Auto Spacer

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Auto Spacer

Obsidian plugin for mixed CJK–English typography. Inserts spaces at CJK–Latin boundaries and wraps English segments in inline code.

Features

• Detects mixed Chinese (including Japanese kana and kanji) and English text
• Inserts spaces between CJK and Latin characters
• Wraps English segments in `inline code`
• Skips existing backticks, links, tags, and other Markdown structures
• Formats the current selection, or the entire current line when nothing is selected
• Optional toolbar button in the editor header

Usage

Command

Open the command palette and run 「中英混排：反引号包裹并补空格」 (Mixed CJK–English: wrap in backticks and add spaces).

Default shortcut: Cmd + Shift + S (macOS) / Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows / Linux).

Settings

Configure under Settings → Community plugins → Auto Spacer:

• 显示顶部按钮 (Show header button): show the “中英混排格式化” action in the editor toolbar

Installation

Manual install from GitHub Release

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from Releases
2. Copy them into your vault:

YourVault/.obsidian/plugins/auto-spacer/

3. Enable the plugin in Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins

Source files alone are not enough—you must build main.js or download the compiled artifacts from a Release.

Development

Requirements

• Node.js 16 or later (18+ recommended)

Local development

git clone https://github.com/fanthus/obsidian-auto-spacer.git
cd obsidian-auto-spacer
npm install
npm run dev

npm run dev watches and compiles src/main.ts to main.js. Reload Obsidian after code changes to test.

Production build:

npm run build

Linting

ESLint is configured. Run:

npm run lint

You can also use the Obsidian rules package eslint-plugin-obsidianmd. A GitHub Action runs lint on pushes to all branches.

Releasing

This project uses release.mjs to build and create GitHub Releases. Obsidian downloads main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the release.

Repository: https://github.com/fanthus/obsidian-auto-spacer

Prerequisites

1. Install Node.js (18+ recommended)
2. Install GitHub CLI and sign in:

gh auth login

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

First release

Set the target version in manifest.json (e.g. 1.0.0), then run:

npm run release -- --push

The script will:

1. Run npm run build to produce main.js
2. Create a git tag matching the version (e.g. 1.0.0—no v prefix)
3. Push the branch and tag to GitHub
4. Create a GitHub Release and upload main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css

Subsequent releases

Pick a bump type for your changes:

These commands bump the version, sync manifest.json and versions.json, build, publish, and push.

Update minAppVersion in manifest.json before releasing if you require a newer Obsidian version.

Common options

Preview steps without publishing:

npm run release -- --dry-run

Custom release notes:

npm run release -- --bump patch --push --notes "Fix spacing around punctuation."

Read notes from a file:

npm run release -- --bump patch --push --notes-file CHANGELOG.md

Replace an existing release (e.g. after a failed publish):

npm run release -- --push --force

Full help:

node release.mjs --help

Manual release (optional)

Without the script:

1. Update version in manifest.json
2. Add "newVersion": "minObsidianVersion" to versions.json
3. Run npm run build
4. Create a GitHub Release whose tag exactly matches version (e.g. 1.0.0)
5. Attach main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css

Submit to the Obsidian community catalog

After a GitHub Release, submit your plugin on community.obsidian.md with the repository URL. See Submit your plugin.

Funding links

Set fundingUrl in manifest.json to show sponsorship options:

{
	"fundingUrl": "https://buymeacoffee.com"
}

Multiple links as an object:

{
	"fundingUrl": {
		"Buy Me a Coffee": "https://buymeacoffee.com",
		"GitHub Sponsor": "https://github.com/sponsors",
		"Patreon": "https://www.patreon.com/"
	}
}

API documentation

Obsidian plugin development: https://docs.obsidian.md