"Display styles as markdown syntax" option

[dapper pond]

It would be nice if while typing the notes, there was a toggle to see the markdown syntax explicitly for all formatted text (whether its been formatted by markdown or by the buttons). Eg, when i type **Hi** i would like it if I had an option to have the asterisks visible and easily editable (like the markdown editor on github for the readme) while the Hi also becomes bold. This would be especially helpful while editing formatted text pasted in from another source

[swift plank]

This has been suggested before and the reasons remain the same:

1. Notesnook's editor is not markdown. When you do **bold** that's just a shortcut to make the text bold.
2. Allowing markdown editing along with full rich text editing would make for quite an unstable experience, not to mention the maintenance burden on our end.
3. Remembering and keeping track of which parts are markdown edited and which aren't would add too much burden on the editor without adding a lot of value.
4. If you just want markdown, you can use a codeblock with the markdown syntax highlighting.

[dapper pond]

so what i'm suggesting is, instead of having **bold** as a shortcut to make text bold, it would be better if internally markdown was treated as the default i.e. clicking on bold on selected text just adds the asterisks around it and so on (the asterisks would only be visible to users who turned on markdown highlighting). There would be no need to keep track of which text is markdown edited, as all text with any sort of formatting would internally be markdown. Codeblocks do seem to do the job, but it would be nice if the markdown syntax highlighting was an option (not default) for the whole note instead of just the codeblocks.

[swift plank]

What you are asking is out of scope for Notesnook i.e we chose Rich Text Editing over Markdown.

We added Markdown Shortcuts to bring the ease of basic markdown formatting without compromising on the overall flexibility of the editor.