[MlMt] Keyboard shortcut "Single Key Read"?

[Andreas Borutta]

Max Rydahl Andersen:

>>> markdown for email: nuff'said ?
>>
>> Until now, me as a reader of incomming messages, prefer text only
>> view.
>> Because so few people are using HTML in a useful way.
> 
> which is why mail mate's use of markdown is great.
> 
> If you are mainly a text email guy you just read the markdown - there is
> no special formatting, lists looks like lists written in text etc.
> 
>> When it comes to composing a message I prefer a markdowneditor, which
>> standard mode is "show the generated html view" while editing.
>> My eyes just don't like to see the syntax of markdown.
> 
> Yes ? I have show html view too so I can see both text and html

But I'm talking of the compose process.

When I use markdown, I like my editor to behave like e.g. the App
Notes on macOS:

I write "* foo"ENTER

And the app "thinks" I like to write a list point and renders it like
a html element "ul".

That's my favorite behaviour. It get the best of both worlds:

I don't need graphical buttons to declare something as a list point. I
just write "* foo".

But I get the nice rendering of HTML.

When I understand it correctly, that is not possible in MM.
Please correct me, if neccessary.

>> Summarized:
>>
>> I would love to have a text editor for mail composing, which offers
>> formatting for plain text tasks.
>>
>> Example:
>> Format a numbered list.
>>
>> Before formatting:
>>
>> * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce
>> vehicula orci vitae
>> * Felis congue porta. Maecenas finibus fermentum erat. Aenean pulvinar
>> consequat arcu
>>
>> After formatting:
>>
>>  1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce
>>     vehicula orci vitae
>>
>>  2. Felis congue porta. Maecenas finibus fermentum erat. Aenean
>>     pulvinar consequat arcu
>>
>> But I have never heard that such a mail compose plain text editor
>> exist.
> 
> That sounds like something you can do with osx text services.
> 
> Ever tried out 
> https://brettterpstra.com/projects/markdown-service-tools/#listsfixnumberedlist 
> ?
> His markdown services might help you out.

But I do not talk about markdown.

I like to send a plain text message and than a receiver who uses a
plain text mail client (which cannot view html or markdown) should see
the text in the way I posted it above. Nicely formatted plain text.
 

Andreas
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