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[gsantner]

Hi everybody. I am currently feeling not so well, and don't do much development currently. Still I do maintaining which is doable on phone too. I appreciate any help in all kind of contributions, most importantly I would need some help in development (were it's more like a one-man-show currently).

There are a lot of tasks open, also too much things that can be done by beginners (e.g. hardware keyboard shortcuts). The really most important thing is support for content:// URIs and providers. I would appreciate help in this task very much (#126). The second most important would be to replace the filelist library with something more current, any help here very appreciated too (#115).

See good first issue (very suiteable for first time contributors too! 😃) and help wanted issues.

[Poussinou]

I'm not an Android developer, sorry :s

I'm sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well, but I sincerely wish you "Bon courage" !

[gsantner]

New release available - v0.3.3: https://github.com/gsantner/markor/releases/tag/v0.3.3.

• Add support for editing files from most file managers
• Allow to open from Own/NextCloud
• Hints about using Markor with Dropbox
• Allow to set document folder outside of internal storage
• Fix import dialog orientation crash
• Add option to start editing on bottom
• md: moduleaction: end line with 2 spaces
• Improve project icon
• Trim share-into text
• Improved exporting/sharing

Thanks to everybody translating Markor, latest translations included (and some more new strings are available now). Sadly still not a single community code contribution to the project since mid november, the project could really need some move love by other people than me.

[gsantner]

hey everybody. Currently the low minSdk version is hindering some future development. I really need some feedback which can drive future project targets.

About Software:

• Which Android version? (e.g. 4.4 KitKat)
• Which OS? (e.g. LineageOS, AOKP, Samsungish, Pixelish, AOSP)

About Hardware:

• Screen size (as in inches physically)
• Screen size (pixels, 1080x1920 etc)
• Hardware keyboard available? (tablet keyboard, nokia-sliding-keyboard etc)

About app:

• Any feedback. About anything, if not reported already. Keep in mind Markor=texteditor, not cloud doc suite :=)
• do you mostly start with title, or immediately with content?
  • the whole auto-title stuff is quite hacky
  • planning to make filenaming controllable from Notebook, and to keep this whole there
  • means removing document title from Document-Editing
  • and means more space for actions and buttons ;)
  • !and more clean code!
• how often do you use Undo/Redo
  • and how much do you go back?
  • this all is quite memory consuming. the lower the default history-amount is, the better the app works on low/mid devices
• Recent I introduced a different markdown parser/converter
  • With maybe more futures. But not so fast, more memory and cpu consuming
  • do you feel like more stuff you need is available now?
  • or was the previous one very enough?
• What about default font
  • Usually serif fonts mean faster reading and better readability
  • try Document Font -> Noto Serif and restart the app
  • how do you like that? I'm feeling like this suits better than Roboto-Sans for reading/writing documents

In general too, I would appreciate code contributions and PRs very much too. Still working 99% alone on the code part ;). I have started to write some important things up over at my blog, regarding getting started in contributing :).

Thanks everybody for helping. Too thanks for the many translations in the last days, keep going! 👍

[ema-pe]

Hi, I'm using your application every day and these are my answers to your questions:

Which Android version?

Android 7.1.2.

Which OS?

LineageOS.

Screen size (as in inches physically)

4.5 inches.

Screen size (pixels, 1080x1920 etc)

540 x 960 pixels

Hardware keyboard available?

No.

do you mostly start with title, or immediately with content?

I think that the default title looks ugly. It is only an useless number for a human. It could be more useful a customizable pattern (for example today's date).

how often do you use Undo/Redo

Thanks anyway for all work that you do
Thanks anyway for all work that you do
Never. I you want to decrease memory consumption just save a certain amount of edits, maybe a custom value.

Recent I introduced a different markdown parser/converter

I don't use a render, because I prefer to edit and view notes in the textual form.

What about default font

I like it.

Thanks anyway for all work that you have done, when I'll become more fluently with Java I promise to help you!

[TiagoDanin]

About Software:
Android version: 1.7.2.
OS? LineageOS.

About Hardware:
Screen size: 4.5 inches
Screen size: 720 x 1280 pixels
Hardware keyboard: USB (keyboard + Mouse)

About app:

• Do you mostly start with title, or immediately with content? - Title

# Title
**Desc**
- ....
- ....

• 👍 Font: Noto Serif or Adobe Source Code Pro
• How often do you use Undo/Redo ? Very little

[gsantner]

Hi everbody!

