CopyFormattedSource

A Visual Studio extension which copies a section of text from the selected active document and wraps it in backticks (```) for Markdown use.

Extra Formatting

By default, the following formatting rules are applied -

• the entire selection is wrapped in backticks;
• a language name is pulled from the file extension of the active document;
• the active document path and line selection number is included as the first line of the source snippet;
• any empty lines at the start or end of the selection are trimmed;
• minimum indentation is applied to the entire selection.

Example

First, highlight the text you intend to copy from the active window.

Then, go to Tools->Copy Formatted Source....

The formatted source selection will then be copied into the clipboard. Paste the selection into a markdown file to preview the selection. For example, the selection above will yield the following snippet.

```c++
/* D:\temp\hello-world.cpp(1) */
// Hello World in C++ (pre-ISO)

#include <iostream.h>

main()
{
    cout << "Hello World!" << endl;
    return 0;
}