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Lightweight GUI markdown editor

I want to edit some formatted text, with hyperlinks and lists etc. - so that the result is a markdown file, and the editing can either of the source, or of the formatted content (with accompanying ...
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CLI Markdown viewer with Chapter selection support

I'm looking for a simple CLI Markdown viewer with support for Chapter selection for Ubuntu. My main goal is to have a single file with notes separated to chapters so I can list those and select one to ...
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Looking for an app that create XML from selected text

I'm looking for an app than can processing the raw text in the following way. There is a raw text. I select a piece of text, choose a tag name I want to wrap this piece of text in, and simultaniously ...
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Markdown editor with which I can embed handwritten notes and edit them

I extensively use markdown to take notes and render it in Html or PDF (using Pandoc). I have a Wacom stylus. And I want to take hand-written notes (specifically, lecture notes). I want to embed these ...
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PHP self-hosted markdown editor

I'm looking for a self hosted markdown editor in PHP with a few special features. Requirements Self hosted PHP A file tree to the left with the possibility to create new files and folders Load and ...
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Static website generator

I'm looking for a static site generator that turns markdown content into HTML pages. I need these features: Text and images need to be in the same directory for each article. Images should be ...
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Email client with markdown support (windows)

Other than thunderbird/gmail via Markdown here extension, are there any other email client with markdown support?
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Edit rendered Markdown

Is there any Linux software where I could edit rendered Markdown (preview)? I know that I could edit the text file directly. But I was wondering if some software let me edit the rendered HTML and ...
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Convert multi-page HTML webpage to one Markdown file

I need a tool that can pull out all the useful content from a multi-page webpage and converts it to one Markdown file. I need to save the material that I learning from and document it in a specific ...
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Software to create ebooks with markdown

I'm currently looking for a way on macOS to create an ebook (PDF, ePub, and Mobi) using markdown syntax, but I can't find a good app/service for that. I tried using the template feature in iA Writer, ...
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Select cells in Excel, convert to Markdown, copy to clipboard

Is there a software (an Excel plugin, Macro, ...) or any workaround to select table cells in an Excel Sheet, and to convert the selected cells to Markdown-Table Code, perhaps by copying it to the ...
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Documenting an Application via Repository

I am looking for a recommendation on what solution is a good practice for documenting and updating an application using a git repository. We are working with a large codebase and multiple teams of ...
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Software used to write and/or generate RFC-style documents

I've always been curious how RFC documents are written. For example, the Atom spec in text form. What software is used to write these documents? What software is used to generate these documents (if ...
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Framework for documentation: java rest api

I have a project in java, with APIs in REST. I wanted to create a wiki with documentation (markdown) on the APIs. First phase only the specifications, then also include a way to test the API (API ...
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A collection of Markdown files to a Book

I have a set of related markdown files. I would like to create a book like format or html or pdf. I searched and found 3 tools: Pandoc ebook Gitbook Bookdown What features I am looking for: ...
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How to organize math notes?

I need to organize all of my math notes. I would like to create a sort of library of notes, where a note can link other notes and each note is stored in plain text format (for example, Markdown + ...
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Private local wiki for structured math journal?

I want to setup a private wiki to keep a structured journal with mathematical notes. It should be as simple as possible. Here are the requirements: Simple. As simple as possible. Support math. ...
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Compact markup language and library for C#?

I have a bunch of HTML files that will be part of a downloadable content package for mobile applications. Working without any CSS styling would help reduce the file size and also converting all pages ...
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Software to convert very, very large html file to markdown

I have a single 1.3gb html file that contains the entirety of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I want to convert it to markdown in a way that preserves subheadings, tables, and UTF-8 special characters. ...
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Markdown editor that opens local files from relative links

I usually maintain notes with Zim Desktop Wiki. It has a wiki-like GUI (with hyperlinks), and behind the scenes stores text files in a folder. It has it's own markup language. I'm looking for a ...
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Convert JSPWiki to XWiki

Background Looking to convert a document written in JSPWiki format to a file written in any format supported by pandoc. Requirements Preferably CommonMark or basic HTML output. No attachments. No ...
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Web-based note taking software

Can anyone recommend a web-based note taking software? Free. Self hosted. saves to flatfiles (.md ideally so markdown capable). Visually well designed and interface pleasant to use. ideally made with ...
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JavaFX Markdown Renderer

Are there any libraries that will render markdown (ideally by the CommonMark specification) in JavaFX? The library should allow me to embed a pane with JavaFX pane inside a stage and pass it markdown ...
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What are the best markup conversion libraries for Python 3?

I am not asking just for recommendations, I am asking for a detailed explanation of why your recommendations are the best over other libraries. My use case is in a forum. No other details should be ...
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Markdown notepad for iOS mac and web

I'm looking for a markdown notepad similar to snippetlab or Quiver that supports iOS, macOS and possibly also web. It happens several times that I need one note and I had neither my mac or my phone... ...
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Static site authoring with Github Wiki (.md rendering from Git with custom CSS)?

