Port for Evolution

[danielquinn]

I'd like to use GNOME's Evolution mail client, but I find that I'm just too fond of the Markdown Here plugin in Thunderbird. Would an Evolution port be all that difficult?

[sagikazarmark]

👍 I would also be happy with that.

[TamasBarta]

This plugin is the only thing sticking me with Thunderbird. It's a pity that only Evolution has proper Exchange support.

[cheilman]

Agreed, I just switched to Evolution for mail because of some exchange issues, and I really miss being able to compose in Markdown.

[tflori]

I just found this thread on gnome: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2011-July/msg00047.html

A markdown highlighting and conversion to a nicer html mail will make so much difference. It's faster to compose, easier to read in plain text, better formatted in html (no stupid differences between every paragraph). I'm really looking forward for such feature 👍

[EmmanuelCharpentier]

I second this request.

Now, the real question is "How to implement this ? And who does it ?"

[MarshCastle]

Well -- looks like it was shut down by 'what on earth is MarkDown?', which took it off topic and seemed to get a straight 'No'.
It's a shame - I'm also held back by the lack of Markdown capabilities in Evolution. I've heard it's come a along way recently, but I've got used to it being easy to write emails without formatting issues and relying on a dreaded wysiwyg.
I'd definitely use this given the chance :)

[EmmanuelCharpentier]

The thread on the Gnome list dates back from 2011. I think it's safe to say that Markdown has gained a bit of recognition since.

The answers to "whhy not WYSIWIG ?" and "Why not HTML" are the same: "A light markup language is bloody fucking easier and faster !".

Care for a second attempt ?

[MarshCastle]

@EmmanuelCharpentier I couldn't agree more - a WYSIWYG is a clumsy thing when compared to markup - hitting the marskown icon in thunderbird (courtesy of Markdown Here just makes it all really neat and tidy. I get comments from others in the office on email formatting. I haven't got time for that via WYSIWYG.

so what's the best plan to raise awareness...? would it be to raise a new issue, or is someine listening in here???

[TomSaw]

Many fast and easy to use markdown editors have popped up for Gnome Desktop and People like it.
It's time for Evolution to follow the herd!

[fugo]

with Evolution [3.44.1] now it's possible to use Markdown, Markdown as text or Markdown as HTML.