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StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

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Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#41

I find it strange that the icon used is so similar to StackOverflow's if this isn't an app built by the same people.

> StackEdit is a free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.

Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#42

I find it strange that the icon used is so similar to StackOverflow's if this isn't an app built by the same people.

I asked myself the same question. At first I thought it was some kind of editor using the Stack Overflow Markdown flavor. It's really confusing.

It is an editor using PageDown, the Stack Overflow Markdown flavor.

Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#46
post #9

What I want to see is an open source markdown editor that renders the preview as you type where you type (not side by side). For an example check out http://mangomarkdown.com/ (which powers foldingtext). There are a few projects that do this, but not open source, that I can find! It might not be that hard to change the current ones that go side by side to do this. (I am planning to work on one, but have not gotten ar…

Not quite what you're asking for, but I made this thing some time back: http://troelskn.github.io/upflow/

Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked myself the same question. At first I thought it was some kind of editor using the Stack Overflow Markdown flavor. It's really confusing.

It is an editor using PageDown, the Stack Overflow Markdown flavor.

I still think it's a bit dodgy. If I used GitHub's form of Markdown for a similar project, I wouldn't think it acceptable to call it "MarkHub" and give it a logo of a Septocat in a black circle.

Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#48
post #45

Markdown needs nested ordered lists. I would like to convert legal documents to markdown, but I can't. For example: 1. Item one 2. Item two a. Subitem a b. Subitem b

isn't that an implementation issue? your example doesn't work indeed in the StackEdit link, but

1. Item one

1. Item two

   1. Subitem a

   1. Subitem b
does work, so that let me think that you just need to improve the parser to consider "a b c" as a valid ordered list, and maybe "i ii iii" at the same time?

(I replaced a, b and 2 by 1 to force the automatic numbering)

Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#49
post #45

Markdown needs nested ordered lists. I would like to convert legal documents to markdown, but I can't. For example: 1. Item one 2. Item two a. Subitem a b. Subitem b

isn't that an implementation issue? your example doesn't work indeed in the StackEdit link, but 1. Item one 1. Item two 1. Subitem a 1. Subitem b does work, so that let me think that you just need to improve the parser to consider "a b c" as a valid ordered list, and maybe "i ii iii" at the same time? (I replaced a, b and 2 by 1 to force the automatic numbering)

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Re: StackEdit: A free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown

#50
post #45

Markdown needs nested ordered lists. I would like to convert legal documents to markdown, but I can't. For example: 1. Item one 2. Item two a. Subitem a b. Subitem b

isn't that an implementation issue? your example doesn't work indeed in the StackEdit link, but 1. Item one 1. Item two 1. Subitem a 1. Subitem b does work, so that let me think that you just need to improve the parser to consider "a b c" as a valid ordered list, and maybe "i ii iii" at the same time? (I replaced a, b and 2 by 1 to force the automatic numbering)

Yes, that would be nice if it parsed correctly. I need ordered lists that have capital letters, capital roman numerals, lowercase letters, numbers, and lowercase roman numerals.
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