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John Purnell

26 Dec, 2013 12:20 PM

1. The existing %date and %time variables use the system long format. Unfortunately this format is too long for my needs. Would it be possible to add a suffix to them so that the desired format could be selected e.g. %date-s for the short format so the suffixes would be -s, -m, -l and -f?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 26 Dec, 2013 12:23 PM

   

   I think it would be more flexible (and easier to fit in the interface)
   if I provided a dropdown for selecting from various date/time formats. I
   _may_ choose to provide a field for an strftime string, but I think 4 or
   5 format choices would probably do the trick.

   -Brett

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2. 2 Posted by John Purnell on 26 Dec, 2013 12:31 PM

   

   Thanks for the fast response Brett. If you could have a box for a strftime format that would be fantastic.

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Brett on 26 Dec, 2013 09:52 PM

   

   Done. It'll be in the next update.

   

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4. 4 Posted by metawops on 26 Dec, 2013 10:45 PM

   

   Awesome, Brett!
   On a side note: in your screenshot I spotted a %md_[...] variable -- do I assume right that that's gonna be the way to access all the MultiMarkdown meta variables?
   Because I really want to have access to the Author meta tag.

   And a little other thing: could you maybe make a checkbox for "Don't print header/footer on the first page"? That would help a lot, too. :-)

   Thx so much!
   Stefan.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Brett on 26 Dec, 2013 10:59 PM

   

   That's already there. Just use %md_author.

   -Brett

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6. 6 Posted by John Purnell on 27 Dec, 2013 08:39 AM

   

   Many thanks Brett. Awesome!!

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7. 7 Posted by metawops on 29 Dec, 2013 12:49 AM

   

   This a bug? See screenshot. Entered a comma into a footer field between two MMD variables but it didn't get printed in the PDF … :-(

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8. Support Staff 8 Posted by Brett on 29 Dec, 2013 02:06 AM

   

   I suppose it's a bug, but in the interest of catching all metadata keys I capture everything that's not a space after md_. Apparently MMD doesn't, though, so I'll take a look at that.

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9. 9 Posted by Frank on 01 Mar, 2017 10:06 AM

   

   When I set the date format to %e %B %Y, I would expect to see the name of the month in my local language (as per http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php). However, the month is always shown in the English language. Is this a bug or did I overlook something?

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10. Support Staff 10 Posted by Brett on 01 Mar, 2017 05:40 PM

    

    The JavaScript library Marked uses for strftime formatting is apparently
    not internationalized. I can fix this, though. Thanks for the report.

    -Brett

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11. Support Staff 11 Posted by Brett on 01 Mar, 2017 07:18 PM

    

    FYI, I've fixed this for the next update (I think).

    -Brett

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12. 12 Posted by Frank on 06 Mar, 2017 10:00 AM

    

    Thanks!

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13. 13 Posted by mantoine.mac on 11 May, 2017 12:04 PM

    

    Hi Brett,

    Two things :

    1. I'd love to have two checkboxes for Headers and Footers Export preferences :

        [ ] Print header on first page
        [ ] Print footer on first page

    2. I have the same problem with month being in english. Any time frame for the release of the upcoming update with the internationalized library ?

    Thanks.

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14. Support Staff 14 Posted by Brett on 11 May, 2017 03:47 PM

    

    I'm trying to get the next update out next week, if all goes well.

    I'll think about splitting the header/footer on first page option, but
    it won't make it into this next release. Can you tell me what the use
    case for that feature would be for you?

    -Brett

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15. 15 Posted by Steinthal on 16 Jun, 2017 10:21 PM

    

    Brett, I can think of the following use cases:

    • With a short text of e.g. two pages, header and footer shall be printed on each page
    • Creating a longer text with a dedicated title page, the header shall not be printed on the first page

    I would appreciate that option.

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