Support Markdown formatting in recipe descriptions and instructions

[maninthemiddle01]

As a user of the Broccoli recipe app, I would like to see support for Markdown formatting in recipe descriptions and instructions. This would allow users to add rich text formatting to their recipes, making them more visually appealing and easier to read.

Motivation:

Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use formatting syntax that is widely supported in many applications. By supporting Markdown in Broccoli, users would be able to add formatting such as:

• Headers (e.g. # Heading) to break up long blocks of text
• Bold and italic text (e.g. **Bold** and *Italic*) to emphasize important information

This would enhance the overall user experience of the app.

Proposed Implementation:

To implement Markdown support in Broccoli, I suggest the following:

1. Add a Markdown parser to the app's backend to convert Markdown syntax to HTML.
2. Update the recipe description and instruction fields to support Markdown input.
3. Render Markdown-formatted text in the app's UI, using the parsed HTML output from the backend.

Benefits:

• Improved user experience: Users will be able to create more visually appealing and readable recipes.
• Increased flexibility: Markdown support will give users more control over the formatting of their recipes.

[OrsonDeWitt]

I agree, this would be awesome!

[meersjo]

I would definitely like (a subset of) markdown in the description field, as well as the as yet nonexistent additional notes field :-)

It could be good in the ingredients and recipe fields as well, for instance it would be useful if a recipe contains multiple sub-preparations; but I can also see it getting in the way of the automatic bulleting and maybe even the ingredient scaling... it'd probably have to be a very limited subset there.

[asiag0]

being able to export and share markdown formatted recipes would be a logical extension of this feature.

[flauschtrud]

being able to export and share markdown formatted recipes would be a logical extension of this feature.

I just added another export issue for MD as this one focuses on display and editing within the app: #244