markdown-toc
============

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**Table of Contents**

- [Use](#use)
    - [Create](#create)
    - [Update](#update)
    - [Create elsewhere](#create-elsewhere)
- [Install](#install)
    - [emacs package repository](#emacs-package-repository)
        - [Setup](#setup)
            - [melpa stable](#melpa-stable)
            - [melpa](#melpa)
            - [marmalade](#marmalade)
        - [Install](#install)
    - [emacs-lisp file](#emacs-lisp-file)
- [Inspiration](#inspiration)

A simple mode to create TOC in a well-formed markdown file.

Limitations:

The TOC is well-formed if the markdown is. (cf. #15)

# Use

## Create

Inside a markdown file, the first time, place yourself where you want to insert the TOC:

M-x markdown-toc-generate-toc

This will compute the TOC and insert it at current position.

Here is one possible output:

```markdown
<!-- markdown-toc start - Don't edit this section. Run M-x markdown-toc-generate-toc again -->
**Table of Contents**

- [Use](#use)
    - [Create](#create)
    - [Update](#update)
    - [Create elsewhere](#create-elsewhere)
- [Install](#install)
    - [emacs package repository](#emacs-package-repository)
        - [Setup](#setup)
            - [melpa stable](#melpa-stable)
            - [melpa](#melpa)
            - [marmalade](#marmalade)
        - [Install](#install)
    - [emacs-lisp file](#emacs-lisp-file)
- [Inspiration](#inspiration)
```

## User toc manipulation

If the user would want to enhance the generated toc, (s)he could use
the following function markdown-toc-user-toc-structure-manipulation-fn:

It expects as argument the toc-structure markdown-toc uses to generate
the toc. The remaining code expects a similar structure.

Example:

``` lisp
'((0 . "some markdown page title")
  (0 . "main title")
  (1 . "Sources")
  (2 . "Marmalade (recommended)")
  (2 . "Melpa-stable")
  (2 . "Melpa (~snapshot)")
  (1 . "Install")
  (2 . "Load org-trello")
  (2 . "Alternative")
  (3 . "Git")
  (3 . "Tar")
  (0 . "another title")
  (1 . "with")
  (1 . "some")
  (1 . "heading"))
```

So for example, as asked in #16, one could drop the first element:

``` lisp
(custom-set-variables '(markdown-toc-user-toc-structure-manipulation-fn 'cdr))
```

Or drop all h1 titles... or whatever:

``` lisp
(require 'dash)
(custom-set-variables '(markdown-toc-user-toc-structure-manipulation-fn
  (lambda (toc-structure)
  (-filter (lambda (l) (let ((index (car l)))
                    (<= 1 index)))
           toc-structure)))
```

## Update

To update the existing TOC, simply execute again:
C-u M-x markdown-toc-generate-toc

This will update the current TOC.

## Create elsewhere

To create another updated TOC elsewhere, execute again M-x
markdown-toc-generate-toc, this will remove the old TOC and
insert the updated one from where you stand.

# Install

## emacs package repository

You need to add melpa or melpa-stable package repository before installing it.

### Setup

#### melpa stable

``` lisp
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" .
                                 "http://melpa-stable.milkbox.net/packages/"))
(package-initialize)
```

Then hit M-x eval-buffer to evaluate the buffer's contents.

#### melpa

``` lisp
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" .
                                 "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/"))
(package-initialize)
```

Then hit M-x eval-buffer to evaluate the buffer's contents.

#### marmalade

``` lisp
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("marmalade" .
                                 "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))
(package-initialize)
```

### Install

M-x package-install RET markdown-toc RET

## emacs-lisp file

Retrieve the markdown-toc.el https://github.com/ardumont/markdown-toc/releases.

Then hit M-x package-install-file RET markdown-toc.el RET

# Inspiration

https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc

The problem I had with doctoc is the installation process.
I do not want to install the node tools just for this.
