### IMPROVED - Most recent edit marker mode anchors at the last source change rather than the first - Strip MultiMarkdown headers detection uses a line-based fallback and runs before Kramdown, custom processor, Conductor Process, and Dingus paths ### FIXED - Hashtags like #hub convert correctly when the document contains inline backticks earlier - Edit markers sit on the changed line in large wrapped paragraphs instead of jumping to the top of the block - URL handler open/refresh/style/do so filenames with commas open correctly while multi-file lists still work - Preview style menu labels None and Manage Styles use localized Settings strings - Strip MultiMarkdown headers removes metadata (including Marked Style) from non-MMD processor input so those keys no longer appear as paragraphs - HTML comment metadata like source: Drafts is read for Marked features but stripped so it never appears as visible text when Strip MultiMarkdown headers is off

### NEW - Quick Overview rebuilt with a modern web view, native bridge, updated tour, and quick-config presets - x-marked-3 URL handlers for Style Manager and Style Gallery - New View into Current File opens a second window with independent preview style, scroll, and Conductor state - Conductor Manually enabled predicate, Enable Custom Rule submenu, Custom Rule Override submenu, rule keyboard shortcuts, and status bar override button - Trigger shortcut recorder toggles manually enabled rules on the focused preview via a global hotkey - Run Rule Conductor action runs another rule's actions in sequence, with cycle and self-invocation protection - Special windows localization for Conductor, Content Extractor, Style Stealer, Permissions Warning, and related UI - Print Preview shows escalating wait hints and rotating funny quotes during lengthy exports ### IMPROVED - Per-window Conductor override and manual-enable state persists across launches, including alternate views - Preview automatically refreshes when manual rules, pinned overrides, or the status bar toggle change - Conductor predicate editor shows friendly criterion labels; action popups show localized menu labels - PDF export with stepped pagination, clip repair, faster preview generation, cached save reuse, progress overlay, and longer wait hints - Print Preview reports live layout page counts and stays responsive on large documents - Bold and Italic shortcuts in the editor and Dingus toggle emphasis off when already wrapped; Dingus U switches Source and Preview reliably - Editor selection and blockquote syntax highlighting use themeable colors from color schemes - Streaming preview uses incremental HTML swaps and skips Conductor Process rules on timer-driven refresh - Collapsible callouts initialize on each preview update ### FIXED - Quick Overview launch flow, Conductor crashes, empty override submenus, shortcut persistence, Run Rule invocation, and trigger shortcut recording - PDF export clipping, blank single-page output, slow finalize, pagination loops, and cancel during in-flight layout - Streaming preview image watcher loops, diff marker churn, and transient window title display - HTML export deduplicates repeated images; mkhelpstyle no longer resets default style on every streaming poll - Editor bold toggle with nested emphasis markers; Dingus emphasis detection, selection preservation, and B/I/U toggling - Collapsed callouts expand and collapse via chevron, including after preview updates without a full page refresh ### CHANGED - Trigger shortcut control appears beside Add Manually Enabled when that criterion is present - Dingus emphasis detection treats adjacent marker characters and trailing punctuation as valid boundaries

### CHANGED - Share menu replaces separate File Share and Text Share extensions with one unified extension ### NEW - Share extension combines file and text sharing into one macOS Share menu item - Marked Pro Mac App Store build includes a unified Share extension target - Marked Quick Look plugin (available separately) ### IMPROVED - Share extension opens shared files with the x-marked-3 open handler and selected text as a clipboard preview via x-marked-3 paste - Share extension accepts files, plain text, HTML, RTF, Markdown, and web URLs from the system Share sheet - Share extension falls back to launching the host app when extensionContext openURL fails - Settings CSS drag-and-drop uses the window content view instead of the frame view, eliminating AppKit unknown subview warnings ### FIXED - Show Quick Overview on fresh install by deferring the untitled document until the overview presents or restored documents are detected - Hide Settings window title bar text on macOS 11+ so long localized titles no longer overlap the traffic lights - Capitalize the Processor section title in Settings for es, fr, it, nl, and pt-BR locales

