add slide separator in case no separator is provided and heading indi…

…cates the new slide

plugin/awesoMD/plugin.js

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ const Plugin = () => {
 		options.separator = options.separator || markdownConfig?.separator || DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR;
 		options.verticalSeparator = options.verticalSeparator || markdownConfig?.verticalSeparator || DEFAULT_VERTICAL_SEPARATOR;
 		options.notesSeparator = options.notesSeparator || markdownConfig?.notesSeparator || DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR;
+		options.separateByHeading = options.separateByHeading || markdownConfig?.separateByHeading || false;
 		options.attributes = options.attributes || '';
 
 		return options;
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ const Plugin = () => {
 
 		options = getSlidifyOptions( options );
 
+		// add slide separator in the case heading indicates the new slide
+		if (options.separateByHeading) {
+			markdown = addSlideSeparator(markdown);
+		}
+
 		const separatorRegex = new RegExp( options.separator + ( options.verticalSeparator ? '|' + options.verticalSeparator : '' ), 'mg' ),
 			horizontalSeparatorRegex = new RegExp( options.separator );
 
@@ -239,6 +245,7 @@ const Plugin = () => {
 								separator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator' ),
 								verticalSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-vertical' ),
 								notesSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-notes' ),
+								separateByHeading: section.hasAttribute('data-separator-by-heading'),
 								attributes: getForwardedAttributes( section )
 							});
 						},
@@ -261,6 +268,7 @@ const Plugin = () => {
 						separator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator' ),
 						verticalSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-vertical' ),
 						notesSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-notes' ),
+						separateByHeading: section.hasAttribute('data-separator-by-heading'),
 						attributes: getForwardedAttributes( section )
 					});
 
@@ -454,6 +462,34 @@ const Plugin = () => {
 		return [content, options];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add slide separator in case where the heading indicates the start of new slide
+	 *
+	 * Returns the updated markdown file with added slide separator above every slide headings
+	 */
+	function addSlideSeparator(markdown) {
+		const defaultSlideSeparator = '---';
+		const lines = markdown.split('\n');
+		const result = [];
+		let isFirstHeading = false;
+
+		lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+			if (line.match(/^#+\s/)) {
+				if (!isFirstHeading) {
+					isFirstHeading = true;
+				} else {
+					const previousLine = lines[index - 1] || '';
+					if (previousLine !== defaultSlideSeparator) {
+						result.push(defaultSlideSeparator);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			result.push(line);
+		})
+		markdown = result.join('\n');
+		return markdown;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Separates the inline metadata and content for each slide
 	 *