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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,319 @@ #!/usr/bin/env bash # md2pb - Convert markdown to rich text format for Slack/Discord/etc # # DESCRIPTION: # Converts markdown to both plain text and HTML formats, then places both on the # macOS clipboard. This allows pasting rich formatted text into apps like Slack, # Discord, or any app that accepts HTML clipboard data. # # USAGE: # md2pb [FILE] # echo "**bold text**" | md2pb # md2pb README.md # # REQUIREMENTS: # - macOS (uses osascript and pbcopy) # - pandoc (brew install pandoc) # # EXAMPLES: # # From stdin # echo "# Header\n**Bold** and *italic* text" | md2pb # # # From file # md2pb my-notes.md # # # With llm tool # llm logs -n 1 -r | md2pb # # AUTHOR: Stuart Corbishley # DATE: 2025-06-26 set -euo pipefail # Colors for output RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m' NC='\033[0m' # No Color # Function to print colored output print_error() { echo -e "${RED}❌ Error: $1${NC}" >&2 } print_success() { echo -e "${GREEN}✅ $1${NC}" } print_warning() { echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠️ Warning: $1${NC}" } print_info() { echo -e "$1" } # Check if we're on macOS check_macos() { if [[ "$OSTYPE" != "darwin"* ]]; then print_error "This script requires macOS (uses osascript and pbcopy)" print_info "Current OS: $OSTYPE" exit 1 fi } # Check if pandoc is installed check_pandoc() { if ! command -v pandoc &>/dev/null; then print_error "pandoc is required but not installed" print_info "" print_info "Install with:" print_info " brew install pandoc" print_info "" print_info "Or visit: https://pandoc.org/installing.html" exit 1 fi } # Show usage show_usage() { echo "Usage: md2pb [OPTIONS] [FILE]" echo "" echo "Convert markdown to rich text format for clipboard" echo "" echo "Options:" echo " --debug-html=FILE Save HTML output to FILE for debugging" echo " --debug-text=FILE Save plain text output to FILE for debugging" echo " --style=STYLE Formatting style: slack (default) or normal" echo " -h, --help Show this help message" echo "" echo "Arguments:" echo " FILE Markdown file to convert (optional, uses stdin if not provided)" echo "" echo "Examples:" echo " echo \"**bold text**\" | md2pb" echo " md2pb README.md" echo " md2pb --style=normal README.md" echo " md2pb --debug-html=output.html --debug-text=output.txt README.md" echo " llm logs -n 1 -r | md2pb" } # Main conversion function convert_markdown_to_clipboard() { local input_source="$1" local debug_html_file="$2" local debug_text_file="$3" local style="$4" local tmpdir="" local tmphtml="" local tmptext="" local tmpfilter="" # Cleanup function cleanup() { rm -rf "${tmpdir:-}" } trap cleanup EXIT # Create temporary directory and files tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/markdown-clipboard.XXXXXX) tmphtml="$tmpdir/output.html" tmptext="$tmpdir/output.txt" tmpfilter="$tmpdir/filter.lua" # Create lua filter for Slack formatting cat >"$tmpfilter" <<'EOF' function Header(elem) -- Convert headers to bold text for Slack/Discord local content = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem.content) return { pandoc.Para{pandoc.LineBreak()}, pandoc.Para{pandoc.Strong{pandoc.Str(content)}} } end function Para(elem) return { pandoc.Para{pandoc.LineBreak()}, elem } end EOF # Configure markdown format based on style local markdown_extensions=( "markdown" "+lists_without_preceding_blankline" "+strikeout" "+autolink_bare_uris" "+task_lists" "-smart" ) local markdown_format markdown_format=$( IFS="" echo "${markdown_extensions[*]}" ) local pandoc_html_args=() if [[ "$style" == "slack" ]]; then pandoc_html_args+=("--lua-filter=$tmpfilter") fi pandoc_html_args+=("-t" "html" "--standalone") # Convert to both formats if [[ "$input_source" == "stdin" ]]; then # Read from stdin local content content=$(cat) if [[ -z "$content" ]]; then print_error "No input provided" exit 1 fi echo "$content" | pandoc -f "$markdown_format" -t plain >"$tmptext" echo "$content" | pandoc -f "$markdown_format" "${pandoc_html_args[@]}" >"$tmphtml" else # Read from file if [[ ! -f "$input_source" ]]; then print_error "File not found: $input_source" exit 1 fi if [[ ! -r "$input_source" ]]; then print_error "Cannot read file: $input_source" exit 1 fi pandoc -f "$markdown_format" -t plain "$input_source" >"$tmptext" pandoc -f "$markdown_format" "${pandoc_html_args[@]}" "$input_source" >"$tmphtml" fi # Set plain text version first (this is the key!) if ! pbcopy <"$tmptext"; then print_error "Failed to copy plain text to clipboard" exit 1 fi # Add HTML format to existing clipboard if ! osascript \ -e "set htmlData to (read POSIX file \"$tmphtml\" as «class HTML»)" \ -e 'set currentClip to the clipboard as record' \ -e 'set the clipboard to (currentClip & {«class HTML»:htmlData})' \ 2>/dev/null; then print_error "Failed to add HTML format to clipboard" exit 1 fi # Save HTML to debug file if requested if [[ -n "$debug_html_file" ]]; then if cp "$tmphtml" "$debug_html_file"; then print_info "🐛 HTML debug output saved to: $debug_html_file" else print_warning "Failed to save HTML debug output to: $debug_html_file" fi fi # Save plain text to debug file if requested if [[ -n "$debug_text_file" ]]; then if cp "$tmptext" "$debug_text_file"; then print_info "🐛 Plain text debug output saved to: $debug_text_file" else print_warning "Failed to save plain text debug output to: $debug_text_file" fi fi # Show success message with preview local line_count word_count line_count=$(wc -l <"$tmptext" | tr -d ' ') word_count=$(wc -w <"$tmptext" | tr -d ' ') print_success "Markdown converted and copied to clipboard" print_info "📊 Stats: $line_count lines, $word_count words" print_info "📋 Ready to paste into Slack, Discord, or other rich text apps" } # Main script logic main() { local debug_html_file="" local debug_text_file="" local input_file="" local style="slack" # Parse command line arguments while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case $1 in -h | --help | help) show_usage exit 0 ;; --debug-html=*) debug_html_file="${1#*=}" if [[ -z "$debug_html_file" ]]; then print_error "--debug-html requires a filename" exit 1 fi shift ;; --debug-text=*) debug_text_file="${1#*=}" if [[ -z "$debug_text_file" ]]; then print_error "--debug-text requires a filename" exit 1 fi shift ;; --style=*) style="${1#*=}" if [[ "$style" != "slack" && "$style" != "normal" ]]; then print_error "Style must be 'slack' or 'normal', got: $style" exit 1 fi shift ;; -*) print_error "Unknown option: $1" echo "" show_usage exit 1 ;; *) if [[ -n "$input_file" ]]; then print_error "Too many input files specified" echo "" show_usage exit 1 fi input_file="$1" shift ;; esac done # Check system requirements check_macos check_pandoc # Determine input source if [[ -z "$input_file" ]]; then # No input file, check if stdin has data if [[ -t 0 ]]; then print_error "No input provided" echo "" show_usage exit 1 fi convert_markdown_to_clipboard "stdin" "$debug_html_file" "$debug_text_file" "$style" else # Input file specified convert_markdown_to_clipboard "$input_file" "$debug_html_file" "$debug_text_file" "$style" fi } # Run main function with all arguments main "$@"