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Published by Captain Cool July 02, 2024
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Smart typography

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Smart typography inside of amplenote

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Refine your notes with these quick transformations:

Curly Quotes: " " to “ ” and ' ' to ‘ ’.

Ellipsis: ... to ….


Arrows: -> to → and <- to ←.


Guillemets: << to « and >> to ».


Dashes:
-- to – (en-dash).

–- to — (em-dash).

—- to --- (three dashes).


Fractions: 1/2 to ½ and more.


Comparisons: <= to ≤, >= to ≥, /= to ≠.


entry: https://github.com/Capta1nCool/smart-typography/build/compiled.js

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// Javascript updated 01/07/2024, 14:01:43 by Amplenote Plugin Builder from source code within "https://github.com/Capta1nCool/smart-typography/build/compiled.js"
(() => {
// lib/plugin.js
var plugin = {
noteOption: {
"Format note": {
check: async function(app, noteUUID) {
return true;
},
run: async function(app, noteUUID) {
const replacements = {
arrows: [
{ pattern: /<!--\s*\{.*?\}\s*-->/g, replacement: '' }, // Fix for tasks having their uuis also getting added to the result
{ pattern: /<-/g, replacement: "\u2190" },
{ pattern: /->/g, replacement: "\u2192" }
],
guillemets: [
{ pattern: /<</g, replacement: "\xAB" },
{ pattern: />>/g, replacement: "\xBB" }
],
comparisons: [
{ pattern: /<=/g, replacement: "\u2264" },
{ pattern: />=/g, replacement: "\u2265" },
{ pattern: /\/=/g, replacement: "\u2260" }
],
ellipsis: [
{ pattern: /\.\.\./g, replacement: "\u2026" }
],
fractions: [
{ pattern: /1\/2/g, replacement: '½' },
{ pattern: /1\/3/g, replacement: '⅓' },
{ pattern: /2\/3/g, replacement: '⅔' },
{ pattern: /1\/4/g, replacement: '¼' },
{ pattern: /3\/4/g, replacement: '¾' },
{ pattern: /1\/5/g, replacement: '⅕' },
{ pattern: /2\/5/g, replacement: '⅖' },
{ pattern: /3\/5/g, replacement: '⅗' },
{ pattern: /4\/5/g, replacement: '⅘' },
{ pattern: /1\/6/g, replacement: '⅙' },
{ pattern: /5\/6/g, replacement: '⅚' },
{ pattern: /1\/7/g, replacement: '⅐' },
{ pattern: /1\/8/g, replacement: '⅛' },
{ pattern: /3\/8/g, replacement: '⅜' },
{ pattern: /5\/8/g, replacement: '⅝' },
{ pattern: /7\/8/g, replacement: '⅞' },
{ pattern: /1\/9/g, replacement: '⅑' },
{ pattern: /1\/10/g, replacement: '⅒' }
],
dashes: [
{ pattern: /—-(?=.)/g, replacement: '---' },
{ pattern: /–-(?=.)/g, replacement: '—' },
{ pattern: /--/g, replacement: '–' }
]
};
 
function replaceQuotes(inputString) {
let outputString = '';
let doubleQuoteOpen = true;
let singleQuoteOpen = true;
 
for (let i = 0; i < inputString.length; i++) {
const char = inputString[i];
if (char === '"') {
if (doubleQuoteOpen) {
outputString += '“';
} else {
outputString += '”';
}
doubleQuoteOpen = !doubleQuoteOpen;
} else if (char === "'") {
if (singleQuoteOpen) {
outputString += '‘';
} else {
outputString += '’';
}
singleQuoteOpen = !singleQuoteOpen;
} else {
outputString += char;
}
}
return outputString;
}
 
let markdown = await app.getNoteContent({ uuid: noteUUID });
 
Object.keys(replacements).forEach((category) => {
replacements[category].forEach((item) => {
markdown = markdown.replace(item.pattern, item.replacement);
});
});
 
markdown = replaceQuotes(markdown);
 
await app.replaceNoteContent({ uuid: noteUUID }, markdown);
}
}
}
};
var plugin_default = plugin;
return plugin;
})()