Here is What's New for this edition of StackEditPro. All features and fixes are ordered by most recently modified.
C# has been added to fenced code blocks.
for beta testers
You can now upload and serve images easily from our media server.
When editing, you can drag an image into a document; It will upload to our media server, and a link will be inserted into the current document.
You can also use the insert image button and select upload image or insert image.
Finally, you can manage your images using the dialog by invoking the /actions/Manage Images action.
for beta testers
- Upload
- Download
- Delete
- Insert
- Close
- Sync - Synchronize a local folder against the server. (not implemented)
View a report of your workspace. Available from Actions/Workspace Report.
The report includes:
- File and folder counts
- SyncFence statistics
- CodeFence statistics
- Shared file and folder statistics - todo
- Sync statistics - todo
- Image statistics - todo
for beta testers
We have created the concept of Sync Fences.
A Sync Fence is a block of markdown that can be reused among multiple documents. When a SyncFence is modified,, all references will update. You simply wrap code in a Sync Fence, and then reuse it in other documents. This keeps your source DRY.
This is very useful for page summaries, notices, and footers.
[Document 1]
@@@ fence1
Hello, *World*!
@@@
[Document 2]
Here is the fence:
@@@ fence1 @@@
We removed most of the top and bottom margins from headings.
Select an item list convert the items to headings.
Category: document/selection
Location: actions -> Convert List To Headings
Select a list such as this:
* One
* Two
* ThreeAnd convert it to:
# One
# Two
# ThreeFirst, select your list. After invoking the action, you are presented with a dialog to select the list level. After selecting the level, your list is converted to headings.
We have added YAML, Kotlin, Shell, Typescript, JavaDoc, and Markdown to the default code fence syntax highlighting.
[YAML]
items:
- red
- 10
- true
- "A string"[Kotlin]
fun length(text:String): Int[Shell]
ls /foo && ls /bar
chown -R foo:bar /my/files[Markdown]
# My List
* Plain
* *Italic*
* **Bold**
* [Twelvetone](https://www.twelvetone.tv)[Typescript]
interface Foo {
length(text:string): number
label:string
}
enum Size {
SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, XLARGE
}View all pro and standard keyboard shortcuts. This command is available from the Actions Sidebar.
We added a keyboard shortcut manager to the core editor. Currently there is only one shortcut registered, but we plan on adding more editor commands, and also allowing more shortcuts to be user-defined from the Shortcut Manager.
Press shift-alt-up or shift-alt-down to move the cursor line or selected lines up or down. This is great for changing the order of lines in lists without having to copy-paste or use drag-and-drop.
If you have ever used an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) or advanced text editor, you will feel right at home.
We have enabled text searching of all documents inside your workspace. You can search by file name and/or content. There is also and option to specify case-sensitivity.
Search results are ordered by most recently used (MRU).
The search is available from the main toolbar, the main menu, and the explorer toolbar. Pressing on the search action will toggle the search dialog visibility.
A preview option in the search results list is available to open the document in the background while keeping the search results window open.
You can now filter the navigator tree by name. The search uses a contains filter and is case insensitive. You can continue to edit and create new items while the tree is filtered. A clear button allows quickly resetting your search.
We added support for sharing. You can share a workspace, a folder, or a file with a single click. The navigator now shows an icon if a file or folder is shared directly or indirectly.
Sharing can be configured from the Main Menu / Sharing Menu or from the File Info page.
Your sharing settings will synchronize between workspaces.
See Sharing.
The Table Of Contents command gets used the most, so we moved it to the top of the sidebar menu.
We also added a shortcut to open/close the Table of Contents to the Navigation Bar.
If the Table Of Contents is in fullscreen mode, it will close when selecting a topic. This makes navigating your documents a breeze.
You can now add links to workspace documents and folders from other documents. We added an additional field to the Add Links action in the toolbar.
Links use the document or folder id; Renaming or moving a document will not break the link.
You can now navigate your workspace by either visited history or natural document order.
Previous Document and Next Document links have been added to the Navigation Bar. This allows you to navigate within your document tree using natural document order.
You can now use the browser's forward and back buttons to revisit your document and folder navigation sequence.
Your current document is now stored in the URL. You can easy create bookmarks to a specific document or folder.
We fixed logic that prevented un-synced workspaces from emptying trash, and added an Empty Now action. You can find this action in the More... Menu, and the Folder Details View when the trash folder is selected.
We have added support for setting a default language. You can access the language select via the Main Menu set language or via the Global Action Menu sidebar : actions : set language
Languages are stored as a browser setting, not a workspace setting.
Not all forms and menus have been translated yet.
Actions/Find Tasks
Search your workspace for markdown task items - [ ] Do this and ~todo Do this~ blocks.
A report dialog will open, containing with all of your uncompleted tasks and to-do items. The report lists each task along with the associated file and line number. You can click the filename to navigate to it.
The dialog can filter tasks by name, and group them by folder or file.
[Task Syntax Examples]
- [ ] Water Plants
- [ ] Feed Dogs
- [x] Walk Dogs
~todo Take out the trash.~
You can now press a button to copy code fence source code to your clipboard.
A Copy Source Code will appear at the top-left of your rendered fences.
