toc

toc

A simple table of contents generator for markdowns written in golang

Contents

1. Install
2. Usage
   1. Output to stdin
   2. Inplace update
   3. Custom heading IDs

Install

$ go get github.com/tvastar/toc

Usage

The table of contents of this README.md is itself maintaained using this tool.

Output to stdin

$ toc $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/tvastar/toc/README.md
## Table of Contents
1. [Contents](#contents)
2. [Install](#install)
3. [Usage](#usage)
    1. [Output to stdin](#output-to-stdin)
    2. [Inplace update](#inplace-update)
    3. [Custom heading IDs](#custom)

Inplace update

$ cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/tvastar/toc
$ toc -o README.md -h Contents README.md

Custom heading IDs

As with regular markdown, a custom heading ID may be specified via {#id} suffix to the heading line. This is properly parsed and used for headings.

Ignored

Top level sections are ignored by default