (html)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (png)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (jpeg)
   • markdown-pdf: Export (all: pdf, html, png, jpeg)

Auto convert

1. Add "markdown-pdf.convertOnSave": true option to settings.json
2. Restart Visual Studio Code
3. Open the Markdown file
4. Auto convert on save

Extension Settings

Visual Studio Code User and Workspace Settings

1. Select File > Preferences > UserSettings or Workspace Settings
2. Find markdown-pdf settings in the Default Settings
3. Copy markdown-pdf.* settings
4. Paste to the settings.json, and change the value

Options

List

Save options

markdown-pdf.type

• Output format: pdf, html, png, jpeg
• Multiple output formats support
• Default: pdf

"markdown-pdf.type": [
  "pdf",
  "html",
  "png",
  "jpeg"
],

markdown-pdf.convertOnSave

• Enable Auto convert on save
• boolean. Default: false
• To apply the settings, you need to restart Visual Studio Code

markdown-pdf.convertOnSaveExclude

• Excluded file name of convertOnSave option

"markdown-pdf.convertOnSaveExclude": [
  "^work",
  "work.md$",
  "work|test",
  "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-work",
  "work\\test"  // All '\' need to be written as '\\' (Windows)
],

markdown-pdf.outputDirectory

• Output Directory
• All \ need to be written as \\ (Windows)

"markdown-pdf.outputDirectory": "C:\\work\\output",

• Relative path
  • If you open the Markdown file, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the file
  • If you open a folder, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the root folder
  • If you open the workspace, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the each root folder
    • See Multi-root Workspaces

"markdown-pdf.outputDirectory": "output",

• Relative path (home directory)
  • If path starts with ~, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the home directory

"markdown-pdf.outputDirectory": "~/output",

• If you set a directory with a relative path, it will be created if the directory does not exist
• If you set a directory with an absolute path, an error occurs if the directory does not exist

markdown-pdf.outputDirectoryRelativePathFile

• If markdown-pdf.outputDirectoryRelativePathFile option is set to true, the relative path set with markdown-pdf.outputDirectory is interpreted as relative from the file
• It can be used to avoid relative paths from folders and workspaces
• boolean. Default: false

Styles options

markdown-pdf.styles

• A list of local paths to the stylesheets to use from the markdown-pdf
• If the file does not exist, it will be skipped
• All \ need to be written as \\ (Windows)

"markdown-pdf.styles": [
  "C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\Documents\\markdown-pdf.css",
  "/home/<USERNAME>/settings/markdown-pdf.css",
],

• Relative path
  • If you open the Markdown file, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the file
  • If you open a folder, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the root folder
  • If you open the workspace, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the each root folder
    • See Multi-root Workspaces

"markdown-pdf.styles": [
  "markdown-pdf.css",
],

• Relative path (home directory)
  • If path starts with ~, it will be interpreted as a relative path from the home directory

"markdown-pdf.styles": [
  "~/.config/Code/User/markdown-pdf.css"
],

• Online CSS (https://xxx/xxx.css) is applied correctly for JPG and PNG, but problems occur with PDF #67

"markdown-pdf.styles": [
  "https://xxx/markdown-pdf.css"
],

markdown-pdf.stylesRelativePathFile

• If markdown-pdf.stylesRelativePathFile option is set to true, the relative path set with markdown-pdf.styles is interpreted as relative from the file
• It can be used to avoid relative paths from folders and workspaces
• boolean. Default: false

markdown-pdf.includeDefaultStyles

• Enable the inclusion of default Markdown styles (VSCode, markdown-pdf)
• boolean. Default: true

Syntax highlight options

markdown-pdf.highlight

• Enable Syntax highlighting
• boolean. Default: true

markdown-pdf.highlightStyle

• Set the style file name. for example: github.css, monokai.css ...
• file name list
• demo site : https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/

"markdown-pdf.highlightStyle": "github.css",

Markdown options

markdown-pdf.breaks

• Enable line breaks
• boolean. Default: false

Emoji options

markdown-pdf.emoji

• Enable emoji. EMOJI CHEAT SHEET
• boolean. Default: true

Configuration options

markdown-pdf.executablePath

• Path to a Chromium or Chrome executable to run instead of the bundled Chromium
• All \ need to be written as \\ (Windows)
• To apply the settings, you need to restart Visual Studio Code

"markdown-pdf.executablePath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"

Common Options

markdown-pdf.scale

• Scale of the page rendering
• number. default: 1

"markdown-pdf.scale": 1

PDF options

• pdf only. puppeteer page.pdf options

markdown-pdf.displayHeaderFooter

• Enable display header and footer
• boolean. Default: true

markdown-pdf.headerTemplate

markdown-pdf.footerTemplate

• HTML template for the print header and footer
• <span class='date'></span> : formatted print date
• <span class='title'></span> : markdown file name
• <span class='url'></span> : markdown full path name
• <span class='pageNumber'></span> : current page number
• <span class='totalPages'></span> : total pages in the document

"markdown-pdf.headerTemplate": "<div style=\"font-size: 9px; margin-left: 1cm;\"> <span class='title'></span></div> <div style=\"font-size: 9px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 1cm; \"> <span class='date'></span></div>",

