Add text styling to the todo widget when using Markdown

[ssebs]

Hoping to improve the widget if people want to use a Markdown file for their todo lists.

See #2612, #2490

Build instructions:

• Get my build from https://github.com/ssebs/markor.git master branch
• Build / install app
• Follow initial setup/permissions
• Create TODO.md file & save
• Close app
• Open app
• Go to Settings > General > Save location > To-Do
• Select the new TODO.md file
• Go back from settings to the file list, close the app.
• Open app, notice the TODO.md file is chosen as the todo.txt file via the checkmark icon.
• Go to the home screen, create a new widget
• Choose the 2nd Marder widget, place on screen
• It should show the contents of the file

I've recorded this process from an emulator:

Comparing Markdown files (top is old, bottom is new)

Comparing todo.txt files (top is old, bottom is new)

Vid

markor-vid.mp4

[ssebs]

Hey @gsantner, just wanted to check in on this PR. 😁

[henrebotha]

HELL yes.

Any idea if this would be easily adaptable to AsciiDoc?

[garnetbugbee]

I just wanted to say that I was thinking in December about working on this very thing and now you've gone and done it. Good God, I love the open source community.

[gsantner]

Any idea if this would be easily adaptable to AsciiDoc?

As with anything, it needs implementation by somebody. Unfortunatley widgets gain very little interest by contributors. So help is welcome.

[gsantner]

Hello!

How do you get this to work?

First I tried changing the existing todo.txt file to markdown format using File Settings (top menu). Didn't have any effect. Then created a todo.md file and set it as ToDo file in settings. Also has no effect.

I recreated the widget a few times. Not sure, but haven't got any markdown rendering.

Also noticed the black border around the widget..is that new in this PR? Haven't noticed it before and not sure if it is good 😄

[ssebs]

Hi, I had to do this:

• create a test.md file in Marder
• set that as the todo file in the settings
• save (go back to the main screen in marder)
• close the app
• delete any widgets if they existed
• open marder (confirm the setting is set)
• create the widget
• tap to open the file

As for the border, I may not have noticed because I'm using dark mode.

[gsantner]

I set a .md file for ToDo which is also configured as Format->Markdown, recreated the widget a few times, rebooted device..and it never showed the new markdown formatting of this PR somehow

[ssebs]

That's weird... I'm not super familiar with Android development so I'm not really sure how to debug. Can anyone else see the changes on this PR?

[gsantner]

Not seems like somebody else wanted to try as well. For me at least it doesn't work / doesn't apply somehow

[henrebotha]

I have no idea how to test this. Maybe some instructions would help?

[gsantner]

Hello @ssebs could you please help to show how to set this up?
As mentioned above, for me creating the widget for a todo.txt file, with these changed included doesn't work

[ssebs]

@gsanter - Thanks for the ping.

Just tested this out again, here's what I did to get it working:

• Get my build from https://github.com/ssebs/markor.git master branch
• Build / install app
• Follow initial setup/permissions
• Create TODO.md file & save
• Close app
• Open app
• Go to Settings > General > Save location > To-Do
• Select the new TODO.md file
• Go back from settings to the file list, close the app.
• Open app, notice the TODO.md file is chosen as the todo.txt file via the checkmark icon.
• Go to the home screen, create a new widget
• Choose the 2nd Marder widget, place on screen
• It should show the contents of the file

I've recorded this process: