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Combined Markdown and TaskPaper mode
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I'm not sure if this makes sense, but in Editorial, is there any way to get Taskpaper mode for markdown files? Specifically, I’d like to have the tagging/row highlights, ability to move lines, and task behavior (checkbox, done, etc) mixed with full markdown support.
I tried setting one of the markdown extensions to be .taskpaper but that didn't seem to stick. I'm guessing that a document is in either Markdown or TaskPaper mode, and those can't be combined? It would be nice if they could (and then I could set the TaskPaper settings to apply for .md files), but I'm not sure how feasible this is from an implementation standpoint.
I can already get some of the line movement through a workflow, so I can probably solve that (albeit not as cleanly as the drag handles support for TaskPaper mode). Check boxes aren't critical (more a nicety) but I suppose maybe I could get some of the tagging/row highlights via a custom template for markdown mode that responds based on how a line is tagged?
Thanks,
Ed -
This sounds a lot like the other HogBay software project, FoldingText. http://www.foldingtext.com/
There isn't an iOS version and I think if Editorial could handle FT documents it would be awesome.
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This isn't possible right now, the syntax highlighting for Markdown and TaskPaper are completely separate, and you're in one mode or the the other... Long-term, I plan to make this more flexible, but I can't promise anything in the near future.
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I am working my way to a solution such as that. I know it is possible, but I need a better html editor workflow (working on that right now actually).
Here are a few of the workflows I made to lay the groundwork:
Editorial Workflow — Folding Text:
Editorial Workflow — Keyword 2.0
Editorial Workflow — UI Outline
Editorial Workflow — Task to Mark 1.0a
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Hi,
I have just bought Editorial and I would really like to use taskpaper mode with my folding text files. Would it be possible to allow the option to associate the .ft extension with task paper mode. I guess it is possible to rename all the folding text files with .taskpaper extension but it would be easier to just allow either file extension to use task paper mode. I can associate extensions with markdown but don't seem to be able to do the same with task paper mode.
Many thanks
Adrian -
Perhaps searching for some open source APIs will help:
For starters:
https://codeload.github.com/mattd/python-taskpaper/zip/master -
I too have been searching for a FoldingText app for iPhone. I much prefer the markdown syntax of FoldingText to Taskpaper. The Editorial is the closest that I have found so far. I rename my files to have the .taskpaper extension.
I then take all of the Markdown style # headings and add a colon : to the end.
## My Heading
becomes
## My Heading :
This goes a long way to making the TaskPaper mode handle Markdown files. I hope that Editorial will eventually support FoldingText as a mode within markdown documents.