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title: "SpaceVim lang#markdown layer"
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# [SpaceVim Layers:](https://spacevim.org/layers) lang#markdown

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* [Description](#description)
* [Layer Installation](#layer-installation)
* [formatting](#formatting)
    * [options](#options)
* [Key bindings](#key-bindings)

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## Description

This layer is for editing markdown file.

## Layer Installation

To use this configuration layer, add `call SpaceVim#layers#load('lang#markdown')` to your custom configuration file.

## formatting

SpaceVim use remark to formatting markdown file, so you need to install this program. you can install it via npm:

```sh
npm -g install remark
npm -g install remark-cli
npm -g install remark-stringify
```

### options

**listItemIndent**

How to indent the content from list items (`tab`, `mixed` or 1 , default: 1).

**enableWcwidth**

Enable/Disable wcwidth for detecting the length of a table cell


## Key bindings

| Key        | mode   | description                |
| ---------- | ------ | -------------------------- |
| `SPC b f`  | Normal | Format current buffer      |
| `SPC l ft` | Normal | Format table under cursor  |
| `SPC l p`  | Normal | Real-time markdown preview |