• Big translation news - lots new to translate in my apps (see Markor translation & localization #20)
• Regarding file and in-content search - open for pull requests & community work now. Details see Recursive file search and/or search by content #301

As of development, contributions are very welcome! Pick something if you want, hot topics (features) currently are:

• File search - Recursive file search and/or search by content #301
• Text search & replace (in editor) Search (+replace?) #155
• Single document revisioning (using some lib or alike instead full-copy of text for undo/redo) single-document-revisioning support #252

Smaller:

• Insert time/date via bottom-toolbar button (custom format) TextAction: Insert time/date, for current or selected time #260
• Remember last directory not works when closing app from task switcher Remember last directory not works when closing app from task switcher. #229
• Sort todo-list (with dialog asking for order) Sort to-do lists (with dialog asking for order) #211
• Start document at the recent cursor position Start document at the recent cursor position #205

[gsantner]

Hey everybody!

Markor v1.2 released

• Blog post https://gsantner.net/blog/android/2018/09/18/markor-release-v1.2.html
• Available on gplay already, or apk here https://github.com/gsantner/markor/releases/tag/v1.2.0

[ghost]

Just placing an idea here: It would be really cool if you added support for Google Fonts, which would allow the user to use any of their massive range of fonts. I'm not sure if you have to pay for it (probably, it's Google) but it looks interesting.

Here's a link to their REST API

[gsantner]

@def0x099
You can do this using the Inject -> Head option, by adding the including and setting the font to *.
No, this for sure won't get added to Markor. As noted, it must work fully offline and I don't really want to add something that doesn't work offline ;) .

[ghost]

p.s You can make an easy $20 by implementing this feature, and then filing a Pull Request.

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/63545644-markdown-table-editing-popup (#338)

[jamesnsecond]

Feature request: ability to put a note in the notification bar like this app
https://github.com/BijoySingh/Scarlet-Notes

@jamesnsecond: see #157 (comment edit by gsantner)

[gsantner]

Hello Markor users!

I want to know from you regarding sorting at the filemanager (kind of survey):

Do you like it that documents are always sorted above other files (like videos, binary files, pdfs etc), or do you prefer that all files are sorted independent if they are a document or not?

Currently it's the second one (so you will first see sorted group of folders (depends on settings), then sorted group of documents and then a sorted group of other files.

Please give a GitHub reaction on this comment, using a 👍 or a 👎 . I'm aware of cons and pros, please no comment, just thumbs up or down on this comment, thanks!
I want to wait with any changes till I see a counter of >=10.

• 👍 - Have documents sorted as a separate group to "other files" group
• 👎 - Have all files sorted in one and the same group

[gsantner]

@lockywolf
No, basically I let up all chat channels as there is very very little activity. Way way more happens here on the repository and discussions side, so thats what are supposed to be used for any discussion/question/issue/bug.

@I-Am-Abacus @pgorod
You can find the latest version here https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ and https://github.com/gsantner/markor/releases. Well regarding Google Play you sure find enough comments by me if you look a bit closer in what I was commenting in the last years. Maybe you get an rough idea by #2099 .

[k3b]

@gsantner Question: How to implement customized csv-preview-webview with search-expression?

In the csv-html-preview you can see how the csv would look like in a html-table.

In the Preview I can use "Seach" to find text I am interested in.

The current implementation keeps the html and highlights found matches.

I want to implemet a csv-specific preview that renders only the csv-header and those data lines that match the search-Expression.

I have no clue how to integrate that function into the markor architecture.

I already found

• MarkorWebViewClient that customizes the preview-webview
• DocumentEditAndViewFragment#_menuSearchViewForViewMode that handles the search
• DocumentEditAndViewFragment#onOptionsItemSelected-R.id.action_preview that initiates the preview.
• DocumentEditAndViewFragment#updateViewModeText() that fills the webview with the currently unfiltered html

How can I plug in csv-specific code into the markor-architecture that triggers a search-filter-based reload of the
preview-webview (DocumentEditAndViewFragment#updateViewModeText()) when the searchexpressoin changes ?

[gsantner]

You can freely add javascript/css that is run when you show document in webview. You can make a custom html input field this way and set diverse rows to hidden displaying by search input. This way, no change to Markor code required.

[k3b]

Thanks for fast reply

You can freely add javascript/css that is run when you show document in webview.

Unfortunately the csv parser and html code generator is implemented in java so implementing the filtering in javascript is no option for me.

I am thinking more about adding a callback to FormatRegistry that will be called after the search-text is entered and before the searchtext is send to the webview that does the highlighting

[martinrothsta]

I was very happy to use Markor as viewer of my ZIM Notebooks offline on my Android V.13 phone. After first installation i was asked for file access rights and everything worked fine: Clicking on my file links opened pictures and PDFs as used on my Linux desktop. But after non-using Markor for 5 weeks the links do not work anymore. Now the message "Fehler: Datei konnte nicht geöffnet werden." is thrown. Guessing Android access restrictions as root cause shows under Apps access rights: "Zugelassen: only Microphone" and in the next field: "Nicht zugelassen: Alle Berechtigungen zugelassen"
So my hypothesis is that Android does not allow any file access for Markor. Re-installation of Markor does not fix the issue and i have no ideas left what to try as user. I was happy with the features and want back that functional state. Unfortunately, i have no idea what happened between. So every hint what to try next would be great. Thanks in advance!

