| ▲ | Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor(kingsbridge-consultancy.com) |
| 31 points by beerglass 2 days ago | 18 comments |
| I built an online viewer and editor for .md files where the file stays on your machine. Free to use and code is available under MIT License here: https://github.com/hattray/markdown-editor You can also install it as a Chrome/Edge app so that it works for files on your desktop by double-clicking. Supports standard .md files with formatting, syntax-highlighting for code, table of contents, Mermaid diagrams, LaTeX via KaTex. Also supports exporting to .html, .pdf and .png. Please give it a try and share your feedback for improvements. |
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| ▲ | eleventen 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| No syntax highlighting in the editor? I vibecoded a pretty robust browser Filesystem API based markdown editor myself too last week. Recommend either rolling your own with a transparent textbox layered approach or just using Monaco or https://codemirror.net/. I did a markdown kanban thing. Filesystem API is very cool and underused. https://github.com/subdavis/mdello/ |
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| ▲ | beerglass 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Thanks for your suggestion. I use plain textarea so that Undo, Spellcheck work seamlessly. Monaco at 5MB+ is bigger than the whole app. Will instead try highlight.js for transparent overlay. | | |
| ▲ | eleventen a day ago | parent | next [-] | | I also just discovered OverType.dev which is a library for exactly this purpose. I might jettison my editor and just use OverType! | |
| ▲ | nickthegreek a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | How does one 'install' into chrome so that double clicking the MD files open in browser? | | |
| ▲ | eleventen a day ago | parent [-] | | This is the magic of Progressive Web Apps. PWAs support the File Handler api to register themselves as the handler for certain file types. |
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| ▲ | llagerlof a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I like this markdown editor library for creating wysiwyg markdown editors. https://milkdown.dev |
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| ▲ | docreator a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Was just looking for one today, cuz wherever .MD is produced - not always has a preview like in VSCode or Cursor. |
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| ▲ | jystervinou 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Hi, Noob question, but how do you author a math equation? There are dedicated editors I guess? |
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| ▲ | beerglass 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Included a basic "insert math" option to insert LaTeX for math symbols, greek letters, relations & operators. If you work with Math equations regularly, try it out and share any suggestions for improvements. | |
| ▲ | beerglass 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Try this: https://github.com/arnog/mathlive | | | |
| ▲ | Garlef 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | There's a language for it (LaTeX). It looks like this: \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x^2}\,dx = \sqrt{\pi} | | |
| ▲ | jystervinou 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Thank's, i was wondering if people were typing this latex by hand, or with a specialized visual editor. | | |
| ▲ | Garlef 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | both, of course :) i prefer to do it by hand (and in some environments you can also define aliases/macros so that the different constructs you're dealing with are typeset consistently and you don't have to re-type everything) | |
| ▲ | beerglass 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Update: added an insert-equation button in the toolbar of my MD Viewer |
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| ▲ | hyperhello 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Thoughtful UI. Really nice. Good job! |
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| ▲ | beerglass 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Thanks, mate. If you work with .md files all day, try this for a few days and share feedback or suggestions for improvements. |
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| ▲ | dssureshk a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Nice tool |
