fluentmark

FluentMark Advantest Edition (AE)

A full-featured Markdown editing environment for Eclipse IDE. FluentMark was originally developed by Certiv Analytics / Gerald Rosenberg and was modified for Advantest Europe GmbH to better satisfy company-specific needs.

This work is forked from https://github.com/grosenberg/Fluentmark.

Features

• Choice of Markdown converter
  • support for the flexmark converter (preferred)
  • support for the Pandoc converter
• Real-time preview
  • smooth, reactively rendered HTML display, using Vue.js
  • stylesheet controlled presentation
    • multiple built-in stylesheets
    • local custom/user defined stylesheets
• PDF export using Pandoc
  • custom/user defined LaTeX page template support
• LaTex/Math presentation using MathJax
• Code highlighting using highlight.js
• Diagram rendering
  • UML diagrams using the PlantUML language
  • Graph diagrams using the Graphviz DOT language
  • all diagram previews are rendered in real-time
  • exported Web and PDF documents embed the diagrams as scalable SVG images
• Spell check with quick-assist correction processor
• Smart editing behaviors, including intelligent paragraph, list & blank line handling
• Table editor
• Text, list and table formatter
• Outline view with drag-and-drop support

Screenshots

1. Dot Graph

2. Sequence Diagram

Installation & Use

Install the latest version from our Eclipse update site (p2 repository): https://advantest.github.io/fluentmark/. (In Eclipse, select the menu Help -> Install New Software…, then paste the update site URL into the text field and press enter, select the features to be installed and press the Finish button.)

Requires Eclipse 2025-03 or newer & JDK 21+.

Preferences —

• Window→FluentMark

Pandoc converter —

• Install Pandoc. The pandoc executable can then be selected from the local filesystem on the Pandoc Converter preference page.

PDF export —

• Both Pandoc and a LaTeX processor must be installed. Pandoc recommends MikTeX.

DOT graphics —

• Install Graphviz. The dot executable can then be selected on the Converter preference page.

UML diagrams —

• The basic PlantUml jar is built-in. Diagrams other than sequence diagrams require DOT graphics. If Graphviz is installed in a non-default directory, set the GRAPHVIZ_DOT environment variable to the actual installation directory.

Keys

Key	Function
Ctrl-Space	Opens the template assist popup
Ctrl-1	Spell check quick correct
Ctrl-b	Toggles bold of selected text
Ctrl-i	Toggles italics of selected text
Ctrl-/	Toggles Markdown-style commenting of selected text
Ctrl-Shift-/	Toggles HTML-style commenting of selected text
Ctrl-Shift-f	Format - full page or selection
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-f	Format - with unwrapped text

Math

In-line Math uses single $ open/close delimiters. Can be embedded in other markdown features.

The opening $ must have a non-space character immediately right. The closing $ must have a non-space character immediately left and must be followed immediately by a non-digit.

Math blocks are delimited using double $ (i.e., $$) marks at the left margin. The open delimiter must follow a blank line and the close delimiter must lead a blank line.

Table Editor

Double-click on a table to open the table editor. While in the editor, double-click a cell to edit text. Tab and arrow keys will navigate between cells. Return to end cell editing.

Support

Open an issue on Github.

Provide as much information as applicable, including the plugin version number, any error message encountered, and a minimal example of the Markdown text at issue.

Resources

1. Markdown Syntax
   • Pandoc’s Markdown
   • GitHub Flavored Markdown
   • Daring Fireball Markdown
2. TEX Commands available in MathJax
3. PlantUML Language Specification
4. Dot Language Man Page
5. Pandoc Latex Templates (for PDF generation):
   • Starter Templates
   • Letter Template
   • Notes Oriented Template
   • Collection of Templates

License

EPL v1

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