[harshad1]

Settings Privacy Permission manager Files See more apps that can access all files Enable markor Markor should be prompting you too give this permission if it gets turned off. (Works on my device) Nov 20, 2023 00:25:52 martinrothsta ***@***.***>:

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I was very happy to use Markor as viewer of my ZIM Notebooks offline on my Android V.13 phone. After first installation i was asked for file access rights and everything worked fine: Clicking on my file links opened pictures and PDFs as used on my Linux desktop. But after non-using Markor for 5 weeks the links do not work anymore. Now the message "Fehler: Datei konnte nicht geöffnet werden." is thrown. Guessing Android access restrictions as root cause shows under Apps access rights: "Zugelassen: only Microphone" and in the next field: "Nicht zugelassen: Alle Berechtigungen zugelassen" So my hypothesis is that Android does not allow any file access for Markor. Re-installation of Markor does not fix the issue and i have no ideas left what to try as user. I was happy with the features and want back that functional state. Unfortunately, i have no idea what happened between. So every hint what to try next would be great. Thanks in advance! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub[#95 (comment)], or unsubscribe[https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOZ3TAV7LN6YF3CY3K7WXLYFMHY3AVCNFSM4EBJTY5KU5DIOJSWCZC7NNSXTN2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQ5TCOBRHA2DIMRTGE2Q]. You are receiving this because you were mentioned. [Tracking image][https://github.com/notifications/beacon/AAOZ3TGHXBEEFVWLG7S4TLTYFMHY3A5CNFSM4EBJTY5KYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGONRRTUSY.gif]

[martinrothsta]

Thanks for the hint,
but does not help on my Android 13 Phone due to new file access restrictions.
The above mentioned menu says now after enabling Markor:
"Zugelassen:" "Zugriff für keine Apps zugelassen"
Translated to english: No app has access to files and folders as it was before. For my point of view Markor needs a updated manifest for Android 13 compatible file access.

[k3b]

Now the message "Fehler: Datei konnte nicht geöffnet werden." is thrown.

What ist the file path folder that cannot be opend?
Some folders may be restricted.

May be a folder (or a sub-folder of) "downloads" on internal memory (not on SDCard) is not restricted.

[fredericjacob]

@martinrothsta Would be interesting to know which file path you tried to open, and how the link looks like in the Zim wiki txt file (in raw text, not rendered to view mode).
I implemented full support for Zim links to other wiki pages in the same notebook, but I didn't specifically consider file links (as far as I remember). So a link might work, but I'm not sure in which cases it works and when not (I didn't use file links on Android so far, only on desktop).

[harshad1]

@martinrothsta I am on a stock Pixel 7 with android 14 and it works well for me. Where did you get markor from? The play store?

[martinrothsta]

@k3b : Moved documents to Android_R58T708NFBD/Interner%20Speicher/Download/Markor: Did not fix the issue.
@harshad1 : from play store
@fredericjacob : "Bootshaus: [[./Bootsuntersteller.jpg]]" is an example of a file link to a picture. If it is a .pdf file i am asked which reader to be used. But after that "Dateidownload fehlgeschlagen" error is thown.
If possible i would also try to install a Linux desktop version. Unfortunately, i did not find Markor in the standard package manager.

[DarkCrypt]

What would be a good companion desktop app (Linux/windows) that complements Markor?

No need for a companion app. Use Markor on Linux/Windows with an emulator.

[AP2020C]

I have found some requests reporting problems related to editor wysiwyg or the save button. Yet I don't see one or the other. I have auto-save and can't find a way to turn it off, and I haven't found any save button.

[harshad1]

@AP2020C Big floppy icon on the top bar when editing a file :)

[AP2020C]

@AP2020C Big floppy icon on the top bar when editing a file :)

OK, the save button is so big I didn't see it. 😲
However, there remains the problem of how to turn off auto-save and turn on the wysiwyg editor.

[gsantner]

Not sure where you heard wysiwyg, but Markor does not have that.

[javiavid]

Hi, I am trying to change the default folder for Quicknotes and To-do on Android but the "select this folder" option does not appear as in a notebook option. Am I doing something wrong, is it a bug?

[gsantner]

You pick the filepath to the new QuickNote file, not a folder. So select a textfile here. You can pre-create the file with whatever name you like also, but can also usw QuickNote.md of course if you prefer.

[javiavid]

Thanks

[janpeterd]

Hi, I was wondering when a update or new release is planned. I'm really interested in some of the new functionalities (mainly org-mode preview).

