"Dammit Jim,*I'm a doctor - NOT A FRICKIN' PROGRAMMER"*

*I don't want to learn how to program reports or to learn a mark-up 
language,*
- I just want to be able to use RTF to highlight my notes 
- and be able to print the output WYSIWYG. 
These are "basics" that should be included in at least the desktop client. 
- Although there is still much to be said for a web-based interface to 
consolidate multiple issues to a common platform that played across many 
different devices.


On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 11:45:16 PM UTC-5, Stéph wrote:
>
> I've just done a search - Andrey definitely indicated that he was 
> considering Markdown support, in the past.  
>
> I'd love the idea of being able to export tasks from my mind-mapping 
> software (iThoughts, on the iPad) straight into MLO, if Andrey introduced 
> Markdown support for imported lists as well as for the notes.
>
> We'll see if there's any movement on this idea...
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 26 May 2016 05:34:12 UTC+1, Jorgen Bodde wrote:
>
>> Steph, 
>>
>> That would be cool. Sorry if my syntax example was off, I might be mixing 
>> JIRA compliant formatting with markdown.. This is what the "spec" says;
>>
>> Markdown treats asterisks (*) and underscores (_) as indicators of 
>> emphasis. Text wrapped with one * or _ will be wrapped with an 
>> HTML <em> tag; double *’s or _’s will be wrapped with an HTML <strong> tag. 
>> E.g., this input:
>>
>> *single asterisks* _single underscores_ **double asterisks** __double 
>> underscores__ 
>>
>> will produce:
>>
>> <em>single asterisks</em> <em>single underscores</em> <strong>double 
>> asterisks</strong> <strong>double underscores</strong>
>>
>> So italic is like emphasized, which might be equal to italic but it might 
>> not. It depends on the parser / renderer of course. 
>>
>> With regards, 
>> - Jorgen 
>> On May 26, 2016 06:28, "Stéph" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Jorgen,
>>>
>>> I agree, that would be a nice, lightweight alternative to full RTF. 
>>> Andrey could even include some formatting buttons which remove the need for 
>>> users to know the markdown key codes. 
>>>
>>> I thought the codes were /italic/ and *bold*, though?
>>>
>>> I guess users would then want the ability to disable markdown, if they 
>>> use some of those special characters for other purposes in their notes...
>>>
>>> I'll put it to the beta forum and see what they say.
>>>
>>> Stéph
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 25 May 2016 20:08:55 UTC+1, Jorgen Bodde wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, sorry to butt in. But why not support markdown? Very easy text only 
>>>> formatting and the renderer is the only thing that has to change. 
>>>>
>>>> Markdown can be as simple as 
>>>> *italic*
>>>> **bold** 
>>>> ~~strikethrough~~
>>>>
>>>> https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
>>>>
>>>> It is very widely adopted so I am sure there are Java markdown to HTML 
>>>> renderers for in a MLO view. 
>>>>
>>>> Just my 2cts.
>>>>
>>>> With regards, 
>>>> - Jorgen
>>>> On May 25, 2016 20:08, "Stéph" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Kevin,
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrey gets a lot of requests for RTF formatting in MLO, for quite a 
>>>>> long time.  So far, he's resisted - I could imagine it would probably 
>>>>> need 
>>>>> a big rewrite of the format of his whole underlying database.  
>>>>> (personally, I prefer to have unformatted notes in favour of keeping 
>>>>> my MLO database light and fast, but I think I'm in the minority).
>>>>>
>>>>> Stéph
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, 23 May 2016 06:54:59 UTC+1, Kevin Chen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I did some search on the website and noted that MLO can't upload 
>>>>>> attachments into the task. when I add a task on my mobile, sometime i 
>>>>>> will 
>>>>>> add the pictures or files what i need to do.  do you have any develop 
>>>>>> plan 
>>>>>> to enable this function?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>>
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