tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/problems-v4-ios/125-problems-with-share-and-previewMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2018-12-06T21:28:01Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-11-30T03:07:14Z2018-11-30T03:07:14ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>Things change slightly in latest release, but generally this is still true:</p>
<p>Tapping the Share button, the preview is enabled because an active HTML<br>
view is needed for certain types of sharing. A 2 second delay is used<br>
to give the preview time to load.</p>
<p>Tapping the button repeatedly doesn't actually do anything. It just<br>
takes time for the quick look sheet to appear.</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T01:12:15Z2018-12-01T01:12:15ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>Thank you for the clarification, Fletcher.</p>
<p>I tested the Share Sheet with a ~10,000-word file. No appreciable delay if I select Share HTML, Share PDF or Send as Rich Email; however, if I select Share Other File Formats, it takes ~1 min (53 seconds to be precise) to show the first option (ePUB). Is this normal? Thank you for your consideration.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Enrico</p></div>enrico.scarpellatag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T01:19:39Z2018-12-01T01:19:39ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>The Other Formats option prepares all of the formats that are not<br>
individually available. So, depending on your settings, it may be<br>
processing the file 9+ times, and some of the formats may be more time<br>
consuming than others.</p>
<p>I have an 8k word file that is pretty basic. It takes 19 seconds to<br>
create the 9 documents in "Other" (excluding HTML and PDF in my settings).</p>
<p>You could enable each format individually in Sharing Prefs, and then<br>
test them one at a time to see which is the most time consuming for your<br>
particular format.</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T05:15:52Z2018-12-01T05:15:52ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>Thank you very much, Fletcher.</p>
<p>I enabled all the file formats in the Sharing Preferences and tried to share the same ~10,000-word file in each of the file formats. Now, (1) the screen splits and the preview never appears, no matter in which file format I decide to share my file; (2) the sharing is instantaneous.</p>
<p>The only exception to the above is when I select the Other File Formats, which, even though I had enabled all the file formats in the Sharing Preferences, still appears in the Share Sheet menu. Upon selection of the Other File Formats option, the screen splits, the preview appears, and I am left hanging for about 1 minute before a pdf of the file as per my Theme (no CSS applied) appears. So now I have figured out which format conversion takes so long. Though I don't understand why it should be necessary to generate a preview in order to convert in such pdf format — given that it looks like my Theme, not like the preview — I like the possibility to generate a pdf of the file with my Theme applied. I never tought it would be possible, and I will try to locate the same fuction in my MMDC for Mac.</p>
<p>Thank you very much again.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Enrico</p></div>enrico.scarpellatag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T05:19:32Z2018-12-01T05:19:32ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><blockquote>
<p>Now, (1) the screen splits and the preview never appears</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sorry, I meant the screen <em>never</em> splits and the preview never appear. My apologies for the confusion.</p></div>enrico.scarpellatag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T14:12:49Z2018-12-01T14:12:49ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>1) The preview will need to appear for certain formats, but i have not<br>
yet gone back to verify which formats require it (it is likely only the<br>
HTML->PDF output -- iOS requires a visible WebView to "print" to a PDF<br>
properly to include images and certain scripts, such as MathJax.)</p>
<p>2) Interesting that the editor->PDF is so slow. That one doesn't<br>
require the preview, but making the preview visible is left over from<br>
the old sharing code. Once I verify for certain which formats require<br>
it, I'll tweak the code. I'll also see if there is a way to speed up<br>
that particular format, or perhaps I will force it to be treated<br>
separately, since it will rarely be used by most people.</p>
<p>3) As for macOS, if you Print, it uses the syntax highlighting. You can<br>
also, "Copy as Rich Text" from the editor to do the same thing (assuming<br>
you paste it into an appropriate app, such as TextEdit). You can copy<br>
from the preview to copy the result as "rich text."</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T14:13:07Z2018-12-01T14:13:07ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>I assumed as much. ;)</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-01T16:31:18Z2018-12-01T16:31:18ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>I tweaked the next build to handle this differently. Should be released for testing in the next day or two.</p>
<p>Thanks again!!</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/462157032018-12-06T20:47:07Z2018-12-06T20:47:07ZProblems with Share and Preview<div><p>Dear Fletcher,</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the clarifications and for taking my feedback into account while preparing the next release — looking forward to testing it!</p>
<p>Thank you very much also for all the tips on how to print a document with syntax highlighted from the MacOS version of your software.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Enrico</p></div>enrico.scarpella