[gsantner]

https://github.com/gsantner/markor/issues/95
As usual in most FOSS software. No ETAs : -). But usually it's every ~half year.

Milestone, marking, assignments, whatever are rather for searching
 and later finding what was done in a cycle. It's not to plan when what is done, 
that contributors decide fully by their own.

[gsantner]

Hello, thanks to everybody for contributing!

As now many new feature, fixes and improvements are merged I want to release a update soon.
For everybody interested, please download test builds from here - click the latest build and you can find a android-apk button to download.

Please give feedback on the related merge request/issue where it was added in case you notice related big issues. Thank you!

[naveenroyv]

Hi there, hope it's okay to ask this question here, - how do you guys organize your notes in files and folders in markor? Is there a particular workflow that has been working well for you?

[chtixof]

Hello @naveenroy and all users. To answer your question…
I have my .md files in a folder tree under a folder markor. I sync this markor folder with a folder on OneDrive, using FolderSync. In each folder of the tree, I have a file index.md that I consider as the root file of the folder, with links to the other files of the folder. I have a specific folder in the tree, named diary. In it, the files are named like yyyy-mm-dd.md and (ping @gsantner), a feature to automatically name the new files in this diary folder with the current date would be awesome. I also try to have a similar header on all my .md files… and I need to understand how to use the template feature for that (and if it is even possible to customise a template as I want).

[loopernow]

Hi there, hope it's okay to ask this question here, - how do you guys organize your notes in files and folders in markor? Is there a particular workflow that has been working well for you?

@naveenroy I hope its okay to answer :) -- I sync my computer Desktop files with a folder on my phone (using Syncthing) and use Markor on my phone to edit those files. My QuickNote file is my grocery list. 😋

[loopernow]

In it, the files are named like yyyy-mm-dd.md and (ping @gsantner), a feature to automatically name the new files in this diary folder with the current date would be awesome. I also try to have a similar header on all my .md files… and I need to understand how to use the template feature for that (and if it is even possible to customise a template as I want).

@chtixof A workaround might be if your index.md file lists your daily note files, you could use the "Date and time" action button to add a link to the new file in your index.md file, then copy the file name that's been auto-inserted for you, so that you can paste it when you actually create and name the file.

The way templates work is you add various text files to the templates folder, and then there's a templates action button from which you can select which file's contents you want to insert at the cursor.

I remember these things 'cause I was messing with them at one time and I think I Googled and then browsed through release announcements to find out how these two features work. If I remember correctly!

[harshad1]

Create a file with the following contents

<script>

// All of this is from
// https://chat.openai.com/share/a3a1adf2-889f-45b4-8dbf-0fbe2bd5de20


let anchorToday = document.createElement('a');
let anchorYesterday = document.createElement('a');

// This asinine approach is from https://stackoverflow.com/a/28149561
// offset in milliseconds
let offset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset() * 60000;
// 3 hours
let nextDayOffset = 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

let isoToday = (new Date(Date.now() - offset - nextDayOffset)).toISOString();
let today = isoToday.split('T')[0];
let isoYesterday = (new Date(Date.now() - offset - nextDayOffset - (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000))).toISOString();
let yesterday = isoYesterday.split('T')[0];

let textNodeToday = document.createTextNode("Today");
let textNodeYesterday = document.createTextNode("Yesterday");

// Append the textNode as a child to anchor.
anchorToday.appendChild(textNodeToday);
anchorYesterday.appendChild(textNodeYesterday);

let yearToday = today.slice(0, 4) + "/";
let monthToday = today.slice(0, 7) + "/";
let yearYesterday = yesterday.slice(0, 4) + "/";
let monthYesterday = yesterday.slice(0, 7) + "/";

let todayRef = yearToday + monthToday + today + ".md";
let yesterdayRef = yearYesterday + monthYesterday + yesterday + ".md";

anchorToday.href = todayRef;
anchorToday.style.fontSize = "x-large";
document.body.appendChild(anchorToday);

// Adding two new lines
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));

anchorYesterday.href = yesterdayRef;
anchorYesterday.style.fontSize = "x-large";
document.body.appendChild(anchorYesterday);

// Launch 'today' link on start
window.location.href = todayRef;
</script>

Open it and enable view mode.

It will create and open a file with the format yyyy/yyyy-mm/yyyy-mm-dd.md next to it.

Modify this script as necessary to get what you want (chat gpt is very good at this)

[harshad1]

I have a shortcut to this file on my desktop and tapping it opens a 'today' file instantly.

[gsantner]

A new update is out now. On F-Droid in a few days, otherwise from GitHub Release now.

[naveenroyv]

Thank you for the continued development on the app, loving the latest update.