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How do I write a book in Markua today? What's the current status of Markua?
How do I write a book in Markua today? What's the current status of Markua?

Do I you my preferred markdown editor and just use Markua commands? Is there a cheatsheet of those commands somewhere?

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Written by Leanpub Support
Updated over 2 years ago

Just write in plain text on your computer, and sync with GitHub or Dropbox.  Or use our in-browser text editor.

The decision of "is your plain text considered Leanpub Flavoured
Markdown or Markua" is just a checkbox you click at
https://leanpub.com/YOURBOOK/edit_manuscript_format

The long version of the Markua spec is here:
https://leanpub.com/markua/read

The "what's not supported yet in Leanpub list" is here, and it's
pretty complete and accurate:
https://leanpub.com/markua/read#leanpub-auto-todo-in-leanpub

The (outdated) disclaimer about planned release dates is here:
https://leanpub.com/markua/read#leanpub-authors

We let the schedule on Markua slip because of adding support for
courses, which is launching in beta next week.  Markua should be 100%
complete near the end of 2019.

Right now Markua is basically at feature parity with Leanpub Flavoured
Markdown.  Leanpub Flavoured Markdown is fully documented here:

https://leanpub.com/help/manual

So, if you want an experience where everything you see documented is,
in fact, supported, just use Leanpub Flavoured Markdown and see the
reference at https://leanpub.com/help/manual

The differences between Leanpub Flavoured Markdown (LFM) and Markua
for the basic stuff you do are pretty minimal.  The biggest differences are listed here:

https://leanpub.com/markua/read#leanpub-auto-differences-with-leanpub-flavoured-markdown

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