New Features:
• Export Profiles - Save and load export configurations
• Mermaid.js diagram support - Render flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
• Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) - Quick access to all commands
• GitHub Light/Dark preview themes - Beautiful code preview styling
• Table Generator - Interactive table creation tool
• ASCII Art Generator - Create text banners, boxes, and templates
• Resizable Preview Pane - Drag divider to adjust editor/preview sizes
• Pop-out Preview Window - Open preview in separate window with live sync
UI/UX Improvements:
• Fixed advanced export dialog visibility (added .hidden CSS class)
• GitHub-style table headers with light grey background
• Removed gradients from table headers
• Clean, professional preview rendering
Technical Changes:
• Updated all UI components for new features
• Enhanced TabManager to support resizable panes
• Added MutationObserver for live preview sync in pop-out window
• Improved CSS styling consistency
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Fixed code block and ASCII art background to extend full paragraph width:
🔧 Background Fix:
- Moved shading (w:shd) from run level (<w:rPr>) to paragraph level (<w:pPr>)
- Background now extends full width like in the preview
- Applied to both createCodeBlockXml() and createAsciiArtXml() functions
📝 Technical Changes:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Paragraph-level shading for full-width backgrounds
- Added w:ind with left="284" right="284" for consistent margins
- Removed redundant w:shd from run properties
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Fixed export of ASCII art, charts, tables, and flowcharts to match preview exactly:
🎨 ASCII Art Preservation:
- Code blocks now export exactly as shown in preview
- Each line rendered separately to preserve exact spacing and alignment
- Monospace font (Consolas) used consistently across all export formats
- Line breaks, spacing, and box-drawing characters preserved perfectly
📝 Word Template Exporter Improvements:
- createCodeBlockXml: Renders each line as separate paragraph with exact spacing
- Added <w:keepLines/> and <w:wordWrap w:val="0"/> for no-wrap behavior
- Enhanced isAsciiArt detection with more Unicode box-drawing characters
- Added support for rounded corners (╭╮╯╰), heavy box chars, more arrows
📄 PDF Export Enhancements:
- Added -V monofont="Consolas" for proper code block rendering
- Added --highlight-style=tango for syntax highlighting
- Applied to main export, fallback engines, and CLI conversion
🖨️ HTML/Electron PDF Improvements:
- Enhanced CSS: white-space: pre, word-wrap: normal
- font-family: Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace
- Print media queries preserve code block formatting
- overflow: visible prevents content truncation
🔧 Technical Changes:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Enhanced code block and ASCII art rendering
- src/main.js: Added monofont settings to all PDF export paths
- Updated version to 1.9.1
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This release includes significant improvements to PDF Editor UI, enhanced PDF/Word
export functionality, print fixes, and configurable template settings.
🎯 v1.8.1 - Streamlined PDF Editor UI:
- Clean, focused interface showing only the selected PDF operation
- Smooth fade-in animations when switching between functions
- Optimized dialog sizing (max-width 600px, max-height 85vh)
- Enhanced file list styling with better contrast
- Complete dark theme support for all PDF editor components
- Better scrolling behavior for long forms
📄 v1.8.2 - Enhanced PDF Export & Print Fix:
- New "PDF (Enhanced)" export option using Word template + LibreOffice conversion
- Added to both single-file export and batch converter
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P for enhanced PDF export
- Fixed print preview showing blank output issue
- Simplified print handler using CSS @media print rules
- Better print styling with proper element hiding/showing
⚙️ v1.8.3 - Configurable Template Settings:
- Added "Template Settings..." menu option
- Configurable start page for Word template content insertion
- Choose from Pages 1-5 or custom page number (1-100)
- Settings persisted across sessions
- Updated WordTemplateExporter to use configurable start page
- Works with both DOCX (Enhanced) and PDF (Enhanced) export
- Applied to single-file and batch conversion workflows
🔧 Technical Improvements:
- Enhanced WordTemplateExporter constructor to accept startPage parameter
- Updated insertContentAfterPage method for flexible page insertion
- Added Template Settings dialog with quick-select buttons
- IPC communication for custom page number input
- Settings stored in userData/settings.json
- Improved CSS specificity with PDF editor-specific classes
- Fixed @media print rules to ensure preview content is visible
🎨 UI/UX Enhancements:
- PDF Editor sections now animate smoothly when switching
- File lists for merge operations styled with proper contrast
- Remove buttons styled with danger color (#dc3545)
- Template settings dialog shows current template and start page
- All enhancements support all 22 existing themes
The application now provides professional-grade PDF editing, enhanced export
capabilities with full control over template-based generation, and a streamlined
user interface that makes complex operations simple and intuitive.
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Major Features:
- Template-based Word export with custom template selection
- File menu option to select and persist Word templates
- Table styling with orange headers and white data rows
- ASCII art and flowchart rendering with perfect alignment
- Red-colored arrows in flowcharts for enhanced visibility
- Markdown numbering stripped from headings and lists
Technical Improvements:
- Enhanced ASCII art detection for arrows and flowchart patterns
- Line-by-line rendering with no-wrap properties
- Arrow character detection and red coloring (↓→←↑)
- Template path persistence across sessions
- Word XML manipulation using PizZip
Files Modified:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Enhanced ASCII art rendering, table styling
- src/main.js: Template selection function and menu integration
- CLAUDE.md: Comprehensive v1.7.9 documentation
- package.json: Version bump to 1.7.9
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- Created wordTemplateExporter.js module using docx npm package
- Added "DOCX (Enhanced)" option in File → Export menu
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+W
- Full markdown support: headings, formatting, code, lists, tables
- No external dependencies (Pandoc/Python not required)
- Proper numbering configuration for lists
- Professional Word document output
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