Re: Fwd: About adapting editor to markdown

[Jorge Carrión <shordi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot the Picture

El sáb, 4 abr 2026 a las 10:38, Jorge Carrión (<shordi@xxxxxxxxx>) escribió:

> Okay, what I need is an .md file editor that highlights the marked-up
> content. Ideally, it would look like the image I've attached, but I
> understand that's beyond the capabilities of Editor, and it would be enough
> for the marked-up text to appear in a different color.
>
> Looking at the source code, I can't see exactly what I need to include in
> a control inherited from Editor to treat Markdown the same way it treats
> CSS or HTML, etc., and I don't think it's necessary to fork it just for
> this.
>
> I've been working with TextEdit and then a converter that converts
> RichText to md, but TextEdit no longer works, and besides, the HTML it
> handles is far too complex for what I need. The files I use are 90% plain
> text with some bold or italic words and some headings in between.
>
> Best Regards
>
> El vie, 3 abr 2026 a las 22:06, Benoît Minisini (<
> benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:
>
>> Le 03/04/2026 à 19:56, Jorge Carrión a écrit :
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm interested in adapting the Editor control to recognize the Markdown
>> > language. Since it's a fairly simple language, I think it would be
>> > straightforward. I don't think I need to fork the code within my
>> > project, and I'd like to inherit the class and simply add Markdown as
>> > another language it already supports.
>> >
>> > I believe I've already defined the TextEditorMode_MarkDown class, which
>> > I've attached to this message, but I can't seem to get the Editor
>> > inheritance working correctly.
>> > Can anyone offer any advice or pointers on this?
>> >
>> > Best Regards
>>
>> What do you mean exactly by "adapting"?
>>
>> --
>> Benoît Minisini.
>>
>>
>>

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