Delphi Markdown availability

[david.obrien]

The Delphi IDE has Markdown capabilities. I thought the IDE was written in Delphi. So, what is the Markdown component used in the IDE, and why does it not appear to be available in the built-in component palette? Is this something that will appear in a future update?

[davidn (Dave Nottage)]

@david.obrien

what is the Markdown component used in the IDE

There is no markdown “component”. The IDE “knows” about markdown by having a syntax highlighter (via IOTAHighlighter) for it. There’s some discussion about highlighting on the German Delphi Praxis here.

EDIT: Actually, apparently Delphi uses an internal version of HTML Components for displaying markdown.

There’s also some discussion about other Markdown components on the English Delphi Praxis, here.

[Geoff (Geoffrey Smith)]

@david.obrien

The Delphi IDE has Markdown capabilities. I thought the IDE was written in Delphi. So, what is the Markdown component used in the IDE, and why does it not appear to be available in the built-in component palette? Is this something that will appear in a future update?

I believe the IDE uses

HTML Component Library for Delphi - Home

Markdown to HTML converter

GitHub - grahamegrieve/delphi-markdown

[david.obrien]

Thanks for the Info. I will have a look for other components.

[david.obrien]

Thanks, I’ll have a look at Grahams offering.