Per-document style-sheet

[Jmuccigr]

I've now set up a few different stylesheets that I use with different kinds of documents. For example, notes I'm writing for lectures are more tightly formatted, with a smaller font, than something I'm doing as an article. It's bit of a hassle to have to go into the prefs to switch from one to the other, so I'm requesting either:

1. documents can have their own stylesheets; i.e., they can be set to over-ride the current default. This could be done by allowing the stylesheet to be set in the YAML header, for example, as pandoc does.
2. Easy access to the stylesheets in the menu, instead of going into the preferences. Something like File>Stylesheet>[list of stylesheets]. Or this would be great in the toolbar.

The two are not mutually exclusive of course.

[uranusjr]

I have been thinking about 1. for a while now. And more things need to be configurable per-document-wise, not just the stylesheet. And I agree the YAML header is probably the right way to go. Point 2. would be nice, too, but if both this and the YAML config are implemented, which one should we use when the user changes the stylesheet in the menu?

[Jmuccigr]

Well, setting the style via YAML is definitely not Mac-like, so this is indeed an issue. How about this:

• Add a checkbox to the prefs, and maybe to some menu, "YAML overrides application stylesheet" which would make the YAML override when present. I can easily imagine wanting to edit with one sheet, but print or save with something else in the YAML. You'd probably also want some kind of fallback there for when the YAML stylesheet is unavailable.
• And/or add a toggle to the upcoming toolbar that switches between stylesheets.

PS Stylesheet handling in the prefs is a little broken now. See #333.

[Jmuccigr]

Any more thought on this? I'm really using MacDown as a front end for pandoc most of the time, so anything that makes this work better is high on my list.

In that context, see also pandoc-related stuff in #526, #329, #308, #259, #255.