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Markdown Support Starting with import/export to Grow User-Base & Future-Proof [Feature Request]
I've tested well over a thousand productivity apps on Linux distros (my main platforms), Windows, Macos, Android etc. This is a great project I've been using for years. So thanks to Devs.
The future document format is emerging to be Markdown for both online and local. There's a committee now formed to unify standards and format.
The most used format for static site generators, I use several & tested many many more, also is Markdown.
https://jamstack.org/generators/
Next generation backlink/wiki note taking and management systems like Obsidian, Logseq, Roam etc use Markdown as backbone too.
Please start by allowing import and export of Markdown files (.md .markdown) in apps.
Then move on to formatting layouts in views. There are many libraries for markdown coding you can plugin. Markdown v1 which is the common base still, has very few parameters and is easy to code. Most Doc/Docx apps are moving to accommodate this new standard directly or via plugins & extensions.
The reason it's taking over online as standard and with thousands of apps too is because it's so logical, so simple and so little to remember by users and does so much.
https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/
It is not only the future of document formatting, it already is the most dominant format for documents.
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Can we please start by allowing simple import and export, viewed as text, in the apps on Android Linux etc. So start by simply importing .md files as text (txt).
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Later: export formatting as markdown.
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Then later: can add a view command to show markdown layout or auto-detect.
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Then still later: add more markdown features in time to keep up with competition and this online/local dominant format.
Thanks again for this great project and for your hard work so far, it's the best.
Writer got a Markdown import & export filter that is available in 25.04.7. Some fixes will be next week in .8. Ref. https://vmiklos.hu/blog/sw-markdown-filter.html
And 25.04.8.1 is now out. Additional improvements: https://vmiklos.hu/blog/sw-markdown-templating.html i.e. markdown templating, copying, pasting. I think we have a solid baseline for now, feel free to file follow-up issues for specific missing things. Thanks.
