Create index of names in markdown? #24006
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Hi @abunavas 👋 Could you explain in a bit more detail what is meant by “index of names” ? Depending on your code editor, you may be able to install an extension to convert your markdown files to a PDF. |
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Hi, thank you for answer. By index of names, I mean list of personal names mentioned in text, with numbers of pages they appear. I am using Sublime Text, and can covert .md to PDF with pandoc, but I need to have index at the end. Like in this picture |
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Thank you for that additional context. There is no concept of columns in a markdown file. The closest workaround I can think of is creating a table. It’s not very fun to implement, but these are the limitations of the Markdown language. eg:
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Thank you @ernest-phillips This is workaround. I suppose I shell ask in pandoc / LaTex forums, as well. Anyway, your answer is very useful. |
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Thank you for that additional context.
There is no concept of columns in a markdown file. The closest workaround I can think of is creating a table. It’s not very fun to implement, but these are the limitations of the Markdown language.
eg:
That would yield something like this: