Flatsonar

Formiko

by Ondřej Tůma

reStructuredText and Markdown editor

Broad permissions Verified creator BSD-3-Clause v2.0.0
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About

Formiko is a reStructuredText and Markdown editor and live previewer. It is written in Python with GTK4, libadwaita, GtkSourceView and WebKit. Uses Docutils and m2r2 Markdown parser.

Features:

  • GtkSourceView based editor with syntax highlighting
  • Optional Vim editor support
  • Vertical or horizontal window splitting
  • Preview mode with auto scroll
  • Periodic file save
  • JSON and HTML preview
  • Spell check
  • Linked file opening

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to /media
    --filesystem=/media
  • access to xdg-run/gvfsd
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfsd
  • access to xdg-run/gvfs
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfs
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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