1.10 Publish beautifully

Longer term

Write in text. Publish like a real document.

After 1.0. Version numbers mark the intended order, not dates or paid upgrades; scope is provisional and may change with evidence and demand. Checked against the development repository on 15 October 2026.

In short

Write in text, publish like a real document. A publication profile describes a true print layout: typography, page size and margins, headers and footers, and generated numbering.

The same profile drives the preview, HTML and PDF, and can be edited visually or as text. Portable style packages and a gallery would come only once the local model is mature. This is a longer-term idea, not ready to build.

In practice

Write a report in Markdown, choose a profile with your page size and running header, and the PDF matches the preview.

Why it isn’t simple

  • Markdown has no idea of pages. True print layout means page breaks that don’t strand a heading at the foot of a page, running headers and footers, and numbering for sections and figures, all from text that never mentions any of them.
  • One profile, three outputs. The preview, HTML and PDF are produced in different ways. Making them agree needs one description of style that all three understand.
  • Editable visually and as text. A visual editor and readable profile text have to stay in step without either losing what the other can express.

What it won’t do

  • Word (DOCX) output would follow only once publication styles map to it exactly.

What it covers

1.10Publish beautifully

Longer term

  • Publication Profiles and true Print Layout
  • Typography, page geometry, headers/footers and generated numbering
  • Visual and declarative profile editing; same profile in preview/HTML/PDF
  • Portable Style Packages and gallery only after local model maturity

Depends on Edit it naturally; See it differently.

Product direction, October 2026Plan reference 1.10

Builds on

Leads to

Nothing else on the roadmap.

What the labels mean

Longer term
an ambitious idea, not ready to build.