Questions[automation](ubuntu)

I have become fed up with writing down markdown tables scratch,
I need some "rich text editor like" program to automate creation of markdown for me and hence of tables.

The only rich text editor I work with is LibreOffice Writer and it doesn't support the .md extension (I guess because markdown is basically plain text).

• I also work with Visual Studio Code, but I assume "rich text like" editing of markdown isn't possible with it.

• A quick google search on Markdown rich editing text like program didn't yield a related result for me.

How could I create markdown documents in a comfortable GUI ("automated") way so the markdown will be written for me?

_{This would ease me creating tables I publish in my GitHub account (I wish I could rich-edit markdown tables directly on GitHub).}

I have a script that scans a directory and does some maintenance on the files in it. Another process creates the files in the directory (10 - 30 files per day).

The script is called via a daily cron job . What I need is to trigger the script on an event (each time a new file is created in the directory). I prefer this rather than increasing the frequency of the cron job.

How can I do that? is there a command or a program to install?

Thanks in advance for any help.

How can I automatically shutdown the system after a certain customizable time?

I am very interested in getting AutoHotKey, the windows program for automation of keystrokes, working under Ubuntu. So far I have installed Wine, but am unable to use any of my previous windows scripts. Are there any recommendations?

I'd like to get involved with Ubuntu QA by creating automated tests. Is there an ongoing effort to create these tests? Where can I learn more?