If you have defined a caption using the Code-Fence-Caption Extension, it will be removed from copied source code.e ocumentation
We extended the code fence syntax by adding a caption syntax. If the first line of your fence starts with text between brackets [Like This], it will be pulled out of the fence content, and added as a caption. Copy to Clipboard will not include the caption block.
[My Title]
line 1
line 2
We added a syntax for adding titles to your pages without needing to use a heading. This results in the having a nice page name that does not get added in your heading or table of contents. It also allows for a separate page-title CSS style.
Page titles add a nice look to your documents, especially when using the navigation arrows to read across multiple pages.
You specify a title as your first line using text between [ and ], followed by a blank line.
[My Great Page]
# Part 1
# Part 2
You can also dynamically use the actual page name by declaring [] as your first line, followed by a blank line.
[]
# Part 1
# Part 2
Finally, you can add page titles to all your pages by setting a global property under settings.
pro:
pageTitle:
showAll: trueIf you do not explicitly specify a page name, and the page is README, the parent folder is added to the rendered title.
Document source code outside of your codebase and render it as beautiful HTML.
See Source Code Documentation Extension.
Format, edit, and syntax highlight frontmatter.
Frontmatter is a Markdown header written in YAML, and contained between lines of ---.
It is used to configure a Markdown document with metadata.
---
title: Hello World
private: true
---
This is the page content.The editor and viewer will both syntax highlight frontmatter. You optionally collapse or hide the frontmatter in the preview.
See https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-matter/.
Import and synchronize Grav websites to and from any workspace folder.
See Grav Connector.
We now display a folder overview, shown when a folder is selected in the navigator. You can view the folder contents by name or accessed date.
If there are items in the trash folder, and the trash folder is selected, an Empty Trash Now button will be enabled.
Columns are sortable by name or last modified.
Each item has a list of actions that can be performed. You can hide or filter actions using the filters located at the top of the overview.
We added an Actions Menu to the Main Menu. The is also a shortcut on the Navigation Bar. The actions menu lists all global and select item actions. The folder actions list can be filtered by action name.
Action can be added by the base system and 3rd party plugins.
For a list of all actions, see Actions.
View and activate documents based on a most recently modified list. This action opens a dialog, and is available in the main toolbar.
The browser-tab title now displays the name of the current document. It also allows your page name to appear in your search history and title bar.
The name of your current workspace is now displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the editor or viewer.
We added additional languages, such as Go and shell, to your code fences.
We added a section to the More Sidebar that displays workspace information, including folder and file counts, workspace synchronization details, network connectivity, and more.
You can now login to StackEditPro CloudServices, even if you have not linked a workspace.
You can now email document content and links. You must have a verified account email address to access this feature.
You can now select any text in one document and create a new sibling document from it.
This procedure is equivalent to:
- Cutting the selected code
- Creating a new document using the selected code's heading for a name
- Pasting the code into the new document
- Adding a heading and page link to the original document.
You will be presented with an Extract Text confirmation dialog when executing this action. This dialog allows you to specify the new name if different than the first heading of the selection.
Bold was not working when using the markdown language in a code fence.
The navigation and formatting buttons are now in a scrollable section of the navigation bar, making them available on narrow-width devices.
In the original StackEdit, you cannot cut, copy, or paste in the Markdown editor while using iOS. This is a total PITA, and quite frankly, a dealbreaker. Alas, now It works. Even with iPadOS and iPadPro.
When pasting terminal code from OSX, extra lines were added to each line, and the tabs were removed. That is now fixed.
Momentum scrolling has been enabled (fixed) for iOS devices.
Your name will now be displayed in the Signed In As section, and the "Log into Google+..." message will now stop showing up every time you visit the site.
When you enter or exit edit mode, a sync is performed. This eliminates the need to merge, and prevents duplicate information getting appended or removed from documents.
When a document has changed and is merged, a log item is created. This item shows the client, server, and merged versions of the content.
This is created in a top level document.
Momentum scrolling has been enabled (fixed) for iOS devices.
There was no way to select the root node in the explorer. This made it difficult to add a file or folder on the top level.
A setting that resulted in 500 http status was patched.
In Markdown, unless a single line break is followed by 2 spaces, it should not be considered a new paragraph. And when followed by 2 spaces, it should be a line break in the same paragraph.
Both the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) Preset and the Default Preset did not respect this, so we fixed it.
If you want the non-conventional behavior, create your own preset or override in you document settings. You probably won't want the older behavior though...
There was no way for an markdown extension to run asynchronously. This was an issue when rendering in the background, creating dynamically updating pages, or when exporting. We added semantics to make this happen.
This feature also opens the door to Canvas-To-JPEG conversions for exports.
Extensions can now inject custom CSS into exported documents. We automatically export code fence CSS too, so your exported source code is styled.
Tables will now vertically align their cell content to the top.
The default New Document is now blank. No more shameless self promotion for us. No more having to cut crap from every new document for you.
It's all free now. Well, almost free. After our beta period we will be charging $.01 a month for each file you sync beyond a TBD quota. We have removed all monetize links and sponsor related network activity.
The default landing page now takes you right into the editor. No more shameless self promotion. We would rather make our app more useful for existing users, versus trying to ring in new users.
We cleaned up the standard CSS for headings and such. This affects user interface and document rendering.
See Internal Changes.