StackEdit can sync your files with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub. It can also publish them as blog posts to Blogger, WordPress and Zendesk. You can choose whether to upload in Markdown format, HTML, or to format the output using the Handlebars template engine. StackEdit is a full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites. ↩ Here is the text of the footnote. ↩ Written on December 8, 2014.
Browse other questions tagged javascript chart.js ng2-charts angular10 or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog Mint: A new language designed for building single page applications. StackEdit stores your files in your browser, which means all your files are automatically saved locally and are accessible offline! Create files and folders The file explorer is accessible using the button in left corner of the navigation bar. You can create a new file by clicking the New file button in the file explorer.
Hey! I am your first Markdown document in StackEdit1. Don’t delete me, I’m very helpful! I can be recovered anyway in the Utils tab of the Settings dialog.
Documents
StackEdit stores your documents in your browser, which means all your documents are automatically saved locally and are accessible offline!
Note:
- StackEdit is accessible offline after the application has been loaded for the first time.
- Your local documents are not shared between different browsers or computers.
- Clearing your browser’s data may delete all your local documents! Make sure your documents are synchronized with Google Drive or Dropbox (check out the Synchronization section).
Create a document
The document panel is accessible using the button in the navigation bar. You can create a new document by clicking New document in the document panel.
Switch to another document
All your local documents are listed in the document panel. You can switch from one to another by clicking a document in the list or you can toggle documents using Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+].
Rename a document
You can rename the current document by clicking the document title in the navigation bar.
Delete a document
You can delete the current document by clicking Delete document in the document panel.
Export a document
You can save the current document to a file by clicking Export to disk from the menu panel.
Tip: Check out the Publish a document section for a description of the different output formats.
Synchronization
StackEdit can be combined with Google Drive and Dropbox to have your documents saved in the Cloud. The synchronization mechanism takes care of uploading your modifications or downloading the latest version of your documents.
Note:
- Full access to Google Drive or Dropbox is required to be able to import any document in StackEdit. Permission restrictions can be configured in the settings.
- Imported documents are downloaded in your browser and are not transmitted to a server.
- If you experience problems saving your documents on Google Drive, check and optionally disable browser extensions, such as Disconnect.
Open a document
You can open a document from Google Drive or the Dropbox by opening the Synchronize sub-menu and by clicking Open from…. Once opened, any modification in your document will be automatically synchronized with the file in your Google Drive / Dropbox account.
Save a document
You can save any document by opening the Synchronize sub-menu and by clicking Save on…. Even if your document is already synchronized with Google Drive or Dropbox, you can export it to a another location. StackEdit can synchronize one document with multiple locations and accounts.
Synchronize a document
Once your document is linked to a Google Drive or a Dropbox file, StackEdit will periodically (every 3 minutes) synchronize it by downloading/uploading any modification. A merge will be performed if necessary and conflicts will be detected.
If you just have modified your document and you want to force the synchronization, click the button in the navigation bar.
Note: The button is disabled when you have no document to synchronize.
Manage document synchronization
Since one document can be synchronized with multiple locations, you can list and manage synchronized locations by clicking Manage synchronization in the Synchronize sub-menu. This will let you remove synchronization locations that are associated to your document.
Note: If you delete the file from Google Drive or from Dropbox, the document will no longer be synchronized with that location.
Publication
Once you are happy with your document, you can publish it on different websites directly from StackEdit. As for now, StackEdit can publish on Blogger, Dropbox, Gist, GitHub, Google Drive, Tumblr, WordPress and on any SSH server.
Publish a document
You can publish your document by opening the Publish sub-menu and by choosing a website. In the dialog box, you can choose the publication format:
- Markdown, to publish the Markdown text on a website that can interpret it (GitHub for instance),
- HTML, to publish the document converted into HTML (on a blog for example),
- Template, to have a full control of the output.
Note: The default template is a simple webpage wrapping your document in HTML format. You can customize it in the Advanced tab of the Settings dialog.
Update a publication
After publishing, StackEdit will keep your document linked to that publication which makes it easy for you to update it. Once you have modified your document and you want to update your publication, click on the button in the navigation bar.
Note: The button is disabled when your document has not been published yet.
Manage document publication
Since one document can be published on multiple locations, you can list and manage publish locations by clicking Manage publication in the menu panel. This will let you remove publication locations that are associated to your document.
Note: If the file has been removed from the website or the blog, the document will no longer be published on that location.
Markdown Extra
StackEdit supports Markdown Extra, which extends Markdown syntax with some nice features.
