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What are the best (free) GUI editors for writing structured documentation, e.g. for pdf or html output?

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Best (free) GUI editors for writing structured documentation, e.g. for pdf or html output	Price	Platforms	License
-- typora	Free (while in beta)	Mac OSX; Windows; Linux	Proprietary
-- Gitbook	Free / paid	-	-
-- Write!	$24.95	Windows, Linux, Mac	-
-- Docsie	Free	-	-
-- Reactivepad	-	-	-

typora

Top Pro

Live preview

Typora immediately renders what's typed on the screen in Markdown format. This helps users to have a better understanding of how their document is being formatted. See More

Top Con

The immediate rendering of Markdown is hard on the eyes

Having Markdown immediately render causes text to jump into formatted text, which is distracting and hard on the eyes. See More

Specs

Platforms:Mac OSX; Windows; Linux

License:Proprietary

Export:HTML; HTML (pure); PDF; Word; OpenOffice; RTF; Epub; LaTeX; Media Wiki; ReStructuredText; Textile; OPML

Top Pro

Shows table of contents for the document

It supports an outline for the document, by showing a table of contents on the left side of the screen. See More

Top Con

In beta

Typora is still in beta and may be prone to changes or bugs. See More

Top Pro

Hybrid interface

The editor and preview dual-pane setup typical of desktop Markdown editors are gone; instead, a singular interface makes for a WYSIWYG experience. This streamlines the workflow and encourages direct manipulation. See More

Top Pro

Custom theme support

Typora has clean yet beautiful built-in themes and allows for users to create new themes using CSS. See More

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Support for tables

It supports tables for Markdown Extra. And also provides a GUI to make it easy to insert and edit them. See More

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Inline images

It won't display image like ![alt](http://image-url), But shows the image content inside the editor. See More

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Syntax highlight for fenced codes

It supports GFM's code fences, with syntax highlight support for C/C++, java, etc. See More

Top Pro

Natural typing experience

Editing in Markdown, either in WYSIWYG mode or in markdown code mode, feels natural. It never gets in the way. See More

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Support for LaTeX expressions

It supports LaTeX expressions, with an easy-to-use MaxJax panel. See More

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Free during beta

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Make charts and diagrams with Mermaid, FlowChart and Sequence

Use fenced code-blocks to render diagrams using syntax from Mermaid and FlowChart.js. See More

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Cross-platform

Currently works on Windows, Mac and Linux. See More

Top Pro

Lots of formats supported

Formats like docx, OpenOffice, LaTeX, MediaWiki, Epub can be exported or imported. See More

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PDF

PDF with bookmarks can be generated by typora. See More

Gitbook

Write!

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

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