Markdown

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

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Peter Kozlov

In article , ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

what is Markdown?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many
other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used
to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion
forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. As the
initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and unanswered
questions, many implementations and extensions of Markdown appeared
over the years to answer these issues.

did you mean HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)? If so
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

that's not what he meant.

On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:53:33 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

what is Markdown?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many
other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used
to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion
forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. As the
initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and unanswered
questions, many implementations and extensions of Markdown appeared
over the years to answer these issues.

did you mean HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)? If so
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

that's not what he meant.

I am trying Visual Studio Code and it does seem to support Markdown
and it does have a preview. I just can't figure out how to install the
needed add-ons to allow me to export to html. This is likely a sledge
hammer approach to a simple problem but it does appear to work. It's
just beyond me is all.

Any tips for the first time user to get from zero to exporting to html
using Visual Studio Code?

Otherwise I thinking of something more like a utility. But if this
does the job I'm all for it.

--
Peter Kozlov

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:53:33 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

what is Markdown?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many
other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used
to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion
forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. As the
initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and unanswered
questions, many implementations and extensions of Markdown appeared
over the years to answer these issues.

did you mean HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)? If so
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

that's not what he meant.

I am trying Visual Studio Code and it does seem to support Markdown
and it does have a preview. I just can't figure out how to install the
needed add-ons to allow me to export to html. This is likely a sledge
hammer approach to a simple problem but it does appear to work. It's
just beyond me is all.

Any tips for the first time user to get from zero to exporting to html
using Visual Studio Code?

I've never used visual studio and nor do I want to, but there's no need to
"export" html. Just save as an .htm or .html and open in browser.

Otherwise I thinking of something more like a utility. But if this
does the job I'm all for it.

Any text editor should be sufficient.

On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:34 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:53:33 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
Iâ??m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

what is Markdown?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many
other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used
to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion
forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. As the
initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and unanswered
questions, many implementations and extensions of Markdown appeared
over the years to answer these issues.

did you mean HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)? If so
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

that's not what he meant.

I am trying Visual Studio Code and it does seem to support Markdown
and it does have a preview. I just can't figure out how to install the
needed add-ons to allow me to export to html. This is likely a sledge
hammer approach to a simple problem but it does appear to work. It's
just beyond me is all.

Any tips for the first time user to get from zero to exporting to html
using Visual Studio Code?

I've never used visual studio and nor do I want to, but there's no need to
"export" html. Just save as an .htm or .html and open in browser.

Otherwise I thinking of something more like a utility. But if this
does the job I'm all for it.

Any text editor should be sufficient.



I want the generated html from the export. If I just save it as .html
I get an .md file with an .html extention. I've done this on the mac
all the time. Just need to do it on a Windows PC is all. I know what I
need, just need an app recomendation or a brief step by step on Visual
Studio Code to export. What I understand so far is that I need a
plug-in. And I think I even loaded that plug-in, but not sure as this
app is completely new to me.

--
Peter Kozlov

On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus



Thank you, Chris, but this is what I wanted to avoid. I'm looking for
people who do this already and know how. Not google'd answers. I have
Notepad++ and I have no idea how to install a plugin. And once I did
do that it sounds like neither of us have any experience with what
will happen next. I already have support for Markdown on Visual Studio
Code, and yet can't export. So you see how this goes?

Anyone here play with Markdown enough to "know" how to do this? I can
use Google too. That's not what I'm asking for. I'm looking for
experienced answers. No offence.

--
Peter Kozlov

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
IÂ’m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus



Thank you, Chris, but this is what I wanted to avoid. I'm looking for
people who do this already and know how.

I did. I recommended Atom. I use it for all my markdown docs.
https://atom.io

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:34 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:53:33 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
Iâ??m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Thanks

what is Markdown?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting
syntax. It is designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many
other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used
to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion
forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. As the
initial description of Markdown contained ambiguities and unanswered
questions, many implementations and extensions of Markdown appeared
over the years to answer these issues.

did you mean HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)? If so
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

that's not what he meant.

I am trying Visual Studio Code and it does seem to support Markdown
and it does have a preview. I just can't figure out how to install the
needed add-ons to allow me to export to html. This is likely a sledge
hammer approach to a simple problem but it does appear to work. It's
just beyond me is all.

Any tips for the first time user to get from zero to exporting to html
using Visual Studio Code?

I've never used visual studio and nor do I want to, but there's no need to
"export" html. Just save as an .htm or .html and open in browser.

Otherwise I thinking of something more like a utility. But if this
does the job I'm all for it.

Any text editor should be sufficient.



I want the generated html from the export. If I just save it as .html
I get an .md file with an .html extention.

Ah! You want to convert from markdown to html. Right?

For this I use pandoc.
https://pandoc.org/getting-started.html

On Tue, 29 May 2018 21:26:55 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I?m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus



Thank you, Chris, but this is what I wanted to avoid. I'm looking for
people who do this already and know how.

I did. I recommended Atom. I use it for all my markdown docs.
https://atom.io


Oh I'm sorry Chris. And when using Atom can you also export to html
and get html code from Atom?

I've devised a pipeline already, but it involves a few steps. It's
pretty good though.

--
Peter Kozlov

On Tue, 29 May 2018 21:26:55 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I?m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus



Thank you, Chris, but this is what I wanted to avoid. I'm looking for
people who do this already and know how.

I did. I recommended Atom. I use it for all my markdown docs.
https://atom.io

Chris, you are the so right on with this editor. This is exactly what
I was hoping for. It is PERFECT. Seriously, it's even BETTER than I
thought possible. This is DROP-DEAD simple to do in this editor.

It's even better for my pipeline than what I had wanted. I used to
save to HTML and then open that in an editor, copy and paste that into
a web app. Not with this. Just write it in markdown like I wanted to.
Open the preview, copy as HTML, then paste. This is so RIGHT. I wanted
to hand this chore off to others and wanted to give them something
really easy to do. Something so clean and easy it will work well for a
novice. No HTML knowledge needed. This is better than I had thought
possible. I was right to look to markdown for this. My solution is
embarrasing compared to this.

I can't believe how clean the html is on this. You knocked it out of
the park. My left kidney is on the way.

Thank you!

--
Peter Kozlov

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 21:26:55 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Chris
wrote:

Peter Kozlov wrote:
Can someone suggest a really good Markdown editor for Windows 10 with a live
preview window? I want to see the preview update in real time if possible.
I?m looking for replies from those who have spent time on such an app and
can vouch for it. Ideally it would have two windows, side by side.

Atom. I don't use side by side windows, but I'm pretty sure it can do it.

I'd bet notepad++ has a plugin and indeed it does
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus



Thank you, Chris, but this is what I wanted to avoid. I'm looking for
people who do this already and know how.

I did. I recommended Atom. I use it for all my markdown docs.
https://atom.io

Chris, you are the so right on with this editor. This is exactly what
I was hoping for. It is PERFECT. Seriously, it's even BETTER than I
thought possible. This is DROP-DEAD simple to do in this editor.

It's even better for my pipeline than what I had wanted. I used to
save to HTML and then open that in an editor, copy and paste that into
a web app. Not with this. Just write it in markdown like I wanted to.
Open the preview, copy as HTML, then paste. This is so RIGHT. I wanted
to hand this chore off to others and wanted to give them something
really easy to do. Something so clean and easy it will work well for a
novice. No HTML knowledge needed. This is better than I had thought
possible. I was right to look to markdown for this. My solution is
embarrasing compared to this.

I can't believe how clean the html is on this. You knocked it out of
the park. My left kidney is on the way.


you're welcome! No kidneys required