Change request for new editing layout

(1) By Simon Slavin (slavin) on 2026-06-28 11:49:11 [source]

Dear devs,

I use markup help a lot, because I'm fussy about correct formatting. Could the distance between the editing field I'm using right now, and markup help, be made as short as possible ?

Perhaps, along with the 'Help' tab, give a tab each to Fossil and Markdown help. Perhaps the content of those stand-along pages can be automatically loaded from the same source those existing pages use.

If that can't be done, at least put those links directly in the Help tab, rather than having to click one more time to get to the list of two different markup styles. Or you can probably think of a better solution than that.

Thanks for any help with this.

(2.1) By Stephan Beal (stephan) on 2026-06-29 11:01:09 edited from 2.0 in reply to 1 [link] [source]

If that can't be done, at least put those links directly in the Help tab, rather than having to click one more time to get to the list of two different markup styles.

We don't currently have a way to import them without copying them verbatim, which is unappealing maintenance-wise, but we'll get separate links for each added to the help tab as soon as the temperature allows (the computers are turned off because of 30C+ temps in the living room). Thank you for the suggestion.

Edit:

we'll get separate links for each added to the help tab...

That's now in the trunk and will show up in the next deployment.