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I'm searching for an editor to work with my notes organized as a hierarchical file tree in a markdown format. It should display both file tree and text editor panels like that:

+================================================+
||  notes                 ||  Text editor area  ||
||  ├── cooking           ||                    ||
||  ├── personal          ||                    ||
||  │   ├── bookmarks.md  ||                    ||
||  │   └── random.md     ||                    ||
||  └── projects          ||                    ||
+================================================+

It should:

  1. display simultaneously file tree and editor area (and be able to switch between files);
  2. support markdown format (highlight markdown format and display formatted preview);
  3. (nice to have) be able to display TOC generated from markdown headers in file;
  4. be open source and work under Linux.

There are lots of markdown editors for Linux but they all lacking file tree panel for quick access to all files under working directory.

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  • Welcome to Software Recommendations! You might wish to take a look at the answers to this question. Especially the screenshots of ZIM and QOwnNotes might catch your eye – with the latter mostly fitting your requirements (just not sure about TOC).
    – Izzy
    Jul 4, 2020 at 14:47

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You can use VScodium, the telemetry/tracking-free version of Visual Studio code (which itself claims to be opensource but the matter is debated). Both software provides :

  • Filesystem view, in the Explorer panel,
  • Markdown syntax highlighting,
  • Markdown document hierarchy view in the Explorer panel, Outline subpanel
  • Markdown preview.

Specific extensions of interest could be:

Both should run on Windows/Linux. They may not be exactly "lightweight" software.

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You might want to try

https://www.zettlr.com/

display simultaneously file tree and editor area (and be able to switch between files); CHECK

support markdown format (highlight markdown format and display formatted preview); CHECK

(nice to have) be able to display TOC generated from markdown headers in file; CHECK

be open source and work under Linux. CHECK

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