7 ms·

MarkdownEditing – Markdown package for Sublime Text

118 points by BKCandace 13y ago

protonfish 13y ago
I thought the whole point of markdown was readable document source you didn't need fancy editors.
- infecto 13y ago
  I would hardly call a plugin that automates and highlights a fancy editor. Most editors do something similar, github and emacs markdown mode come to mind.
- iambother 13y ago
  While your 'tone' may earn you disapproval, I see what you're saying.. This may well be one of those moments where 'cool' trumps 'practical', though .. it is cool to see colors where once there were '###'-s, but to my eyes, the ASCII'ness of markdown is worth the considerable effort, in this day and age, to propagate. This is not that.
- lelandbatey 13y ago
  I agree, that's what I thought was the point. The reason I like using Markdown is because it actually sticks to that promise quite well. I write Markdown every day. I use it to take notes, to write blog posts, write documents, everything. In fact, because of Pandoc (and a little bit of LaTex), every document I've written in the last year and a half I have written using Markdown. Through all of that writing, I've never used any kind of special editor or highlighting, just a plain text-editor. Now I have about 30 more pages of Markdown I've got to write today.
- wlesieutre 13y ago
  The bigger deal to me is having a completely portable format that I can just copy and paste between any number of editors and services without worrying about formatting. Doing that in Word? Not so much. You definitely don't need a markdown specific editor, but I don't see a problem with using one if it makes writing md more efficient.
- Gigablah 13y ago
  The whole point of the plugin is to give you visual feedback so you can easily avoid markdown syntax errors.
freshyill 13y ago
I love that light gray text on a light gray background. Can't get enough of it. Super readable. Yes, I realize there's other themes, but they're terrible too. I find light text on a dark background fine for code, but terrible for writing prose. For a good Markdown editor, I recommend Mou. It's been my choice for a while now. http://mouapp.com http://mouapp.com
- justinpaulson 13y ago
  Seconded, Mou is great.
- dtech 13y ago
  I personally like MarkdownPad (http://markdownpad.com/ http://markdownpad.com/, windows only), but for some non-basic features (GitHub Flavored Markdown, PDF export) you have to buy it for $15.
- thibaultCha 13y ago
  I dropped Mou in favour of LightPaper http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac which has more features (tabs, edit or preview panels hiding), better themes and customisation imho.
  - freshyill 13y ago
    Thanks, I'll give it a shot!
- coldtea 13y ago
  >I love that light gray text on a light gray background. Can't get enough of it. Super readable. Well, it is to me. I can't stand too much contrast, it hurts my eyes.
- flaie 13y ago
  Mou is a great app, it also has a GitHub style live preview which is very nice, but it can be very slow on large Markdown files. I also had some problems with the syntax highlighter on lists.
infecto 13y ago
Have been using this plugin for a long time. I have since been trying out draftin.com but this plugin is the way to go.
shurcooL 13y ago
What do you think about adding Markdown formatting support via markdownfmt? I've already created an Atom package that runs that on save: https://atom.io/packages/markdown-format https://atom.io/packages/markdown-format
VikingCoder 13y ago
I honestly don't understand the point of markdown. * this* isn't any easier than this to me. Of course, I may be biased.
- untog 13y ago
 No, our style guide clearly states that you should be using now, not . ...OK, an exaggeration. But it's much simpler than HTML. If people input with HTML then you're going to need to filter which tags you do and don't want to pass through. Markdown just gets rid of stuff like that. Not to mention automatic paragraphing.
 - y0ghur7_xxx 13y ago
 > But it's much simpler than HTML. I don't know. Everybody knows HTML. It's pretty easy. > If people input with HTML then you're going to need to filter which tags you do and don't want to pass through. That's a solved problem¹²³. > Markdown just gets rid of stuff like that. And you can only use a subset of HTML. I guess there are pros and cons. > Not to mention automatic paragraphing. ... ¹https://code.google.com/p/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/ https://code.google.com/p/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/ ²https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize ³http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/wiki/JsHtmlSanitizer http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/wiki/JsHtmlSanitizer
 - DanBC 13y ago
 You'd change your mind about "everybody knows HTML" if you say the HTML I produce. Little things like or , and browsers being very tolerant of appalling HTML, mean that a lot of people only sort of know HTML. I do wosh that BBCode or Markdown had better standards.
 - patrickk 13y ago
 > You'd change your mind about "everybody knows HTML" ... Absolutely. You could've stopped there without any further caveats. The comment above I think is HN arrogance, assuming that the rest of the web is at a certain minimum level of tech literacy. So many people post facebook updates or online comments and don't what what HTML is. I know someone (relatively young, uses the internet daily) who doesn't know what a browser is. That aside, if given the choice, I would voluntarily use Markdown for comments all day long, no contest. For example a bullet/unordered list[1] needs so many awkward tags, whereas a Markdown list is much simpler, and much more intuitive for those who don't know HTML[2]. [1] http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_ul.asp http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_ul.asp [2] http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6ewgt/reddit_markdown_primer_or_how_do_you_do_all_that/c03nik6 http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6ewgt/reddit_mar...
Oculus 13y ago
I think a really cool new markdown editor that I discovered a little over a month ago is Stackedit: https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/ Stored locally or on DB/GDrive, latex support, and a very complete product. The interface is a little unintuitive at first, but I highly suggest anyone that writes blog posts in markdown to check it out.
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  Sounds like Madoko, which is another interesting markdown environment, which is more focused on scholarly works: http://madoko.codeplex.com/ http://madoko.codeplex.com/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/daan/madoko/doc/reference.html http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/daan/madoko/do... From the reference: > Instead of a plethora of backends, Madoko concentrates on generating either HTML or high-quality PDF files through LaTeX. There has been a lot of effort in Madoko to make the LaTeX generation robust and customizable while integrating well with the various academic document- and bibliography styles. This makes it possible to write articles using just Madoko and get both a high-quality print format (PDF) and a great looking HTML page.
- karangoeluw 13y ago
  +1 for stackedit. The biggest point is that it's open source [1] under Apache License. [1] https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/
ddfreyne 13y ago
I have been using sublime-markdown-extended (https://github.com/jonschlinkert/sublime-markdown-extended https://github.com/jonschlinkert/sublime-markdown-extended), which has the nice feature of recognising and highlighting frontmatter blocks. Would love to see frontmatter support in the MarkdownEditing package as well!
jwarren 13y ago
Will Bond writes very good stuff. Definitely going to check this out.
- skeoh 13y ago
  According to the credits (https://github.com/SublimeText-Markdown/MarkdownEditing#credits https://github.com/SublimeText-Markdown/MarkdownEditing#cred...), MarkdownEditing was created by Brett Terpstra and is maintained by Ali Ayas.
glifchits 13y ago
The "Installs" chart here is pretty cool. Breakdown of HN users OS usage.
chown 13y ago
If you are looking for a standalone Markdown editor for OSX, LightPaper is a great app. Used Mou for a while but now switched to LightPaper for features and stability. http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/ http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/

