Markdown was created as a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax designed to provide syntax that is very easy to read and write, and to convert it to
HTML and other formats. It is often used by content contributors who want a quick and easy way
to write content without having to take their fingers off the keyboard and without having to
learn numerous codes or shortcuts, and it can easily be shared interchangeably between
virtually any types of contributor and system.
Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin provides a built-in Markdown editor that allows you to convert
Markdown syntax to HTML or DITA and it includes a preview panel to help you visualize the
final output. Aside from the plain text syntax that is common among most Markdown
applications, the editor in
Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin also integrates many other powerful
features that content authors are accustomed to using for other types of documents. Some of
these additional unique features include:
- Additional toolbar and contextual menu actions.
- Automatic validation to help keep the syntax valid.
- Dedicated syntax highlighting to make Markdown documents even easier to read and
write.
- Unique
features for creating Markdown documents directly in DITA maps and converting Markdown documents to DITA topics.
- Specialized syntax rules to combine popular syntax features from several
specifications.
Resources
For more information about editing Markdown documents in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin, see our webinar: Oxygen Markdown Support.