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An OpenType font rendering (a subset of) Markdown
- montroser 5y agoThis is a very cool hack. When writing out text in this way it is intuitive enough, and works nicely. However, when going back to make edits, it is not a fun experience. OSes don't know quite what to do rendering cursors around the hidden markdown characters. Arrow key navigation is rough. Adding text at the beginning/end of a styled span is ambiguous whether additions should go inside/outside. But for composing markdown separately and then displaying "rich" text in contexts that only support plain text -- this could maybe be interesting. For adding more markdown support, headings seem like a useful and doable next feature. And tables would be a feat!
- oldtapwater 5y agoI think a good approach would be to just not hide the markdown characters. I didn't create this but I'm tempted to try to extend it.
- jfengel 5y agoThat is, indeed, a beautiful useless thing.