This post was written by Adam Kinney, Senior Software Engineer on the docs.microsoft.com team.
Today, we are delighted to announce the release of the Docs Authoring Pack for Visual Studio Code, making it easier than ever to contribute to docs.microsoft.com. This first release of the pack includes three extensions:
First, you will need to install it from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Once you navigate to the extension page, simply click on Install and follow the messages on the screen:
Once done, you should reload Visual Studio Code, open a Markdown file, and start writing! Use the Alt
+M
key combination to access the Docs Markdown Extension command palette, allowing you to quickly format the text (e.g. make it bold or italic), insert standard Markdown entities, such as a numbered list or a table, as well as insert docs-specific markup for notes, important information and tips:
You can also quickly insert code from other files via a DocFX-compatible Markdown extension, and preview the page you are working on directly in the editor:
The extension is open source, and we welcome any contributions to it!
Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) affirming that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.
When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all Microsoft-owned repos using our CLA.
Have thoughts on how we can make the extension better? Simply open a new issue!
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