### NEW - Open or double-click .markedprefs files to import preferences into modern Settings (Advanced section) ### IMPROVED - Restore Purchases and checkout completion refresh subscription state from completed transaction subscription IDs when list_subscriptions misses a row - Bug report ZIP attaches a JSON .markedprefs export instead of hunting for a bundle-specific plist - Prevent orphaned headlines skips redundant table page-break padding when the heading was already moved to the same page - Link validation shows Uncertain (not an error) when a site blocks verification with 405 after GET fallback ### FIXED - Custom CSS live reload no longer crashes when saving an externally edited active style sheet - Subscription sync reassigns subscription rows to the correct customer after a database rebuild or email change leaves stale customer_id links - Modern Settings accepts dragged CSS files again with "Add a Custom Style" overlay, opens Style Manager, and selects imported styles - Modern Settings accepts dragged .markedprefs files with import overlay - Paginated PDF no longer leaves a large blank gap between an orphan-moved heading and the following table when Prevent orphaned headlines is enabled - Link validation retries with GET when HEAD returns 403, 404, or 405 so sites like Mozilla Support and Google Help no longer show false errors - Link validation no longer mislabels HTTP 405 responses as Forbidden - German Settings labels now match reviewed translator wording from de-ui-review (45 XIB to Settings sync fixes, including Marked aktivieren instead of Sie-imperative labels)

### NEW - Open .mmd and .mermaid files directly in Marked, wrapping raw diagram syntax in fenced Mermaid code blocks for preview ### IMPROVED - Included Mermaid files in Markdown documents render correctly when referenced from merge/index files - Mermaid file handling skips Markdown, MultiMarkdown metadata, and files that already contain fenced Mermaid blocks - Better German localization

### CHANGED - Help HUD scroll shortcut label from Scroll Down/Up to Scroll Up/Down (matches j/k key order) - From Page Setup moved into the Page Size popup menu in the PDF export dialog - Link navigation clears saved scroll position so the preview does not jump after following a link - Review Marked menu opens the App Store write-review page directly - Default Style tags preference to off; Reading Ease and Fog Index tooltip text clarified - Settings Apps category renamed to Applications across all supported languages - Custom Rules run from rule enabled state and predicates only; Preprocessor and Processor status bar buttons and Extras menu toggles removed ### NEW - Navigate comments and footnotes in preview with C and Shift-C (CriticMarkup, Scrivener, Fountain, footnotes) - Keyboard Shortcuts panel (Option-Command-K) and in-preview Help HUD localized across 10 system languages - Custom page size in paginated PDF/Print with width and height fields; Use Page Setup applies File > Page Setup dimensions - AppleScript and automation accept custom pageSize dimensions in addition to preset names - Open Recent lists watched folders, not just individual files - Command-click opens preview web links in the default browser; Always open links in the background preference added - Completely redesigned Settings panel with popover CSS/MathJax editors, deep links, and last-section restore - Localized Statistics, preview Tips, and Preview context menu strings in all supported languages - Clear button on external app pickers; Discount processor option in Settings ### IMPROVED - Post-layout pagination stabilization (list straddle repair, orphan repair, configured heading resnap) - E/Shift-E edit markers cycle CriticMarkup changes; Settings refresh when switching export profiles - Simplified Chinese and Japanese localization across menus, Settings, document window, Keyboard Shortcuts, Statistics, and Tips - Export profiles persist custom page dimensions; paginated PDF export reloads page size when profiles change - Localization for German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and additional locales across Settings and document UI - Folder watch reliability: correct file on open/reopen, relative links, stale pin clearing, deferred watching until initial scan - Same-window link navigation restores per-document preview style; trial indicator pill sizing - Conductor preprocess/process phases and shell script Run Command routing; Full Disk Access checks cached per launch - Hashtag preview styling; processor header IDs preserved; Additional CSS injected as dedicated stylesheet block - External editor saves update preview via JavaScript, preserving scroll position and edit markers - File watch coalesces saves and reloads only when Process rules or hard-refresh conditions require it ### FIXED - Paginated PDF fixes for H1/H2 page breaks, list spacing, wrapped headings, spacing drift, orphan headlines, and typography spacers - Export profiles preserve NO/0 values and skip auto-save while applying a profile - Folder watch and link navigation: ENOTDIR on relative links, same-window reload, new-window isolation, correct most-recent file on reopen - Statistics popup and drawer show translated labels instead of raw localization keys - Comments sidebar shrinks preview at all widths; margin cleared when hidden - Hashtag, Dingus, and comment placeholder fixes; GitHub-style header IDs for CommonMark processors - Custom Rules: Python interpreter routing, stderr logging, non-zero exit handling, Run Command crash fixes - Command-P opens paginated Print preview; Paddle permanent license across multiple price IDs - Subscription Privacy and Legal links; Speed Read overlay visibility and missing-module status message - Dingus external links open in default browser; macOS 12 crash guard for Dingus WebView inspectable

