2025 08 03 Markdown

Finally I have set up my markdown properly.

It starts with Helix: Setup for Markdown. It involves installing dprint. Although it mentions only helix, I have created similar configurations for zed as well.

Below are the configurations files for the respective editors.

languages.toml for helix:

[[language]]
name = "go"
auto-format = true
formatter = { command = "goimports" }

[[language]]
name = "rust"
auto-format = true

[[language]]
name = "c"
auto-format = true

[[language]]
name = "markdown"
auto-format = true
formatter = {command = "dprint", args = ["fmt", "--stdin", "md"]}

settings.json for zed:

// Zed settings
//
// For information on how to configure Zed, see the Zed
// documentation: https://zed.dev/docs/configuring-zed
//
// To see all of Zed's default settings without changing your
// custom settings, run the `open default settings` command
// from the command palette or from `Zed` application menu.
{
  "theme": "One Dark Pro",
  "vim_mode": false,
  "telemetry": {
    "metrics": false
  },
  "ui_font_size": 16,
  "buffer_font_size": 16,
  "features": {
    "copilot": false
  },
  "cursor_blink": false,
  "relative_line_numbers": true,
  "scrollbar": {
    "show": "always"
  },
  "indent_guides": {
    "enabled": true,
    "coloring": "indent_aware"
  },
  "wrap_guides": [90],
  "show_wrap_guides": true,
  "languages": {
    "Markdown": {
      "tab_size": 4,
      "formatter": {
        "external": {
          "command": "dprint",
          "arguments": ["fmt", "--stdin", "md"]
        }
      },
      "format_on_save": "on"
    }
  }
}

I have also tidied up some of my blogs and refreshed my markdown writing environment. I will write more in the future, to make room in my mind.