Emoji

About markdown changes

Wekan v4.29 changes markdown rendering from marked to markdown-it.

About emoji

With markdown-it, also markdown-it-emoji plugin has been added, supporting full list of GitHub emojis.

Example emoji code, that you can add for example to card name, card description etc:

:rainbow: :thumbsup: :100:

That shows emojis 🌈 👍 💯

About other markdown-it plugins

For markdown-it, there are also other syntax extensions where some are listed at that markdown-it page, and others at npmjs.com.

For example, how to get some mermaid plugin working so that some syntax works for https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/ ?

How you could add another plugin

Using Ubuntu 20.04 64bit:

1. Install git and configure it

sudo apt -y install git
git config --global user.name "Yourfirstname Yourlastname"
git config --global user.email email-address-you-use-at-github@example.com
git config --global push.default simple

2. Create fork of https://github.com/wekan/wekan

git clone git@github.com:YourGithubUsername/wekan.git
cd wekan
./rebuild-wekan.sh

3. Select option 1 to install dependencies, and then Enter.

./rebuild-wekan.sh

4. Select option 2 to build Wekan, and then Enter

5. Add new plugin package

meteor npm install markdown-it-something --save

5. Edit file

Edit file wekan/packages/markdown/src-integration.js and add using that new package, using code example from that new plugin page, or similar like emoji plugin was added.

6. Start meteor in Wekan directory

For example:

meteor --port 4000

And then register and login at http://localhost:4000

7. Test

Test does that new plugin syntax work, for example in card title, card description etc on other input fields.

8. If it works

If normal markdown, emoji, and your new added plugin syntax all work, commit your changes:

git add --all
git commit -m "Added plugin markdown-it-something."
git push

And then at your GitHub for https://github.com/YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME/wekan click Create pull request.