Show HN: Treat Google Docs as Markdown

Show HN: Treat Google Docs as Markdown(github.com)

2 points by ksri 31 days ago | 2 comments

Pull a google doc in markdown format. Edit the markdown and push. ExtraSuite will figure out the diff and apply them to the google doc, respecting your formatting.

immanuwell 31 days ago |

seems useful, but what if some google doc features are not supported in markdown?

ksri 31 days ago | |

It handles it gracefully. The tool cannot edit them, but it will ensure it does not mess them up.

Some examples: - Table of contents can't be updated via the API. But the tool will ensure that the ToC doesn't disappear - Styling can't be represented in markdown. That's fine - new content in the same paragraph will inherit the styles. The tool won't change the styles.

The core approach - don't mess with anything that isn't represented in markdown.

The way it works: we take the original google document and only apply the specific changes that the author intended to make. So this ensures we don't change anything else.