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Markdown Monster Portable

#1 Post by rbon »

Markdown Monster Portable rel. 1.25.15.2 released at January 9, 2021
Changelog for this version: https://github.com/RickStrahl/MarkdownM ... angelog.md

From author site:
Better Markdown Editing for Windows
Markdown Monster is a Markdown editor and viewer that lets you edit Markdown with syntax highlighting and fast text entry.
A collapsible, synced, live preview lets you see your output as you type or scroll. Easily embed images, links, emojis and code using Markdown text or use our gentle UI helpers that simplify many operations with a couple of keystrokes.
Paste images from the clipboard or drag and drop from Explorer or our built-in folder browser. Inline spell-checking and word counts keep your content streamlined unobtrusively.
You can export your Markdown to HTML or PDF by saving to disk or by copying Markdown selections as HTML directly to the clipboard.
The HTML preview can display syntax colored code snippets for most common coding languages, and can easily be customized with HTML and CSS template to match your own sites.
You can choose from a light and dark app theme, and choose individual editor and preview themes that are fully customizable.
You can even use Vim or Emacs type conventions. Other convenience features let you browse for and select files in the built-in folder browser, use the document outline to jump through sections in your Markdown, or shell out to Explorer, Terminal or your favorite Git client.
It's all about convenience - everything is at your finger tips, but it's out of your way until you need it.
Weblog Publishing
Markdown Monster can also publish your Markdown directly to your Weblog. If your blog supports WordPress, MetaWeblog, Jekyll or Medium, you can publish your documents with one click.
You can also edit and republish, or download existing posts and even convert existing posts from HTML to Markdown.
Extensible via .NET
We also wanted to make sure the editor is highly extensible, so you can add custom features of your own.
Markdown Monster includes an addin model that makes it easy to build extensions that let you hook into the UI, the editor behavior and the publishing process.
We also provide useful Scripting and Text Templating addins that let you automate many tasks without creating an addin.
Find out more about creating an addin with .NET.
Features

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✓ Syntax colored Markdown
✓ Live HTML preview
✓ Inline spell checking (see subfolder '\Editor': English, Spanish and French only, but you can download Hunspell dictionaries from GitHub)
✓ Embed images, links and emoji
✓ Paste images from Clipboard
✓ Capture & embed screen shot
✓ Save to Html and PDF
✓ Weblog publishing and editing
✓ HTML to Markdown conversion
✓ Editor and preview them
✓ Vim and Emacs support
✓ Pandoc rendering & doc conversion
✓ Git Integration
✓ Document Outline
✓ Template text expansion
✓ .NET scripting & addins
✓ Portable build (file '_IsPortable': forces the settings to be read from .\PortableSettings rather than %appdata% )
✓ online documentation (see link on site)
Links and other
• web site: https://markdownmonster.west-wind.com/
• download page: https://markdownmonster.west-wind.com/download.aspx
• direct download portable v1.25.12.2: https://west-wind.com/files/MarkdownMonsterPortable.zip
• GitHub project (only for sources): https://github.com/rickstrahl/MarkdownMonster
• GitHub detailled list of features: https://github.com/rickstrahl/MarkdownMonster#features
• Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-to ... ster.shtml
• Portable archive size: 24.163 MB

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License:
Markdown Monster comes in several license modes: Evaluation, Single User, Multiple User and Site License.
Evaluation License
The Evaluation version has all the features and functionality of the registered version, except that it shows occasional freeware notices.
Tampering with or removing of the notices is not allowed with the evaluation license.
Purchased License
The paid license removes the freeware notices (nag screen).
System requirements
• .Net Framework 4.6.2 or later.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.

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Re: Markdown Monster Portable

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Not quite portable. Creates an empty directory at:
AppData/Roaming/Markdown Monster/

Nice software, but too much of a mess.

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Re: Markdown Monster Portable

#3 Post by Midas »

Looks very interesting, but basic system requirements should be highlighted:
Requirements
  • Windows 7 or newer, 2008 R2 or newer
  • .NET Framework 4.62 or later
  • Internet Explorer 11

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Re: Markdown Monster Portable

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hamasaki wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:02 pm Not quite portable. Creates an empty directory at:
AppData/Roaming/Markdown Monster/
Thanks for verify portability.
Midas wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:13 am Looks very interesting, but basic system requirements should be highlighted:
Requirements
  • Windows 7 or newer, 2008 R2 or newer
  • .NET Framework 4.62 or later
  • Internet Explorer 11
You're right. :oops:
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Re: Markdown Monster Portable

#5 Post by Midas »

It's all good, rbon. 8)

Thanks for bringing Markdown Monster to the community's attention.

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Re: Markdown Monster Portable

#6 Post by rbon »

hamasaki wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:02 pm Not quite portable. Creates an empty directory at:
AppData/Roaming/Markdown Monster/
This problem has been reported to author on GitHub.
Please see the issue #749 for details https://github.com/RickStrahl/MarkdownM ... issues/749:

This problem has been fixed in version 1.26.3 released at February 17, 2021.
• Download page: https://markdownmonster.west-wind.com/download.aspx
• direct download rel. 1.26.3 Portable: https://west-wind.com/files/MarkdownMonsterPortable.zip
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.

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