Rons Markdown Edit - Features

Markdown editing

• Source stays Markdown: The document is edited as text. Formatting commands write Markdown into the selection or the current lines.
• Inline marks: Bold, italic, strikethrough and inline code.
• Headings: Levels 1 to 5 on the current line.
• Lists: Bulleted, numbered and task lists, with indent and outdent.
• Blocks: Quotes, fenced code blocks and horizontal rules.
• Inserts: Links, images and tables, each with its own edit window.
• Colouring: Markdown markers, headings, code, links and images are coloured in the editor.
• Format document: Reformat the whole file as Markdown, HTML or plain text.

HTML preview

• Show or hide: Keep the preview open while you write, or close it and use the editor alone.
• Split: Place the preview beside the document or below it.
• Page styles: Plain, Editorial, Newsletter, Soft and Brief.
• Theme: The preview follows the application light or dark mode.
• Clipboard: Copy the selection as HTML or as Markdown, and paste HTML into the document.

Tables, code, links and images

• Table editor: Add, duplicate and delete rows. Sort rows, remove empty rows, remove duplicate rows, and clear the table.
• Table editing: Cut, copy, paste, paste-insert and paste-append. Size columns to their content. Zoom the grid. Undo and redo apply inside the table window.
• Code blocks: Choose a language and edit the fenced block with highlighting. Languages include Bash, C, C#, C++, CSS, Go, HTML, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Kotlin, Lua, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, Rust, SQL, TypeScript, VB, XML and YAML.
• Links and images: Edit the destination and the visible text in a dialog, then write the Markdown back.
• Image files: Open PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, WebP and SVG files on their own page, with file properties alongside.

Find, replace and spelling

• Find: Search forward and backward from the search panel, with a count of matches.
• Match options: Match case, whole word, or a regular expression.
• Replace: Replace the current match, or replace every match.
• Background spelling: Underline issues while you edit, and pick a suggestion from the menu.
• Spelling panel: Review issues in a list when you want them gathered in one place.
• Dictionaries: English (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa), French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Documents and locations

• Files: New, open, reload, save, save as, and close one document, every document, or every document except the current one.
• Formats: Markdown, HTML and plain text. Images open for viewing.
• Tabs or single windows: One document per window, or many documents in tabs.
• Locations: Open a folder, refresh it, create folders and documents, rename, delete, copy a path, and reveal the folder in Explorer.
• Recent items: Recent files and recent locations, each with a limit you set.
• Document properties: Encoding, region, name, folder, size, attributes and last saved time. Reload, save or apply from the panel.
• File changes: Optionally prompt to reload when the file changes on disk.
• Text defaults: Default encoding, a specific encoding when you need one, line endings, and an optional extra line at the end of a new document.
• Paths: Copy the document name, folder or full path.

The window

• Editing: Undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, delete, select all and select none.
• View: Line numbers, optional line wrap, and zoom in, out or back to the default.
• Appearance: Light or dark colour mode, a choice of accent, and separate fonts for the text editor and the grid.
• Commands: A command list for finding an action, with shortcuts you can edit.
• Panels: Locations, document properties and the command list, plus the search, replace and spelling activity panels.
• Portable: The same build can be installed or run without installation.