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Issue requests design documentation for reverse conversion: Markdown → rich text for pasting into Word/Google Docs.

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PRD Update (docs/PRD.md)

  • Bidirectional conversion specification (HTML↔Markdown)
  • Library analysis: marked (13KB) vs markdown-it, showdown, remark
  • UI design: segmented control toggle between modes
  • HTML generation: inline styles for Word/Docs compatibility
  • Clipboard strategy: write both text/html and text/plain
  • Risk analysis and phased rollout (3-5 days MVP)

Implementation Options (docs/IMPLEMENTATION_OPTIONS.md)

Evaluated 5 parser libraries with bundle size, performance, and API complexity:

// Recommended: marked - 13KB, simple API, GFM support
import { marked } from 'marked';

marked.setOptions({ gfm: true, breaks: true });
const html = marked.parse('# Hello **World**');

Architecture mirrors existing converter.ts pattern:

  • src/core/reverse-converter.ts - shared conversion logic
  • src/platforms/*/reverse-converter.ts - platform adapters
  • Performance: ~35ms total (10ms parse, 5ms generate, 20ms clipboard)
  • Bundle impact: +8.6% (well under 500KB target)

UX Mockups (docs/UX_MOCKUPS.md)

7 design variants with recommended segmented control:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┌─────────────────┐ │
│  ┃ HTML→Markdown ┃ │ Markdown→HTML   │ │
│  ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ └─────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Includes visual specs (colors, typography, spacing), accessibility requirements, and status messaging.

Quick Reference (docs/FEATURE_DOCS_INDEX.md, docs/FEATURE_SUMMARY.md)

Decision matrix, testing checklist, adoption metrics (target: 25% users in month 1).

Technical Validation

  • TypeScript: no errors
  • Tests: 84 pass (15 suites)
  • No regressions in existing HTML→Markdown flow

Key Decisions

Component Choice Rationale
Parser marked 13KB vs 20-60KB alternatives
UI Segmented control Clear mode indication, iOS/macOS pattern
Styling Inline CSS Survives paste to Word/Docs
Clipboard HTML + plain text Fallback for non-rich contexts

Total documentation: 2,222 lines across 5 files. Ready for implementation approval.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Feature: convert markdown so it can be pasted in Word or Google docs</issue_title>
<issue_description>Add a mode going the other way, from Markdown to rich text.

Specify this in the PRD and come up with some implementation options and UX mockups.
</issue_description>

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Copilot AI and others added 4 commits January 16, 2026 18:31
…for Markdown→HTML conversion feature

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Co-authored-by: ewilderj <9475+ewilderj@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: ewilderj <9475+ewilderj@users.noreply.github.com>
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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add feature to convert markdown to rich text Add Markdown→HTML conversion feature specification Jan 16, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from ewilderj January 16, 2026 18:40
@ewilderj ewilderj marked this pull request as ready for review January 17, 2026 00:48
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Feature: convert markdown so it can be pasted in Word or Google docs

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