Adds configuration for using bold as highlights

Author: akaalias

README.md

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ The output is a markdown-block titled "Highlights" with a bullet-list of the hig
 - [x] allow to change text in heading `## My Custom Highlights`
 - [x] allow to include note-name in heading such as `## From: $NOTE_TITLE`
 - [x] allow to add footnotes for each highlight and include link to source-note
+- [x] allow to optionally enable bold for highlights 
+- [x] allow for Command Palette to trigger copying (Works sort of, bug in Electron)
 
 #### Outputs
 - [x] my clipboard

data.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"headlineText":"Summary $NOTE_TITLE","addFootnotes":true}
+{"headlineText":"Summary $NOTE_TITLE","addFootnotes":false,"useBoldForHighlights":false}

main.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "extract-highlights-plugin",
   "name": "Extract Highlights",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
-  "description": "Allows to extracts all ==highlights== in a note into your clipboard",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
+  "description": "Allows to extracts all highlights in a note into your clipboard",
   "author": "Alexis Rondeau",
   "authorUrl": "https://publish.obsidian.md/alexisrondeau",
   "js": "main.js"

manifest.json

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 export default class ExtractHighlightsPluginSettings {
   public headlineText: string;
   public addFootnotes: boolean;
+  public useBoldForHighlights: boolean;
 
   constructor() {
     this.headlineText = "";
     this.addFootnotes = false;
+    this.useBoldForHighlights = false;
   }
 }

src/ExtractHighlightsPluginSettings.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPluginSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab
 			})
 		);
 
+	new Setting(containerEl)
+		.setName('Use bold for highlights')
+		.setDesc(
+		  'If enabled, will include classic markdown bold (**) sections as highlights',
+		)
+		.addToggle((toggle) =>
+		  toggle.setValue(this.plugin.settings.useBoldForHighlights).onChange((value) => {
+			this.plugin.settings.useBoldForHighlights = value;
+			this.plugin.saveData(this.plugin.settings);
+		  }),
+		);
+
 
 	new Setting(containerEl)
 		.setName('Enable Footnotes')

src/ExtractHighlightsPluginSettingsTab.ts

@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPlugin extends Plugin {
 
 		try {
 			if (activeLeaf?.view?.data) {
-				// console.log(activeLeaf);
-				// console.log(activeLeaf.view.file.basename);
-				// console.log(activeLeaf.view);
-				// console.log(activeLeaf.view.data);
-
 				let highlightsText = this.processHighlights(activeLeaf.view);
 				let saveStatus = this.saveToClipboard(highlightsText);
 				new Notice(saveStatus);
@@ -72,7 +67,14 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPlugin extends Plugin {
 	}
 
 	processHighlights(view: any): string {
-		let re = /(==|\<mark\>|\*\*)([\s\S]*?)(==|\<\/mark\>|\*\*)/g;
+
+		var re;
+
+		if(this.settings.useBoldForHighlights) {
+			re = /(==|\<mark\>|\*\*)([\s\S]*?)(==|\<\/mark\>|\*\*)/g;
+		} else {
+			re = /(==|\<mark\>)([\s\S]*?)(==|\<\/mark\>)/g;
+		}
 
 		let data = view.data;
 		let basename = view.file.basename;