Formatted texts in the app

The application supports two document formatting styles and in some cases gives you a choice of which to select.

It is possible to save formatted texts for many records in the application. Working with them is more convenient and usually safer than saving information in embedded files,

In a nutshell: Markdown or HTML?

If you don't need styles and font colors, Markdown is preferable. But if you can't do without colors, you'll have no choice but to choose HTML.

It's a choice

The app usually doesn't give you a choice - simply because the different formats would create confusion that would outweigh the benefits. By default, Markdown is used everywhere, albeit with a number of extensions.

Currently, the HTML format is used by default only for emails. The reason for this is that HTML is the standard in email, and formatting an incoming email into a reply requires HTML elements.

Optionally, HTML can also be used for writing information. Other objects with HTML can define modules.

Formáty textů

Texty je možné ukládat ve formátu Markdown nebo HTML. Standardně je používán formát Markdown, protože má mnoho výhod.

Markdown a jeho vlastnosti

Markdown je standardní formát, jeho struktura je jednodušší a neobsahuje tzv. párové značky. Díky tomu nehrozí, že se rozpadne jeho struktura, jak se to snadno stane u HTML, když do něj zabloudí např. nějaké <div> navíc. I když se to nezdá, tak např. pro automatické překlady jde o výhodu zcela zásadní

Není všechno čisté

Markdown ve své čisté podobě bohužel neumožňuje např. vložení obrázků nebo tabulky. Aplikace proto využívá rozšířenou syntaxi, která tyto reálně nezbytné možnosti doplňuje.

HTML a proč má někdy návrh

Pokud potřebujete detailnější formátování nebo uložit vstup z internetu, bude "tzv. ruční formátování" vhodnější.

Ručně formátovaný text je uložen ve formátu HTML, používá jiný editor, který dává další možnosti:

• Zarovnávat text
• Lépe pracovat s tabulkami a bloky
• Používat barvy písem
• Používat fonty

Risks and disadvantages of HTML

HTML has disadvantages that make it not used by default. It is good to keep them in mind:

Font colors

Font colors are fine, but only as long as everyone views the text on equal terms. But remember that half the people use light backgrounds and half use dark ones. If you give some text a red or bright blue color, it's fine. But if you force, for example, black or, conversely, light gray or any color on the edge of light and dark, half of the readers will have a problem with it.

Note: The reason for not using colours is quite fundamental to not using them in e.g. requirements. There is a great risk that the solver may not notice parts of the text. Therefore the application does not support the use of colors in requirements.

Font style

Font styles help to highlight certain passages, but as with colours, what you see may not be seen by the reader. For example, mail doesn't use fonts, or most browsers don't use them by default. Styles in email should therefore not be used at all.

Styles don't carry over to generated PDF documents either; the generator has its own font sets. Therefore, the highlighting you have on screen will look different in the document.

Styles may not even be available to the reader who receives the information - their browser may not download the fonts; this is common on mobile phones, for example.