### CHANGED - Help HUD scroll shortcut label from Scroll Down/Up to Scroll Up/Down (matches j/k key order) - From Page Setup moved into the Page Size popup menu in the PDF export dialog - Link navigation clears saved scroll position so the preview does not jump after following a link - Review Marked menu opens the App Store write-review page directly - Default Style tags preference to off; Reading Ease and Fog Index tooltip text clarified - Settings Apps category renamed to Applications across all supported languages - Custom Rules run from rule enabled state and predicates only; Preprocessor and Processor status bar buttons and Extras menu toggles removed ### NEW - Navigate comments and footnotes in preview with C and Shift-C (CriticMarkup, Scrivener, Fountain, footnotes) - Keyboard Shortcuts panel (Option-Command-K) and in-preview Help HUD localized across 10 system languages - Custom page size in paginated PDF/Print with width and height fields; Use Page Setup applies File > Page Setup dimensions - AppleScript and automation accept custom pageSize dimensions in addition to preset names - Open Recent lists watched folders, not just individual files - Command-click opens preview web links in the default browser; Always open links in the background preference added - Completely redesigned Settings panel with popover CSS/MathJax editors, deep links, and last-section restore - Localized Statistics, preview Tips, and Preview context menu strings in all supported languages - Clear button on external app pickers; Discount processor option in Settings ### IMPROVED - Post-layout pagination stabilization (list straddle repair, orphan repair, configured heading resnap) - E/Shift-E edit markers cycle CriticMarkup changes; Settings refresh when switching export profiles - Simplified Chinese and Japanese localization across menus, Settings, document window, Keyboard Shortcuts, Statistics, and Tips - Export profiles persist custom page dimensions; paginated PDF export reloads page size when profiles change - Localization for German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and additional locales across Settings and document UI - Folder watch reliability: correct file on open/reopen, relative links, stale pin clearing, deferred watching until initial scan - Same-window link navigation restores per-document preview style; trial indicator pill sizing - Conductor preprocess/process phases and shell script Run Command routing; Full Disk Access checks cached per launch - Hashtag preview styling; processor header IDs preserved; Additional CSS injected as dedicated stylesheet block - External editor saves update preview via JavaScript, preserving scroll position and edit markers - File watch coalesces saves and reloads only when Process rules or hard-refresh conditions require it ### FIXED - Paginated PDF fixes for H1/H2 page breaks, list spacing, wrapped headings, spacing drift, orphan headlines, and typography spacers - Export profiles preserve NO/0 values and skip auto-save while applying a profile - Folder watch and link navigation: ENOTDIR on relative links, same-window reload, new-window isolation, correct most-recent file on reopen - Statistics popup and drawer show translated labels instead of raw localization keys - Comments sidebar shrinks preview at all widths; margin cleared when hidden - Hashtag, Dingus, and comment placeholder fixes; GitHub-style header IDs for CommonMark processors - Custom Rules: Python interpreter routing, stderr logging, non-zero exit handling, Run Command crash fixes - Command-P opens paginated Print preview; Paddle permanent license across multiple price IDs - Subscription Privacy and Legal links; Speed Read overlay visibility and missing-module status message - Dingus external links open in default browser; macOS 12 crash guard for Dingus WebView inspectable

