Today marks the release of the Markor v1.5 update! The update is already available for download on Google Play and soon on F-Droid!

Multiple windows, keep screen on



New general settings options arrived! You can find them under the following settings sections:

General -> Multiple windows : Open a separate window for each document! Easily switch between multiple documents to quickly get needed information! Each window is a full editor with separate editor settings and format selection. Requires Android 5 or higher, activated by default.

: Open a separate window for each document! Easily switch between multiple documents to quickly get needed information! Each window is a full editor with separate editor settings and format selection. Requires Android 5 or higher, activated by default. General -> Keep screen on : Do not turn off the screen automatically. New Textactions

: Do not turn off the screen automatically. Markdown GFM tasks : Use the new task textaction to convert the current line to a task! If the line is already a task you toggle between done and todo.

: Use the new task textaction to convert the current line to a task! If the line is already a task you toggle between done and todo. Insert image : Add pictures to your document. Easy access to pictures from gallery and camera! You can also browse your drive! Optionally edit the picture with an installed graphics app.

: Add pictures to your document. Easy access to pictures from gallery and camera! You can also browse your drive! Optionally edit the picture with an installed graphics app. Color picker : Add color to your texts! Choose between setting the forground or background color. You can also add only the hex color code. The newly added color picker is also used in new theming functionalities

: Add color to your texts! Choose between setting the forground or background color. You can also add only the hex color code. The newly added color picker is also used in new theming functionalities Sort tasks: Try the new sort button for your todo list! Easy sort your todo alphabetically by selected order.

All new ‘new file’ dialog

Create new file Create new files now from the Notebook Choose between filename presets. Want to write a Jekyll blog post? Markor has you covered. Full customizeable filename and file extension. Moved ‘New folder’ from the toolbar-dropdown aswell. Enter the foldername in the first (left) text line and press ‘Folder’ to create it. The right text line (extension) is not used in this case. More features to be added…! Notice: Removed file move / rename within text editor. Use the new dialog for new files, otherwise the rename option. Long press one document in the Notebook to get the Rename option in the toolbar!

Pull down to refresh: Refresh list of documents by pulling down the list at ‘Notebook’. Replaces the ‘refresh’ action in the minimized toolbar section.



New theming options: Color scheme, Auto theme

Editor -> Basic color scheme : Select between predefined colors or use your own. Change the default textcolor and the background color at the editor. You can always return to the defaults by selecting the Markor preset.

: Select between predefined colors or use your own. Change the default textcolor and the background color at the editor. You can always return to the defaults by selecting the Markor preset. App theme: Use the new Auto option to automatically switch between themes based on the time of day. Always crisp at work and easy on eyes after work. New app installations use Auto as default.

Changelog

New features: App-wide Settings option: Keep screen on Add popular documents to ‘share into’ Add ‘Auto’ theme, switch light/dark theme by current hour Support for Chrome Custom Tabs

Editor Open multiple Windows Settings options for editor background and foreground color todo.txt: Highlight multiple levels of context/projects (@@/++) Start document at the recent cursor position (jump to bottom on new documents and at special files) Enable link highlighting in plaintext format (especially easier to distinguish title and links in linkbox)

Document browser Completly new ‘New file’ dialog

Text Actions Sort todo.txt files Tasks support in Markdown Add zero-width space character to ‘special characters’ Add color picker Markdown: Long press image adds img-src with max-height Long press ‘Special key’ jumps to top/bottom Long press ‘Open external’ opens content search Don’t list empty lines in simple search Edit picture supports now relative filepaths too Show import dialog for selected pictures too (like in file selection)

Improved: Document browser Replace ‘Reload button’ with pull down to refresh Added ‘Last modified’ to File information dialog

Editor Added greenscale basic editor colors More space for document title Harden automatic file naming and moving

Representation Set inital background color before loading document Math/KaTex: Show inline when single dollar is used Enable block rendering for KaTex (math) Performance improvement for TOC & Math - only use when text contains headers/math Markdown: Underline h2 too (like h1, more common for two levels) ToDo: Add alternative naming for contexts/projects

TextActions Markdown: Multiline textaction for header/quote/list

App-wide Natural scrolling in dialogs

Fixed: Filesystem Discard selection when leaving filesystem view



Project summary

Markor is a TextEditor for Android. This project aims to make an editor that is versatile, flexible, and lightweight. Markor utilizes simple markup formats like Markdown and todo.txt for note-taking and list management. Markor is versatile at working with text, it can also be used for keeping bookmarks, copying to clipboard, fast opening a link from text and lots of more. Created files are interoptable with any other plaintext software on any platform.Markor is using open formats and is free software, openly developed and accepts community contributions.