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Thanks, but most of those are examples of exactly what I'm talking about: an editor with a Markdown "preview" function tacked on. I just want to double-click on

Thanks, but most of those are examples of exactly what I'm talking about: an editor with a Markdown "preview" function tacked on. I just want to double-click on the .md file and read it in a rendered form. Otherwise... what's the point? And because of the lack of such readers, everyone just reads the plain text with a bunch of garbage in it. It's just gallingly dumb.

dismalaf 1y ago
Editors are for, gasp, writing or editing source code like Markdown. Some people write source code and aren't just users... That's what documentation generators are for, to render all the docs and search them if you're just a user.
- DidYaWipe 1y ago
  And read-me files are for, <gasp>, READING. Not writing. I have no need to EDIT any Markdown files... pretty much ever. Nor do I need to clutter my IDE with tabs devoted to reference material, much less an extra pane to "preview" it in its intended rendering. Your pretension that most programming involves writing Markdown "source code" is absurd. I neither want nor need Markdown in any of my source-code editors, ever. Not once in decades of professional programming have I missed it. And if I do need to create Markdown, I will want to do so in a simple WYSIWIG editor and save it as MD. Again... not in my IDE.
  - dismalaf 1y ago
    Someone writes the README... And WYSIWYG? Who uses those? And how often are you even reading READMEs? For me it's usually once, when I first use a library, because it typically gives an outline of the project and/or instructions on how to install it. So I'm reading it in a browser. Meanwhile I'm updating my own READMEs often, usually using them as a sort of to-do list and then outlining existing functionality. Like, are you really using so many libraries as glue that reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE? Is that the current state of programming?
    - DidYaWipe 1y ago
      "reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE" Are you being intentionally obtuse? I said that's exactly what I DON'T want.
      - dismalaf 1y ago
        So hide it from your project structure? It's an easy thing to do... I really don't get your issue, you're right. .gitignore or .ignore file...
        DidYaWipe 1y ago
        It's not part of my project. It's reference material.
AlotOfReading 1y ago
The first 3 are exactly what you're saying. The 4th and 5th have dual panes with live updates of fully rendered markdown on the side.
- DidYaWipe 1y ago
  I'm not familiar with the first two, but did try MarkText. I don't remember why, but I ended up paying for Marked. Thanks for the references; I'll check those others out.

dismalaf 1y ago

Editors are for, gasp, writing or editing source code like Markdown. Some people write source code and aren't just users... That's what documentation generators are for, to render all the docs and search them if you're just a user.

DidYaWipe 1y ago
And read-me files are for, <gasp>, READING. Not writing. I have no need to EDIT any Markdown files... pretty much ever. Nor do I need to clutter my IDE with tabs devoted to reference material, much less an extra pane to "preview" it in its intended rendering. Your pretension that most programming involves writing Markdown "source code" is absurd. I neither want nor need Markdown in any of my source-code editors, ever. Not once in decades of professional programming have I missed it. And if I do need to create Markdown, I will want to do so in a simple WYSIWIG editor and save it as MD. Again... not in my IDE.
- dismalaf 1y ago
  Someone writes the README... And WYSIWYG? Who uses those? And how often are you even reading READMEs? For me it's usually once, when I first use a library, because it typically gives an outline of the project and/or instructions on how to install it. So I'm reading it in a browser. Meanwhile I'm updating my own READMEs often, usually using them as a sort of to-do list and then outlining existing functionality. Like, are you really using so many libraries as glue that reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE? Is that the current state of programming?
  - DidYaWipe 1y ago
    "reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE" Are you being intentionally obtuse? I said that's exactly what I DON'T want.
    - dismalaf 1y ago
      So hide it from your project structure? It's an easy thing to do... I really don't get your issue, you're right. .gitignore or .ignore file...
      - DidYaWipe 1y ago
        It's not part of my project. It's reference material.

AlotOfReading 1y ago

The first 3 are exactly what you're saying. The 4th and 5th have dual panes with live updates of fully rendered markdown on the side.

DidYaWipe 1y ago
I'm not familiar with the first two, but did try MarkText. I don't remember why, but I ended up paying for Marked. Thanks for the references; I'll check those others out.