Cohesion provides support for the following Markdown elements.
| Element | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | Yes | |
| Paragraphs | Yes | |
| Line Breaks | Yes | |
| Bold | Yes | |
| Italic | Yes | |
| Blockquotes | Yes | In addition to normal blockquotes, a > [!header] can also be inserted at the top of the quote, to create a block. |
| Ordered Lists | Yes | |
| Unordered Lists | Yes | |
| Code | Yes | |
| Horizontal Rules | Yes | |
| Links | Yes | |
| Images | Yes | In addition to images, audio and video can also be inserted using the image syntax. |
| Tables | Yes | |
| Fenced Code Blocks | Yes | JavaScript can be executed from the document preview. |
| Syntax Highlighting | Yes | |
| Footnotes | No | |
| Heading IDs | Partial | Automatically generated. There’s no way to set custom heading IDs. |
| Definition Lists | Yes | |
| Strikethrough | Yes | |
| Task Lists | Yes | |
| Emoji (copy and paste) | Yes | |
| Emoji (shortcodes) | Yes | |
| Highlight | Yes | |
| Subscript | Yes | |
| Superscript | Yes | |
| Automatic URL Linking | Yes | |
| Disabling Automatic URL Linking | No | |
| HTML | Yes | Some tags like <script> are note available to prevent auto-run, use JavaScript codeblocks instead. |
Cohesion is heavily inspired by the Apostrophe text editor, by Manuel Genovés, but built for a web environment and with extra features! It uses CodeMirror 5 to render syntax highlighting and Showdownjs to parse Markdown.
| Libraries | |
|---|---|
| CodeMirror | Text editor field |
| Showdownjs | Markdown processor |
| JSZip | Folder compressor |
| html2pdf.js | HTML to PDF parser |
| highlight.js | Syntax highlighting |
| Graphics | |
| Google Material Symbols & Icons | Symbolic icons |
| Papirus icons | Colored icons |
| General inspiration | |
| GNOME Text Editor | Original app icon |
| Apostrophe | Layout and design |
| GNOME Human Interface Guidelines | Design language |