From 953c1c1dd8b839d702c6b5e7ea1097e4f2c868f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Kruthoff <nils.kruthoff@dlr.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:31:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactored the ExportDocument method to support pandoc and
 plain file export

---
 .../Chat/ContentBlockComponent.razor.cs       | 17 +++++-
 .../Tools/PlainFileExport.cs                  | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PlainFileExport.cs

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentBlockComponent.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentBlockComponent.razor.cs
index 9021cc1d..f7896444 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentBlockComponent.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentBlockComponent.razor.cs	
@@ -552,7 +552,22 @@ public partial class ContentBlockComponent : MSGComponentBase, IAsyncDisposable
     {
         try
         {
-            await PandocExport.ToDocument(this.RustService, this.DialogService, format, this.Content);
+            switch (format)
+            {
+                case FileExportFormat.MARKDOWN:
+                    await PlainFileExport.ToFile(this.RustService, format, this.Content);
+                    break;
+
+                case FileExportFormat.MICROSOFT_WORD:
+                case FileExportFormat.OPEN_DOCUMENT_TEXT:
+                case FileExportFormat.HTML:
+                    await PandocExport.ToDocument(this.RustService, this.DialogService, format, this.Content);
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    LOGGER.LogError($"No exporter is registered for {format}.");
+                    return;
+            }
         }
         catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException e)
         {
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PlainFileExport.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PlainFileExport.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fce357fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PlainFileExport.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using AIStudio.Chat;
+using AIStudio.Dialogs;
+using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem;
+using AIStudio.Tools.Rust;
+using AIStudio.Tools.Services;
+using DialogOptions = MudBlazor.DialogOptions;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tools;
+
+public static class PlainFileExport
+{
+    private static readonly ILogger LOGGER = Program.LOGGER_FACTORY.CreateLogger(nameof(PlainFileExport)); 
+    
+    private sealed record ExportTarget(string DisplayName, FileTypeFilter FileType);
+    
+    private static readonly ExportTarget MARKDOWN = new("Markdown (.md)", FileTypes.MARKDOWN);
+    
+    private static string TB(string fallbackEn) => I18N.I.T(fallbackEn, typeof(PlainFileExport).Namespace, nameof(PlainFileExport));
+    
+    public static async Task<bool> ToFile(RustService rustService, FileExportFormat format, IContent markdownContent)
+    {
+        var exportTarget = format switch
+        {
+            FileExportFormat.MARKDOWN => MARKDOWN,
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(format), format, null),
+        };
+        
+        var response = await rustService.SaveFile(TB("Export chat"), [exportTarget.FileType]);
+        if (response.UserCancelled)
+        {
+            LOGGER.LogInformation("User cancelled the save dialog.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        LOGGER.LogInformation($"The user chose the path '{response.SaveFilePath}' for the {exportTarget.DisplayName} export.");
+
+        try
+        {
+            var markdownText = markdownContent switch
+            {
+                ContentText text => text.Text,
+                ContentImage _ => "Image export is not yet possible.",
+                _ => "Unknown content type. Cannot export document."
+            };
+
+            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(response.SaveFilePath, markdownText);
+            await MessageBus.INSTANCE.SendSuccess(new(Icons.Material.Filled.CheckCircle, TB("Document export successful")));
+            
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            LOGGER.LogError(ex, $"Error during {exportTarget.DisplayName} export.");
+            await MessageBus.INSTANCE.SendError(new(Icons.Material.Filled.Cancel, TB("Error during document export")));
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}