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markdown editor
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
10 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Design: 2 for, 5 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast, responsive live rendering
From 3 comments
Awesome! Super responsive and fast.
nthompson on HNFor me, the speed of rendering is fantastic. But, the TexRoman font, the lack of lockstep scrolling, and the non-compartmental MathJax rendering causing the entire document to…
xdeqx366 on HNI'm a fan. This is really cool and I like the Markdown parser that was chosen. The HTML output looks really damn clean (especially for code blocks). The `ctrl+s` shortcut is…
antjanus on HN
Computer Modern font and LaTeX alignment support
From 1 comment
I'm so glad it uses Computer Modern, and supports \align environments etc. I know the latter is just MathJax, but Computer Modern is a detail that every other Markdown/LaTeX mix…
singhrac on HN
Ctrl+S shortcut and clean HTML output
From 1 comment
I'm a fan. This is really cool and I like the Markdown parser that was chosen. The HTML output looks really damn clean (especially for code blocks). The `ctrl+s` shortcut is…
antjanus on HN
Objections
No separate preview or lockstep scrolling makes long documents hard
From 3 comments
a separate preview is unnecessary for some users, it's true. but when you're using a full range of complex features, it is. and when something isn't displaying the way you…
accordionclown on HNOne cool feature would be to scroll-lock the input with the output when scrolling the output pane. Obviously the challenge is that they don't correspond line-to-line. Embedding…
always_good on HNFor me, the speed of rendering is fantastic. But, the TexRoman font, the lack of lockstep scrolling, and the non-compartmental MathJax rendering causing the entire document to…
xdeqx366 on HN
Math font rendered is not Computer Modern for some users
From 2 comments
Funnily the math it renders doesn’t use Computer Modern at all.
kccqzy on HNI see this: https://imgur.com/a/vvYpW The symbols and letters are so wrong. Inspecting the element shows that the font family is STIXGeneral. On the other hand I find it amusing…
kccqzy on HN
Preview text looks blurry
From 1 comment
Nice update speed. But the font in the preview panel looks really blurry -- both regular and bold...
voiper1 on HN
No dark mode
From 1 comment
No dark mode? What is this 1997?
in9 on HN
Requests
HTML export
From 2 comments
I'm a fan. This is really cool and I like the Markdown parser that was chosen. The HTML output looks really damn clean (especially for code blocks). The `ctrl+s` shortcut is…
antjanus on HNThanks! HTML export would be cool, I agree. The shortcut "CTRL+D" will toggle to preview only (not exactly a quick way to view HTML but at least you see preview only), code only…
josephernest on HN
Org mode support
From 1 comment
Very cool! It would be nice to see an Org mode version of this. Org syntax for the uninitiated: http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html It's very similar to Markdown if using…
kaushalmodi on HN
Vim keybindings
From 1 comment
One text editor I have always wanted is a word processor with first class vim keybindings support. I don't need too many fanciful features but the most important features would…
Immortalin on HN
Lockstep scrolling between input and preview
From 1 comment
One cool feature would be to scroll-lock the input with the output when scrolling the output pane. Obviously the challenge is that they don't correspond line-to-line. Embedding…
always_good on HN
Questions
Does it handle long multi-page documents and page breaks in print
From 2 comments
Quite neat. I wouldn't use this myself as I prefer to have an environment which is crash proof and I would be too scared to close the window, however I think this could be quite…
yoz-y on HNI might use this instead of LaTeX for short communications , but I wonder if this could work for longer work with several pages.
sixti60 on HN
Alternatives named
Typora
From 2 comments
For me, the most satisfying markdown editor is Typora(https://typora.io/), which doesn't need a separate preview pane to show the rendered contents. But I haven't tried the Math…
searene on HNI wholeheartedly agree, Typora is my favourite markdown editor. For those few times you really need to just edit the markdown you can quickly turn off rendering and switch into…
patmurraydev on HN
HackMD
From 2 comments
For me, the speed of rendering is fantastic. But, the TexRoman font, the lack of lockstep scrolling, and the non-compartmental MathJax rendering causing the entire document to…
xdeqx366 on HNThis is very neat! It made me think of hackmd.io which offers similar features though maybe less minimalist/distraction free but with collaboration. Thanks for sharing!
myopicgoat on HN
VNote
From 2 comments
Why not give VNote(https://github.com/tamlok/vnote/) a try? :)
tamlok on HNNice and simple job! Guys that do not want an extra preview panel could take a look at VNote(https://github.com/tamlok/vnote/).
tamlok on HN
Spongedown
From 1 comment
This is not flesh out, but it does support vim keybindings. http://ivanceras.github.io/spongedown-editor/
ivanceras on HN
Boostnote
From 1 comment
You can look into Boostnote, it has that feature built in.
sxldier on HN