Question about the text formatting

Discussion in 'Site Feedback' started by dingsdongs, Sep 14, 2016.

  1. dingsdongs

    dingsdongs Really Really Experienced

    When you create / edit an chapter, it is possible to use the rich text editor.

    However, if i would like to edit the text in an external editor, and paste it into the content box again, i have to manually redo all the formatting.

    Is there a syntax available to pre-format your text? So that it automatically gets the proper look again if you decide to paste it from an external editor?
     
  2. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    if you don't use the rich text editor, you can use markdown syntax.

    I think there are some converters for common word processing programs. That way you could copy the converted (to markdown) text to CHYOA.
    (I usually use markdown syntax directly, so I can't give recommendations ;))
     
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  3. dingsdongs

    dingsdongs Really Really Experienced

    Thank you, that was very helpful! :)

    I looked it up on google and it seems easy enough to learn quickly.
     
  4. porneia

    porneia Really Experienced

    I am very curious, did you find one?
     
  5. dingsdongs

    dingsdongs Really Really Experienced

    Oh sorry, i was with my thoughts somewhere else when i wrote that answer ;-)
    I actually meant, that i found a small guide to learn the concept: http://www.markdowntutorial.com/
     
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  6. Zekar

    Zekar Really Experienced

    This will help immensely! I have several chapters that have taken too long to write because on my touch screen I have to highlight and select from the pop up menu to change formatting.
     
  7. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    I think, that the soft break (described on the site "Paragraph") is not needed on CHYOA to create a single line break.
     
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