# How to integrate a stronger markdown editor other than the basic one

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 11, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982 "2016-09-11T16:11:22Z")
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### Author: ![xiasummer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xiasummer/32/82790_2.png) [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982/1 "2016-09-11T16:11:22Z")

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This markdown editor integrated in Discourse is not strong enough.  
You see, we cannot write tables easily, cannot write latex formulas easily.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/d/4d321db352f758879c8ea6c9d9c6f5b73573e3d6.png)

Look at the editor of [www.zhihu.com](http://www.zhihu.com), a famous Chinese website. You can write latex formulas, can upload videos. And for Chinese editors, there’re often 2 spaces before every paragraph. But it would be recognized as codes.

How can we integrate another Markdown Editor for Discourse?

I know the markdown editor

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982/2 "2016-09-11T16:41:56Z")

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There have been a good number of discussions here about the post editor.

Essentially, “Change is on the Way” and work has begun to make the move from Markdown to Commonmark possible.

[Discourse Version 1.6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-6/36402)

> ✅ Convert all markdown stuff to ES6 (prep work for markdown engine move)

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982/3 "2016-09-14T11:13:55Z")

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See this discussion:

> [@WYSIWYG Plugin (again)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Who would prefer a standard wysiwyg to markdown?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-would-prefer-a-standard-wysiwyg-to-markdown/31340/76): I checked with the founders and they are ok with us restarting this thread with a view to discussing the development of a plugin to deliver some form of WYSIWYG post editing in Discourse. Bearing in mind @sam’s & @codinghorror’s previous comments that the core team would not consider undertaking such development for the foreseeable future, what remains is the opportunity for the rest of us to get together and pr…

Basically, once we’ve completed the change @Mittineague linked to above, we can resume the “alternative editors” conversation.