"markdown-pdf.footerTemplate": "<div style=\"font-size: 9px; margin: 0 auto;\"> <span class='pageNumber'></span> / <span class='totalPages'></span></div>",

markdown-pdf.printBackground

• Print background graphics
• boolean. Default: true

markdown-pdf.orientation

• Paper orientation
• portrait or landscape
• Default: portrait

markdown-pdf.pageRanges

• Paper ranges to print, e.g., '1-5, 8, 11-13'
• Default: all pages

"markdown-pdf.pageRanges": "1,4-",

markdown-pdf.format

• Paper format
• Letter, Legal, Tabloid, Ledger, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6
• Default: A4

"markdown-pdf.format": "A4",

markdown-pdf.width

markdown-pdf.height

• Paper width / height, accepts values labeled with units(mm, cm, in, px)
• If it is set, it overrides the markdown-pdf.format option

"markdown-pdf.width": "10cm",
"markdown-pdf.height": "20cm",

markdown-pdf.margin.top

markdown-pdf.margin.bottom

markdown-pdf.margin.right

markdown-pdf.margin.left

• Paper margins.units(mm, cm, in, px)

"markdown-pdf.margin.top": "1.5cm",
"markdown-pdf.margin.bottom": "1cm",
"markdown-pdf.margin.right": "1cm",
"markdown-pdf.margin.left": "1cm",

PNG JPEG options

• png and jpeg only. puppeteer page.screenshot options

markdown-pdf.quality

• jpeg only. The quality of the image, between 0-100. Not applicable to png images

"markdown-pdf.quality": 100,

markdown-pdf.clip.x

markdown-pdf.clip.y

markdown-pdf.clip.width

markdown-pdf.clip.height

• An object which specifies clipping region of the page
• number

//  x-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area
"markdown-pdf.clip.x": 0,

// y-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area
"markdown-pdf.clip.y": 0,

// width of clipping area
"markdown-pdf.clip.width": 1000,

// height of clipping area
"markdown-pdf.clip.height": 1000,

markdown-pdf.omitBackground

• Hides default white background and allows capturing screenshots with transparency
• boolean. Default: false

PlantUML options

markdown-pdf.plantumlOpenMarker

• Oppening delimiter used for the plantuml parser.
• Default: @startuml

markdown-pdf.plantumlCloseMarker

• Closing delimiter used for the plantuml parser.
• Default: @enduml

markdown-pdf.plantumlServer

• Plantuml server. e.g. http://localhost:8080
• Default: http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml
• For example, to run Plantuml Server locally #139 :

  docker run -d -p 8080:8080 plantuml/plantuml-server:jetty
  

  plantuml/plantuml-server - Docker Hub

markdown-it-include options

markdown-pdf.markdown-it-include.enable

• Enable markdown-it-include.
• boolean. Default: true

mermaid options

markdown-pdf.mermaidServer

• mermaid server
• Default: https://unpkg.com/mermaid/dist/mermaid.min.js

FAQ

How can I change emoji size ?

1. Add the following to your stylesheet which was specified in the markdown-pdf.styles

.emoji {
  height: 2em;
}

Auto guess encoding of files

Using files.autoGuessEncoding option of the Visual Studio Code is useful because it automatically guesses the character code. See files.autoGuessEncoding

"files.autoGuessEncoding": true,

Output directory

If you always want to output to the relative path directory from the Markdown file.

For example, to output to the "output" directory in the same directory as the Markdown file, set it as follows.

"markdown-pdf.outputDirectory" : "output",
"markdown-pdf.outputDirectoryRelativePathFile": true,

Page Break

Please use the following to insert a page break.

<div class="page"/>

Known Issues

markdown-pdf.styles option

• Online CSS (https://xxx/xxx.css) is applied correctly for JPG and PNG, but problems occur with PDF. #67

Release Notes

1.4.4 (2020/03/19)

• Change: mermaid javascript reads from URL instead of from local file
  • Add: markdown-pdf.mermaidServer option
  • add an option to disable mermaid #175
• Add: markdown-pdf.plantumlServer option
  • support configuration of plantUML server #139
• Add: configuration scope
  • extend setting 'headerTemplate' with scope... #184
• Update: slug for markdown-it-named-headers
• Update: markdown.css, markdown-pdf.css
• Update: dependent packages
• Fix: Fix for issue #186 #187
• Fix: move the Meiryo font to the end of the font-family setting
  • Meiryo font causing \ to show as Â¥ #83
  • Backslash false encoded #124
  • Errors in which 한글(korean word) is not properly printed #148
• Fix: Improve the configuration schema of package.json
  • Some settings can now be set from the settings editor.

License

MIT

Special thanks

• GoogleChrome/puppeteer
• markdown-it/markdown-it
• mcecot/markdown-it-checkbox
• leff/markdown-it-named-headers
• markdown-it/markdown-it-emoji
• HenrikJoreteg/emoji-images
• isagalaev/highlight.js
• cheeriojs/cheerio
• janl/mustache.js
• markdown-it/markdown-it-container
• gmunguia/markdown-it-plantuml
• camelaissani/markdown-it-include
• mermaid-js/mermaid
• jonschlinkert/gray-matter

and

• cakebake/markdown-themeable-pdf