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This is a Markdown web editor that uses the MyST Markdown flavor. It is implemented as a Preact component. The intended way to use it is by embedding the editor in various websites/webapps. It is written with collaborative editing in mind.
For an overview of the editor usage, see the User Manual.
A demo without the collaborative features is available here.
Changes in the text editor are immediately reflected in the preview. The editor also keeps track of where your cursor is and highlight and scroll the preview based on what you are editing.
You can work on a document with multiple people at the same time.
The editor has a comments feature, allowing you to add text that will not appear in the preview. You can also suggest changes.
You can use document templates to quickly prepare documents and skip repetitive work.
You can use the diff view to see exactly what changes have been made to the document as compared to the original state.
Using the buttons in the top-left, you can copy the rendered HTML or export the document to a PDF file.
The editor allows you to extend the standard Markdown syntax with custom transforms. You can specify regular expressions that turn some input to custom HTML output. This is useful for implementing functionalities such as issue links, for example (as showcased in the demo):
const transforms = [{
target: /[0-9a-z\-]+\/[0-9a-z\-]+#\d{1,10}/g,
transform: (match) => {
const [repo, issueId] = match.split('#');
return `<a href="https://github.com/${repo}/issues/${issueId}">${match}</a>`
}
}]Then provide the transforms array as the transforms option for the editor.
For more examples, see the exampleTransforms object in the demo HTML.
npm i && npm run buildYou can embed this editor on another website.
After building, you should see a dist folder with MystEditor.css and MystEditor.js in it.
Put those files alongside your HTML.
Add a link to the CSS file into your HTML:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="MystEditor.css">You need an HTML element that MyST Editor will attach to:
<div id="myst"></div>Add the following JavaScript as a module (of course add any options as needed):
import MystEditor from 'MystEditor.js';
MystEditor({ /* options */ }, document.getElementById("myst"));And voilà!
There is a demo available for the editor with some example Markdown and templates, also useful for development of the component itself.
To run it locally, use:
npm run devYour terminal will display what URL to open to see the demo.
You can edit the source files in src/ to modify the behavior of the component, with hot reload, thanks to Vite.
An analogous demo deployed with GH actions from latest main should be deployed at https://antmicro.github.io/myst-editor/
The example server is located in the bin directory. To run it use:
cd bin
npm i && npm run serverYou can change the port it runs on by setting a PORT environment variable.
Note that MyST Editor uses the Shadow DOM to encapsulate the styles from the rest of the page.
In order to customize the look and feel, you can either change the CSS variables
listed in MystEditor.css or use the additionalStyles option
of the MystEditor function.
Here are the options you can pass to the MystEditor function:
id(default:crypto.randomUUID()) - this changes where the global state of an editor is stored, it is used when accessingwindow.myst_editorand is part of the CodeMirror parent DOM idname(default: "myst_editor_textarea") - this will change the name of the textarea element which contains your markdown. Useful if you want the editor to be part of an HTMLform.initialMode(default: "Both", possibleValues: "Source" | "Preview" | "Both") - changes what is visible when you open the editor. By default, you will see a split view with the text editor and preview.initialText(default: "") - initial Markdown textincludeButtons(default: defaultButtons) - An array of button definitions. A button definition is an object which has anaction: () => voidand eithericonortext. As an example, a button could be defined as{ text: "Button title", action: () => alert('clicked!') }topbar(default: true) - whether to show the topbartemplateList- path/url to a JSON file containing your document templates. For an example, seepublic/linkedtemplatelist.json.transforms- custom transformsgetAvatar(default: (login) =>https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/${login}?s=30&d=identicon) - a function that returns the avatar for a given usernamegetUserUrl(default: (login) =>#) - a function that returns the URL to the web page with the user's profile It is used when an avatar is clicked.collaboration- options related to live collaboration:enabled(default: false)wsUrl(example: ws://example:4444) - URL of the websocket servercommentsEnabled- enable basic comment functionality,resolvingCommentsEnabled- enable resolving comments,usernameroom- name of the room to join, users will see others in the same roomcolor- color of the cursor seen by other usershideUsernameDelay(default: 5000) - milliseconds of inactivity after which the username attached to a remote cursor will be hidden
spellcheckOpts- Configuration for the spellchecker. If the value is null or false then the spellchecker will be disabled.dict(default: "en_US") - Name of the desired dictionary. For an example, seepublic/dictionaries/en_US.dictionaryPath(default: "/dictionaries") - Path to a folder with dictionaries. For an example, seepublic/dictionaries/.
backslashLineBreak(default: true) - treat\as a line break even when it is at the end of a paragraph/blockadditionalStyles(CSSStylesheet|CSSStylesheet[]) - extra CSS stylesheets to customize the componentsyncScroll(default: false) - synchronize scrolling of the editor and preview inDual Paneview mode.-
NOTE: This only works if you set a height limit on the editor parent element.
-
unfoldedHeadings(number?) - fold all but the given number of top level syntax nodes on startup. If the option is not set, nothing will be folded by default.
Also see the demo HTML for an example on how you can set these options.