I am relatively happy with Github wiki for a bunch of projects, but would like to see the wiki content on mysite.com with a custom CSS (without the Github chrome). There must be a tool that has pre-...
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Collaborative Markdown Editor

Write in markdown. Edit the documents locally (macOS) using an editor such as Atom, Sublime, IntelliJ. Team members can comment on lines. Good search and folder organisation. I currently use Quip, ...
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Version-Control for Text Documents - Git based Text-Editor / Markdown-Editor?

We are trying to implement version control for text-documents. Right now multiple people are working undocumented on several copies of documents. Coming from a programming background I'd like to have ...
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Copy Paste Cite to Markdown Tool

Question Does some piece of software exist, Where when I copy and paste information from a website, it will auto-format the copy/citation into markdown Sum all the common base url's together so that ...
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Adding mirror links to a text

I am looking for a program or script that runs on Microsoft Windows that can add mirror to any link present in a text formatted in Markdown. Any price or license is fine. E.g., if the input is Two ...
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Is there an online Markdown editor with auto-complete feature?

Or alternatively an installable one for linux... I mean a feature that propose on the fly alternatives while typing for the most common words, for instance typing "veh" would propose "vehicle".
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Markdown editor to preserve URL links in text copied from browser

I am looking for a good Markdown editor to keep track of what I am reading and learning online to improve my web developer skills and stay in touch with latest technologies. As I read sometimes huge ...
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get object from markdown

Most markdown libraries convert a markdown string to a html-string oder binary (pdf, tex). Is there a markdown library which returns a object? I need this to create a Table of Contents, edit single ...
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The best software to create book?

I want to start writing book and I'm interested what software is available on the web. It should have: Be open source. Easy to write. Create LaTeX. Easy to format. Write in easy syntax.
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Markdown document management system (search index over all *.md files across the system)

I am writing notes or documentation of software or private projects in Markdown. These single Markdown files are living either in a folder within the project or general notes are stored in Dropbox. ...
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Markdown editors (preferably free) that use Github's syntax highlighting?

By "Github syntax highlighting" I am referring to this: Are there any editors whose actual editing box resembles that? Resembles as in uses similar font, colours, spacing, etc ... basically looks/...
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Markdown Editors that support sequence diagrams

I'm looking for a Markdown editor that satisfies the following conditions: Supports sequence diagrams (ideally PlantUML). Has some kind of off-line editor with live preview of the diagrams. Has the ...
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Chrome extension Markdown editor using Ace with open & save to desktop

As the title suggests, does there exist a decent extension for Chrome that allows editing of Markdown (preferably using Ace) with the option to open and save files from the local hard drive? I would ...
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software to deploy fast markdown to HTML static pages?

I want an web application that I can deploy markdown notes and serve it into HTML static pages quickly. Minimal css and very minimal formatting. Is there a web application that does this? The idea ...
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Putting a Jekyll site into a minimalist CMS

I built a site using Jekyll for my wife's coworker a while back. It's a simple site, three pages of text/images plus a Contact Us page calling a PHP script to send an email. Now, she wants a way to ...
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Building a Markdown, Math Notation, Syntax Highlighting Text Editor

I want to have a text editor like that of SO and and math.stackexchange.com. That will work on web browsers like that of SE. I need some level of markup support and also math notation support like ...
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Hosting of user manuals

I am looking for an online service for composing and hosting software user manuals, with the following features: Cloud-based (public host), reliable for long term hosting Supports multiple documents ...
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“Open-ended” Markdown parser library for .NET/Mono

I am looking for an open source Markdown parsing library for .NET/Mono (i.e. usable from C# code) (preferably with MIT/BSD license or similar). I have found various such libraries, but the one issue ...
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An open alternative for Evernote?

Since Evernote's recent pricing changes, I don't want to trust important personal data to their company any more, and I've been hunting for an alternative. Unfortunately there're not a whole lot of ...
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Java Libraray to produce plain text markdown or asciidoc

There's a lot of libraries to render markdown file. But I cannot found any library to produce a *.md file from Java code. I'm looking for some library like: FileOutputStream outStream = new ...
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Mac app to convert Markdown to Web

I am looking for a Mac app to convert/publish my Markdown text simply into the cloud. Something like this online tool: http://markdowntoweb.com But I would rather use a native macOS app, preferabely ...
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Online rich text editor that allows collaborative commenting and track changes of markdown files

I want to be able to modify a markdown document locally, while my collaborators can work on it in a rich text editor online via file sharing (e.g. powered by GitHub or Dropbox). The rich text version ...
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Is there a PHP markdown parser supporting Telegram's syntax?

Telegram's markdown syntax is slightly different from that used elsewhere. Namely it uses a single * for bold, and a single _ for italic. (which, by the way, is much smarter) Is there a PHP parser ...
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Open source personal journal

I'm looking for a open source personal journal At this moment I'm using Nikola with kramdown. But what I'm searching for should have: Static generator. Built-in web server. Nice editor. I have no ...
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Android plain text notes app supporting Markdown

I'm looking for a lightweight plain text notes taking app that supports Markdown and that simply saves each note as a .txt file for Android. I have been using Denkzettel but I didn't like it. The ...

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