### NEW - Quick Actions Palette shortcut shown in in-app keyboard shortcut help - Mac App Store subscription window shows live StoreKit localized prices with yearly savings callout - -MKHideSubscriptionPrices launch flag and debug purchase preview hide subscription prices for App Store screenshots - DOCX export embeds rendered Mermaid diagrams as PNG images instead of source code or label text - Quick Actions palette (A) opens a searchable spotlight-style panel to run menu bar and preview gear menu commands from the keyboard - File > Quick Actions... added in Direct, MAS, and Setapp builds with A shortcut - Palette aggregates main menu and gear menu commands with breadcrumb paths, deduplicating overlaps by shortest path while preserving shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts shown right-aligned in light gray when defined in menus - Palette includes dynamically built menus such as Style presets, History, and Window tab entries ### CHANGED - Subscription UI uses Permanent Unlock for Marked 3 wording instead of Lifetime License ### IMPROVED - Ask About Document panel, preset prompts, status messages, and availability text now use localized DocumentIntelligence.strings (English and German) - Apple Intelligence responses follow the user's preferred system language, with custom questions answered in the question's language - Quick Actions palette ranks recently and frequently used actions at the top when the search field is empty - Quick Actions, Export, and Tab Quick Open palettes accept Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P to move selection down and up - External binary execution on non-App Store builds now launches Homebrew and other external tools directly instead of always falling back to a shell when no bookmark is active - Shell fallback for Run Command now uses a temporary wrapper script so complex inline filters with quotes, variables, and regex are not mangled by zsh -c argument parsing - DOCX export improvements: omits empty footnotes, header/footer, and comments parts; reliable bookmarks; Mermaid PNG embedding with correct sizing and spacing; no SVG or label text leakage - Quick Actions search uses fuzzy matching; shortcut display uses uppercase keys and shows * when Shift is required ### FIXED - Widow fix preference checkbox is no longer disabled when auto-hyphenation is enabled - Conductor Run Command no longer fails on File > Open when a Homebrew preprocessor (e.g. jaq, jq) lacks a security-scoped bookmark but is otherwise accessible on direct builds - DOCX export opens in Microsoft Word without unreadable content on documents with hundreds of lists - Word Styles, Lists, and footnote character style fixes for DOCX export - Mermaid DOCX export rasterizes from live preview without hanging - Crash when activating submenu parent items that use internal AppKit handlers in the Quick Actions palette - Run Embedded Script default interpreter path corrected from /usr/bin/bash to /bin/bash

### NEW - AppleScript export commands for markdown, HTML, paginated PDF, continuous PDF, EPUB, DOCX, ODT, TextBundle, RTF, and OPML - AppleScript export style option applies a preview theme before export - AppleScript application commands for streaming preview, clipboard preview, and close all - AppleScript properties for available processors, preview style names, document settings, and preview control commands - Headings property and command for preview table of contents (work in progress) ### IMPROVED - PDF pagination uses a unified forward page loop with in-page list handling and boundary repair after heading page breaks - Heading page-break and straddle detection with dedicated repair passes and margin-based fixes for auto-break H1/H2 headings - Paginated PDF export refreshes HTML on every preview update and handles page size, orientation, and margin changes reliably - Custom preview styles export with mkcustompreview body class, screen media, preserved typography, wrapper padding, and floated layouts - Signature and inline images wait for layout dimensions before pagination; resetPagination fully clears spacers before each repagination pass - Alert messages display duration scales with message length using the existing tip UI - AppleScript export routing, PDF options, debug logging, and window style setter trigger full preview reload ### FIXED - Paginated PDF fixes for H1/H2 page breaks, auto page-break headings, Swiss-style list items, list line clipping, and paragraphs clipped at page boundaries - Paginated PDF keeps custom CSS font sizes, line-height, blockquote spacing, and #wrapper padding; images no longer split across pages - Paginated PDF preview resizes the export WebView, cancels stale generations, and ignores outdated layout completions - Paginated PDF avoids mid-word paragraph splits and excessive gaps from over-aggressive straddle detection - Paginated PDF skips pagination for single-page custom style documents whose natural height fits one sheet - DOCX export no longer hangs on large documents when many heading bookmarks share the same slug - Preview JavaScript window.alert() shows an HTML toast instead of failing silently - AppleScript export fixes for targeted windows, sandbox paths, paginated PDF, HTML content, hangs, timeouts, and dictionary errors - Word highlight startOnly patterns highlight only the captured keyword - Enablement error in preferences

