Release 1.16.1

Oops, I made a boo boo and didn't check for a damn null reference. I so fucking hate nulls... 😄

I also figured out how to build the installer on Appveyor. 👍

Release 1.16 - Export to Word and PDF

Thanks to some excellent suggestions from GitHub user @borekb, release
1.16 has a mother-load of new features.

• Version Checking: When a new version of MDE is published, an icon
  will appear in the title bar. I tried to make it subtle enough to
  inform without be annoying.

The big red arrow is doesn't appear in the production version :)

• Alternate Line Endings: Apparently, some Mac users are defecting and
  using MDE. Scandalous! But I won't tell.

• Export to Word and PDF: Check out the Save As dialog. There are
  options to save the to docx and pdf. html was added to
  be consistent. Don't worry, the original shortcuts for exporting to
  html still work. (Issue #68, #69)

• Fix image preview: Relative paths to images were broken in
  the preview. (Issue #70)
• Support for custom Markdown converters: This one is kind of geeky,
  but you can use a different Markdown converter provided it's a
  console application and reads and writes to standard input/output.
  This is mostly for those who want to tweak the Pandoc settings
  MDE uses. You'll have to edit the settings file directly. Example:

"CustomMarkdownConverter": "pandoc -f markdown_mmd -t html"

This is also used for preview so it's best if you stick to
converting to HTML. (Issue #67)

• Fix Crash on Bad Settings: MDE would unceremoniously die if the
  settings file was corrupted. (Issue #49).
• Remove auto image pasting from clipboard: Did you know you could
  paste an image to MDE and it would automatically upload it to MDE?
  As well intentioned as that was, it represented a privacy issue so I
  removed it. (Issue #73).

Release 1.15

This release focuses on hyperlinking. I've received feedback about
keyboard shortcuts and helper dialogs for inserting links that I've
taken to heart. A convincing argument persuaded me bend on my, "Avoid
popup dialogs preference".

In this release:

• Changed Ctrl+L to display a dialog for inserting hyperlinks
  (issue #64). Ctrl+L activating a hyperlink dialog is common in
  many online systems. I've modeled my dialog after the one in
  StackOverflow.

• Use Alt-L to change a selection to an unordered/ordered list
• Link-pasting - When pasting URL from the clipboard, if something is
  selected in the editor, it's used as the title of the link.
• Sped up detection of image links by checking the URL extension
  (issue #64).
• Force Pandoc to not obfuscate emails (issue #65)

Keep the feedback coming!

http://markdownedit.com

Release 1.14

I think Markdown Edit has grown up enough to warrant its own site. After
all, it is one of the most capable Markdown editors available on the
Windows platform. I chose a vintage typewriter theme as a reminder that
Markdown is first and foremost an editor for writing words.

There's also a new Website address: http://markdownedit.com.

And last but not least, release 1.14 of MDE includes:

• Ctrl+P activates the print dialog.
• Restore focus to the HTML preview on activation.
• Fix bug when opening HTML and DOCX files.

Release 1.13

It's been a steady drumbeat of releases this year for Markdown Edit. It
also appears that MDE may be getting some traction in the market (based
on search results). Still, I'm a bit surprised considering the dearth of
Markdown editors in the Windows desktop segment that MDE is not more
popular. I may be a bit biased here but MDE is clearly the best Markdown
editor for Windows. Obviously, you people are not doing your part
promoting it :).

If you love MDE, please write about (tweets, blogs, Facebook, etc.) I
also like hearing from you personally on how MDE is working for you (or
not). Send me email. My fragile male ego needs the occasional stroking.

OK, on to the release notes:

• Save As HTML (Alt+E, Alt+Shift+E) added.
• Convert from HTML. Drag and drop or open from the dialog. (Did you
  know you can open .docx files as well?)
• New Danish translation. I just loves me some pull requests.
• Add Ctrl+, to open/close the settings dialog.
• Installer improvements. The installer was replacing shortcuts on
  upgrades which caused pinned shortcuts to break (it will take one
  more update cycle for this fix to take effect).

Future: I'm to the point where MDE does almost everything I want it to
do. There are some new releases of .NET and other third party libraries
on the horizon. Other than that, I don't have much in the way of
features on my to-do list. Got a cool idea for MDE? Shoot it my way.

Release 1.12

What's changed:

• Fixed some minor issues with text pasting. Ctrl+Shift+V will not check if
  the text being pasted is a URL. Normal pasting detects if the text is a
  valid URL, and if so, adds angle brackets.
• Accepted a pull request to add a Russian dictionary to the spell checker.

Available on the Downloads Page.

Release 1.11

Change Log:

• Add Spanish translation (partial)
• Add $CLIPBOARD$ substitution parameter to snippets
• Restyle image upload popup
• Add About section in settings dialog

Release 1.10.0

Many of you have asked for GitHub flavored markdown support, primarily for
generating tables. The additional Markdown features are documented
here. The Markdown
Edit previewer will not show syntax highlighting in code blocks.

The indicators on the title bar for word-wrap, spell checking and auto-save are
now buttons. You can use the keyboard shortcuts or click on the indicators to
toggle the function.

A new, "Revert" command has been added. It will reload the current document. If
the document has been edited, it will ask before reloading. The command is
activated by pressing F5.

This version requires .NET 4.6, up from .NET 4.5.2. You can get it at
http://smallestdotnet.com/.

Release 1.9.0

What's in the release:

• Update packages (new Commonmark engine)
• Bug fixes
• Behavior improvements (initial focus, x86 build)
• New formatting command (Ctrl+Alt+F) formats and converts inline links to
  reference links.

Release 1.8.2 - Parlez-vous francais?

Markdown Edit's first translation (French) is now available.

Want to provide a translation? It's easy. Here's how.