118 points by BKCandace 13y ago

protonfish 13y ago

I thought the whole point of markdown was readable document source you didn't need fancy editors.

infecto 13y ago
I would hardly call a plugin that automates and highlights a fancy editor. Most editors do something similar, github and emacs markdown mode come to mind.
iambother 13y ago
While your 'tone' may earn you disapproval, I see what you're saying.. This may well be one of those moments where 'cool' trumps 'practical', though .. it is cool to see colors where once there were '###'-s, but to my eyes, the ASCII'ness of markdown is worth the considerable effort, in this day and age, to propagate. This is not that.
lelandbatey 13y ago
I agree, that's what I thought was the point. The reason I like using Markdown is because it actually sticks to that promise quite well. I write Markdown every day. I use it to take notes, to write blog posts, write documents, everything. In fact, because of Pandoc (and a little bit of LaTex), every document I've written in the last year and a half I have written using Markdown. Through all of that writing, I've never used any kind of special editor or highlighting, just a plain text-editor. Now I have about 30 more pages of Markdown I've got to write today.
wlesieutre 13y ago
The bigger deal to me is having a completely portable format that I can just copy and paste between any number of editors and services without worrying about formatting. Doing that in Word? Not so much. You definitely don't need a markdown specific editor, but I don't see a problem with using one if it makes writing md more efficient.
Gigablah 13y ago
The whole point of the plugin is to give you visual feedback so you can easily avoid markdown syntax errors.

freshyill 13y ago

I love that light gray text on a light gray background. Can't get enough of it. Super readable. Yes, I realize there's other themes, but they're terrible too. I find light text on a dark background fine for code, but terrible for writing prose. For a good Markdown editor, I recommend Mou. It's been my choice for a while now. http://mouapp.com http://mouapp.com

justinpaulson 13y ago
Seconded, Mou is great.
dtech 13y ago
I personally like MarkdownPad (http://markdownpad.com/ http://markdownpad.com/, windows only), but for some non-basic features (GitHub Flavored Markdown, PDF export) you have to buy it for $15.
thibaultCha 13y ago
I dropped Mou in favour of LightPaper http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac which has more features (tabs, edit or preview panels hiding), better themes and customisation imho.
- freshyill 13y ago
  Thanks, I'll give it a shot!
coldtea 13y ago
>I love that light gray text on a light gray background. Can't get enough of it. Super readable. Well, it is to me. I can't stand too much contrast, it hurts my eyes.
flaie 13y ago
Mou is a great app, it also has a GitHub style live preview which is very nice, but it can be very slow on large Markdown files. I also had some problems with the syntax highlighter on lists.

