Thursday, December 19, 2013

Welcome document

Welcome to StackEdit!

Hello, I am your first Markdown document within StackEdit1. Don’t delete me, I can be helpful. I can be recovered anyway in the Utils tab of the Settings dialog.


Documents

StackEdit stores your documents in your browser local storage, which means all your documents are automatically saved locally and are accessible offline.

NOTE: This also means that your documents are not shared between different browsers or computers and that clearing your browser’s data may delete all of them!

Create a document

You can create a new document by clicking the button in the navigation bar. This will switch from the current document to the new one.

Switch to another document

You can list all your local documents and switch from one to another by clicking the button in the navigation bar.

Rename a document

You can rename the current document by clicking the document title in the navigation bar.

Delete a document

You can delete the current document by clicking the button in the navigation bar.

Save a document

You can save the current document to a file using the Save as... sub-menu.

NOTE: See Publish a document section for a description of the different outputs.


Synchronization

StackEdit can be combined with Google Drive and Dropbox to have your documents centralized in the Cloud. The synchronization mechanism will take care of uploading your modifications or downloading the latest version of your documents.

NOTE:

  • Full access to Google Drive or Dropbox is required to be able to import any document in StackEdit.
  • Imported documents are downloaded in your browser and are not transmitted to a server.
  • If you experience problems exporting documents to Google Drive, check and optionally disable browser extensions, such as Disconnect.

Import a document

You can import a document from the Cloud by going to the Google Drive or the Dropbox sub-menu and by clicking Import from.... Once imported, your document will be automatically synchronized with the Google Drive / Dropbox file.

Export a document

You can export any document by going to the Google Drive or the Dropbox sub-menu and by clicking Export to.... Even if your document is already synchronized with Google Drive or Dropbox, you can export it to a another location. StackEdit can synchronize one document with multiple locations.

Synchronize a document

Once your document is linked to a Google Drive or a Dropbox file, StackEdit will periodically (every 3 minutes) synchronize it by downloading/uploading any modification. Any conflict will be detected, and a local copy of your document will be created as a backup if necessary.

If you just have modified your document and you want to force the synchronization, click the button in the navigation bar.

NOTE: The button is disabled when:

  • you are offline,
  • or the document is not synchronized with any location,
  • or the document has not been modified since the last synchronization.

Manage document synchronization

Since one document can be synchronized with multiple locations, you can list and manage synchronized locations by clicking Manage synchronization in the menu. This will open a dialog box allowing you to add or remove synchronization links that are associated to your document.

NOTE: If you delete the file from Google Drive or from Dropbox, the document will no longer be synchronized with that location.


Publication

Once you are happy with your document, you can publish it on different websites directly from StackEdit. As for now, StackEdit can publish on Blogger, Dropbox, Gist, GitHub, Google Drive, Tumblr, WordPress and on any SSH server.

Publish a document

You can publish your document by going to the Publish on sub-menu and by choosing a website. In the dialog box, you can choose the publication format:

  • Markdown, to publish the Markdown text on a website that can interpret it (GitHub for instance),
  • HTML, to publish the document converted into HTML (on a blog for instance),
  • Template, to have a full control of the output.

NOTE: The default template is a simple webpage wrapping your document in HTML format. You can customize it in the Services tab of the Settings dialog.

Update a publication

After publishing, StackEdit will keep your document linked to that publish location so that you can update it easily. Once you have modified your document and you want to update your publication, click on the button in the navigation bar.

NOTE: The button is disabled when:

  • you are offline,
  • or the document has not been published anywhere.

Manage document publication

Since one document can be published on multiple locations, you can list and manage publish locations by clicking Manage publication in the menu. This will open a dialog box allowing you to remove publication links that are associated to your document.

NOTE: In some cases, if you remove the file from the website or the post from the blog, the document will no longer be published on that location.


Markdown Extra

StackEdit supports Markdown Extra, which extends Markdown syntax with some nice features.

NOTE: You can disable any Markdown Extra feature in the Extensions tab of the Settings dialog.

