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Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

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Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

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Post by pradn »

andybak wrote: post #89
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

The main effect of slow rollouts on me is that I never use the feature. It goes like this. 1. There's a service I use sporadically or used to use 2. They announce a new feature that might potentially mean I'll start using it again/more 3. I read the post, log in and realise I don't have access yet 4. I completely forget this ever happened. Surely all the effort that goes into announcing these things is a bit wasted ?…

It is a bit odd how they do it in Docs. In Cloud, announcements happen when the feature has already fully rolled out. Note, this is separate from region expansion, which might be delayed for some heavy-weight features (like new categories of VMs requiring special hardware.)

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#92

Post by scrollaway »

hellojebus wrote: post #81
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

Will the API support uploading conversion of markdown to "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"? I process thousands of documents each month -- often have to parse from HTML to Markdown to Docx then finally upload and convert to Google Doc format.

Check out Pandoc.

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#93

Post by tomeraberbach »

crazygringo wrote: post #45
timClicks wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To add a code block, type @ and scroll down to "Code Block ". It's still very limited, with syntax highlighting limited to C/C++, Java, JavaSript, Python.

Is that available only in certain paid versions of Google Workspace, or has it not rolled out to everyone? When I type @ there's no code block option. I get People, Smart Chips, and then in "Building Blocks" I get five items from "Meeting Notes" to "Project Assets". If I click the arrow to expand to the full list of building blocks, it only adds a sixth item "Launch Content Tracker" and the rest is blank space.

Code blocks are a paid feature, but the Markdown import/export feature is not paid. It's just still rolling out

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#94

Post by sphars »

supriyo-biswas wrote: post #63
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

Is it possible to get this feature in Slides as well? I often need to prepare technical slides with code in it, and being able to just backtick away into a tag or a block would be a godsend.

Not an answer to your question because this isn't integrated with Slides, but Slidev[0] can be used for creating slidedecks in Markdown

[0]: https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#95

Post by Symbiote »

chrisfinazzo wrote: post #78
Symbiote wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can already get most of the way there, as Pandoc supports reading the ODT or DOCX export from Google Docs reasonably well. I have this in my shell history: pandoc --from=docx --to=asciidoc --wrap=none --atx-headers --extract-media=img doc.docx > doc.adoc

Stick downdoc on the end of that pipeline and you're done -- unless you prefer working in AsciiDoc, I guess. Not my thing, but you do you... https://github.com/opendevise/downdoc

Asciidoctor has been much better received by my colleagues, primarily for the built-in support of a few technical writing features — admonitions, non-trivial tables, crossreferences, etc.

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

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Post by tomeraberbach »

andybak wrote: post #89
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

The main effect of slow rollouts on me is that I never use the feature. It goes like this. 1. There's a service I use sporadically or used to use 2. They announce a new feature that might potentially mean I'll start using it again/more 3. I read the post, log in and realise I don't have access yet 4. I completely forget this ever happened. Surely all the effort that goes into announcing these things is a bit wasted ?…

I can't speak to the reasoning for announcing before 100% rollout, but I can say that the slow rollout is for safety. That way if there's a severe bug, then we can catch it while it affects a small number of users, instead of all users.

Labs is more for experimental features that needs more beta testing before rolling out to everyone, rather than being the "first stage" of slow rollout.

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#97

Post by zikani_03 »

tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

Is this also available from the googlecloud APIs libraries? Would be neat to be able to create a Google Doc from markdown content, it's something we were going to look into for one of the things we are building.

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#98

Post by dpkirchner »

andybak wrote: post #89
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

The main effect of slow rollouts on me is that I never use the feature. It goes like this. 1. There's a service I use sporadically or used to use 2. They announce a new feature that might potentially mean I'll start using it again/more 3. I read the post, log in and realise I don't have access yet 4. I completely forget this ever happened. Surely all the effort that goes into announcing these things is a bit wasted ?…

At least it's available to paying customers, that's not always the case.

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

#99

Post by tomeraberbach »

zikani_03 wrote: post #97
tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

Is this also available from the googlecloud APIs libraries? Would be neat to be able to create a Google Doc from markdown content, it's something we were going to look into for one of the things we are building.

This will be supported by the Drive APIs

Re: Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

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Post by jez »

tomeraberbach wrote: post #39

Hey folks, I'm the engineer who implemented the new feature. Just clearing up some confusion. A lot of you are noticing the preexisting automatic detection feature from 2022 [1], which I also worked on. That's NOT what this newly announced feature is. The new feature supports full import/export, but it's still rolling out so you're likely not seeing it yet! Hope you like it once it reaches you :) [1] https://workspac…

How does it handle images in the imports and exports?
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