### IMPROVED - Clean launch re-enables window restoration when a prior Start Fresh or debugger stop left restoration prefs stuck off - Unified multi-file open path for Open Files panel, openFiles:, and openURLs: - Launch file opens skip saved-state restoration when the user is explicitly opening documents at launch - Pending launch queue accumulates multiple pre-launch openFile: calls instead of keeping only the last path - Subscription access check proceeds with opening after a 3 second timeout instead of waiting indefinitely - Reopened documents call showWindows when restoring a document with no visible window - HTML export auto-includes KaTeX and MathJax CDN stylesheets when exported HTML already contains pre-rendered math - HTML export adds full KaTeX/MathJax CDN scripts only when the Include KaTeX/MathJax CDN link options are enabled - HTML export without preview template now receives math CDN head tags the same as templated exports - PDF pagination heading straddle and orphan repair passes use line-level text extents and wrapper-aware sibling lookup - Heading page break preferences refresh at print preparation; H1/H2 auto breaks use a dedicated post-pagination pass - Post-pagination orphan repair reunites separated headings with their content and reduces duplicate clip-repair passes - Update Setapp framework ### FIXED - Open documents restore again on launch after a normal quit; crash recovery Start Fresh no longer leaves NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows disabled permanently - Start Fresh crash recovery open dialog allows multiple file selection - Reopened documents bring the existing window to the front when opened again - Dock drops open all selected files when Marked is already running and reopen in-memory documents after windows were closed - Multi-file dock drops batch new files instead of opening only the first path alphabetically - Restore consecutive blockquote spacing in PDF/Print Preview when adjacent quotes collapse after print margin normalization - Omit KaTeX/MathJax bundle stylesheet links from exported HTML so served exports do not reference /Applications/Marked.app/... paths - PDF/print line spacing respects each style's leading; blockquote spacing matches Manuscript preview in PDF export - Print background colors and images preference controls theme backgrounds, bandw mode, and hidden PDF WebView rendering - Paddle subscription sync updates local billing rows when completed transactions convert trials to paid subscriptions - Paginated PDF fixes: H2 page breaks honor preferences, orphaned headings move with following content, split lines and clipped text at page boundaries, straddle detection, paragraph continuation splits, and excess whitespace before section headings

### NEW - Prompt to copy or move custom CSS styles into Application Support when adding via file picker or drag-and-drop - Remove original CSS file checkbox toggles Copy vs Move to Application Support; Use from Current Location tracks styles at their original path - Markdownifier preference to convert reference links to inline links after conversion - Cancel button on clipboard URL conversion progress window - Markdownify URL in link context menu and click-and-hold popover, with new/current window choice - Open In {browser} on the link context menu for http(s) URLs - MarkText added to detected external text editors - HTML Source View find with match highlighting and find bar on the Source tab; F and G route to source find when Source tab is active - Ask About Document panel for on-device summaries and Q&A using Apple Intelligence (macOS 26+, supported Macs); Shift-Cmd-Ctrl-I shortcut - Formatted/Markdown toggle and Copy response button on AI responses ### IMPROVED - CriticMarkup substitution parsing uses Ruby-compatible regex; substitutions process before deletions - PDF table pagination uses transparent row spacers; first-element top padding clamped per page during pagination - Safari extension build number syncs with Marked via rake bump/unbump - PDF link cache polling extended so early-page link overlays are ready before annotation drawing - Print styles: headings use break-after avoid; code blocks and blockquotes use overflow visible; show page breaks matches PDF break-inside rules - SVG and blank-preview handling; SwiftSoup/read-swift pins updated for faster text extraction - Gathered documents preserve footnotes as raw HTML; Markdownify URL uses async pipeline with progress and cancel - jQuery *-selector find bypasses large-document query limits; source find persists queries to find pasteboard - Ask About Document panel styling and layout improvements ### FIXED - CriticMarkup substitutions on one line (including colon suffix) and protection from strikethrough ~~ false matches - Paginated PDF: GitHub emoji inlining, clickable links, and link annotation box alignment - Manual page breaks (BREAK comments and {pagebreak}) in preview, Dingus, and PDF export - PDF/print pagination: blockquotes, pre, tables, and figures no longer split across pages; trailing blank page removed - SVG opens as rendered previews; clipboard URL import off main thread with correct image base URLs - Gathered content: footnote anchors, escaped dollar signs, and macOS 15 announcement panel legibility - Default preview style and fallback preference honored instead of reverting to Swiss - Source find keyboard focus; element selector find (*h1, *p) restored; Ask About Document on eligible Macs