Tables

Markdown Extra has a special syntax for tables:

Item Value
Computer $1600
Phone $12
Pipe $1

You can specify column alignment with one or two colons:

Item Value Qty
Computer $1600 5
Phone $12 12
Pipe $1 234

Definition Lists

Markdown Extra has a special syntax for definition lists too:

Term 1
Term 2
Definition A
Definition B
Term 3

Definition C

Definition D

part of definition D

Fenced code blocks

GitHub’s fenced code blocks are also supported with Prettify syntax highlighting:

// Foo
var bar = 0;

NOTE: To use Highlight.js instead of Prettify, just configure the Markdown Extra extension in the Settings dialog.

Special Attributes

With Markdown Extra, you can specify class and id attributes on headers and fenced code blocks just like this:

Header example
var foo = bar;

Then you can create cross-references like this: beginning of the document.

Footnotes

You can create footnotes like this2.

SmartyPants

SmartyPants converts ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities. For example:

ASCII HTML
Single backticks 'Isn't this fun?' ‘Isn’t this fun?’
Quotes "Isn't this fun?" “Isn’t this fun?”
Dashes -- is an en-dash and --- is an em-dash – is an en-dash and — is an em-dash

Table of contents

You can insert a table of contents using the marker [TOC]:

MathJax

You can render LaTeX mathematical expressions using MathJax, as on math.stackexchange.com:

The Gamma function satisfying Γ(n)=(n1)!nN is via the Euler integral

Γ(z)=0tz1etdt.

NOTE: When exporting, make sure you include MathJax to render mathematical expression correctly. Your page/template should include something like:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://stackedit.io/libs/MathJax/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML"></script>

NOTE: You can find more information:

  • about Markdown syntax here,
  • about Markdown Extra extension here,
  • about LaTeX mathematical expressions here,
  • about Prettify syntax highlighting here,
  • about Highlight.js syntax highlighting here.

Written with StackEdit.


  1. StackEdit is a free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.
  2. Here is the text of the footnote.

md scratch fle.md

md scratch file


Introduction

This is an introduction

sub title

Sub paragraph

hello
this
is code

This is working.

sub title 2

end.


Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Password Manager Ideas for Iphone/iOS

Introduction:

I use password managers on Windows, Web browsers, and Android.
I wrote this for a friend who wanted some ideas for an app for his new Iphone.
Hence the statement: I haven't used any on iOS. You will need to try some solutions and see what you like.

Google searches to try:


best free iphone password manager app 2013

Lastpass, I use it:

Free on Windows/Mac and any browser, $12/yr on android. I paid the $12.
Easy to use - although sometimes frustrating.
It automatically adds new sites to your data file when you register for a new site. Handy.

Keepass - Good but may not be as easy as you might want.

I use keepass on windows, and android. Sync the data file with dropbox.

I edit the file on windows and open it in android. I don't edit it on android. That way I know where the master file is with no doubts.

http://keepass.info/download.html

A free solution...
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/keepassx-minikeepass-a-free-secure-ios-mac-os-x-password-solution/

I wonder how syncpass for iphone is? I think it is not free.

This is opensource software. A very good attribute.

Articles I read today:


http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/10/06/10-of-the-best-multi-platform-password-managers-for-ios-android-and-the-desktop/#!qdUzx

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/keepassx-minikeepass-a-free-secure-ios-mac-os-x-password-solution/

50 best free apps for iphone...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366278,00.asp

Keywords..

password manager. password keeper. password safe.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How to write blog posts with source code snippets

Use the following instructions to post some code.

Use http://htmleditor.in/firefox-html-editor.html

Set it to tinyMCE editor

Insert a table 1 column and 1 row

Border=1

Paste code into the table 

first Markdown document

test markdown 02:26PM 02:28PM 04:06PM 2013-10-29_Tue_16.23-PM

// set model
$crud->set_model($this->cms_module_path().'/grocerycrud_cds_model');

// adjust groceryCRUD's language to No-CMS's language
$crud->set_language($this->cms_language());


Written with StackEdit.

test posting source code

test
source:
$primary_key = isset($state_info->primary_key)? $state_info->primary_key : NULL; switch($state){ case 'unknown': break; case 'list' : break; case 'add' : break; case 'edit' : break; case 'delete' : break;
Site
$primary_key = isset($state_info->primary_key)? $state_info->primary_key : NULL; switch($state){ case 'unknown': break; case 'list' : break; case 'add' : break;