Tip: You can disable any Markdown Extra feature in the Extensions tab of the Settings dialog.
Note: You can find more information about Markdown syntax here and Markdown Extra extension here.
Tables
Markdown Extra has a special syntax for tables:
Item | Value |
---|---|
Computer | $1600 |
Phone | $12 |
Pipe | $1 |
You can specify column alignment with one or two colons:
Item | Value | Qty |
---|---|---|
Computer | $1600 | 5 |
Phone | $12 | 12 |
Pipe | $1 | 234 |
Definition Lists
Markdown Extra has a special syntax for definition lists too:
Definition C
Definition D
part of definition D
Fenced code blocks
GitHub’s fenced code blocks are also supported with Highlight.js syntax highlighting:
Tip: To use Prettify instead of Highlight.js, just configure the Markdown Extra extension in the Settings dialog.
Note: You can find more information:
- about Prettify syntax highlighting here,
- about Highlight.js syntax highlighting here.
Footnotes
You can create footnotes like this2.
SmartyPants
SmartyPants converts ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities. For example:
ASCII | HTML | |
---|---|---|
Single backticks | 'Isn't this fun?' | ‘Isn’t this fun?’ |
Quotes | 'Isn't this fun?' | “Isn’t this fun?” |
Dashes | -- is en-dash, --- is em-dash | – is en-dash, — is em-dash |
Table of contents
You can insert a table of contents using the marker [TOC]
:
[TOC]
MathJax
You can render LaTeX mathematical expressions using MathJax, as on math.stackexchange.com:
The Gamma function satisfying $Gamma(n) = (n-1)!quadforall ninmathbb N$ is via the Euler integral
Tip: To make sure mathematical expressions are rendered properly on your website, include MathJax into your template:
Note: You can find more information about LaTeX mathematical expressions here.
UML diagrams
You can also render sequence diagrams like this:
And flow charts like this:
Note: You can find more information:
- about Sequence diagrams syntax here,
- about Flow charts syntax here.
Support StackEdit
StackEdit is a full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites. ↩
Here is the text of the footnote. ↩
title: Experiments with StackEdit
published: true
tags: [Markdown, stackedit.io, WP, wordpress.com]
This post was composed in the offline StackEdit, an offline Markdown editor that claims support for synchronization with cloud services such as DropBox and Google Drive, and which can publish to a range of blogging platforms including WordPress.
I’m currently typing in the Chrome App flavor, which has filled my browser window with a two-pane view of my document. On the left is an editor in which I write directly in Markdown. On the right is a live rendering of the Markdown via HTML for display in the browser.
Things that seem to just work
- The sample document synched with Google Docs with no fuss or muss.
- The preview panel to my right is slick.
- It noticed I’m writing a list and offered a new bullet item.
Things to test after posting
Charts!
StackEdit has some JS magic to support state charts and flow charts. I wonder how those work out, so let’s give them a try.
You render sequence diagrams as code block in the language “sequence”, but with the restriction that the block is fenced by exactly three back ticks and not tildes or any other number of back ticks:
Alice->Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
Note right of Bob: Bob thinks
Bob–>Alice: I am good thanks!
And flow charts as code blocks in the language “flow”:
st=>start: Start
e=>end
op=>operation: My Operation
cond=>condition: Yes or No?
st->op->cond
cond(yes)->e
cond(no)->op
MathJax
You can render LaTeX mathematical expressions using MathJax, as on math.stackexchange.com:
The Gamma function satisfying $Gamma(n) = (n-1)!quadforall ninmathbb N$ is via the Euler integral
$$
Gamma(z) = int_0^infty t^{z-1}e^{-t}dt,.
$$
Tip: Make sure you include MathJax into your publications to render mathematical expression properly. Your page/template should include something like this:
WordPress shortcode for latex
The Gamma function satisfying is via the Euler integral
Things I might miss
Abbreviations
According to the quick reference WP includes the Abbreviations feature of Markdown Extra. If that works, then the word HTML should get tagged as an abbreviation with the expansion “Huge Trail of Muddy Language”. In StackEdit right now, it is not tagged and the *[]
reference is displayed after this paragraph.
Stackedit Js
Of course, Stack Overflow doesn’t use them, so I probably shouldn’t be surprised they aren’t working in StackEdit. I have seen them work on WP itself. We’ll see if they work when this is published.
Stackedit Js Import
Despite not displaying in the editor, they do work correctly on WP if the post was published as Markdown.