infecto 13y ago

Have been using this plugin for a long time. I have since been trying out draftin.com but this plugin is the way to go.

shurcooL 13y ago

What do you think about adding Markdown formatting support via markdownfmt? I've already created an Atom package that runs that on save: https://atom.io/packages/markdown-format https://atom.io/packages/markdown-format

VikingCoder 13y ago

I honestly don't understand the point of markdown. * this* isn't any easier than this to me. Of course, I may be biased.

untog 13y ago
No, our style guide clearly states that you should be using now, not . ...OK, an exaggeration. But it's much simpler than HTML. If people input with HTML then you're going to need to filter which tags you do and don't want to pass through. Markdown just gets rid of stuff like that. Not to mention automatic paragraphing.
- y0ghur7_xxx 13y ago
 > But it's much simpler than HTML. I don't know. Everybody knows HTML. It's pretty easy. > If people input with HTML then you're going to need to filter which tags you do and don't want to pass through. That's a solved problem¹²³. > Markdown just gets rid of stuff like that. And you can only use a subset of HTML. I guess there are pros and cons. > Not to mention automatic paragraphing. ... ¹https://code.google.com/p/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/ https://code.google.com/p/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/ ²https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize ³http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/wiki/JsHtmlSanitizer http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/wiki/JsHtmlSanitizer
 - DanBC 13y ago
 You'd change your mind about "everybody knows HTML" if you say the HTML I produce. Little things like or , and browsers being very tolerant of appalling HTML, mean that a lot of people only sort of know HTML. I do wosh that BBCode or Markdown had better standards.
 - patrickk 13y ago
 > You'd change your mind about "everybody knows HTML" ... Absolutely. You could've stopped there without any further caveats. The comment above I think is HN arrogance, assuming that the rest of the web is at a certain minimum level of tech literacy. So many people post facebook updates or online comments and don't what what HTML is. I know someone (relatively young, uses the internet daily) who doesn't know what a browser is. That aside, if given the choice, I would voluntarily use Markdown for comments all day long, no contest. For example a bullet/unordered list[1] needs so many awkward tags, whereas a Markdown list is much simpler, and much more intuitive for those who don't know HTML[2]. [1] http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_ul.asp http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_ul.asp [2] http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6ewgt/reddit_markdown_primer_or_how_do_you_do_all_that/c03nik6 http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6ewgt/reddit_mar...

Oculus 13y ago

I think a really cool new markdown editor that I discovered a little over a month ago is Stackedit: https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/ Stored locally or on DB/GDrive, latex support, and a very complete product. The interface is a little unintuitive at first, but I highly suggest anyone that writes blog posts in markdown to check it out.

seanmcdirmid 13y ago
Sounds like Madoko, which is another interesting markdown environment, which is more focused on scholarly works: http://madoko.codeplex.com/ http://madoko.codeplex.com/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/daan/madoko/doc/reference.html http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/daan/madoko/do... From the reference: > Instead of a plethora of backends, Madoko concentrates on generating either HTML or high-quality PDF files through LaTeX. There has been a lot of effort in Madoko to make the LaTeX generation robust and customizable while integrating well with the various academic document- and bibliography styles. This makes it possible to write articles using just Madoko and get both a high-quality print format (PDF) and a great looking HTML page.
karangoeluw 13y ago
+1 for stackedit. The biggest point is that it's open source [1] under Apache License. [1] https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/ https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/

ddfreyne 13y ago

I have been using sublime-markdown-extended (https://github.com/jonschlinkert/sublime-markdown-extended https://github.com/jonschlinkert/sublime-markdown-extended), which has the nice feature of recognising and highlighting frontmatter blocks. Would love to see frontmatter support in the MarkdownEditing package as well!

jwarren 13y ago

Will Bond writes very good stuff. Definitely going to check this out.

skeoh 13y ago
According to the credits (https://github.com/SublimeText-Markdown/MarkdownEditing#credits https://github.com/SublimeText-Markdown/MarkdownEditing#cred...), MarkdownEditing was created by Brett Terpstra and is maintained by Ali Ayas.

glifchits 13y ago

The "Installs" chart here is pretty cool. Breakdown of HN users OS usage.

chown 13y ago

If you are looking for a standalone Markdown editor for OSX, LightPaper is a great app. Used Mou for a while but now switched to LightPaper for features and stability. http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/ http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/