Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a good markdown viewer that auto refreshes?

4 points by rhardih 8y ago ↗ HN

I use vim to edit markdown and have been using MacDown to preview the files. However, MacDown doesn't automatically reload the file when changes are made in vim. Any recommendations?

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physicsyogi 8y ago ↗

Marked 2: http://marked2app.com/

kazinator 8y ago ↗

I would have a background process continuously doing .md -> .html conversion.

Then I would have a FireFox tab open on the .html, and using an add-on, set that tab to auto-refresh periodically.

Actually, regarding the first point, I wouldn't have a background process. In my Vim environment, I already have a custom command :W which saves the buffer and runs :make. I would have a Makefile which builds the .html from the .md.

So by saving the .md with :W, the .html would regenerate and the auto-refreshing FF tab would pick that up however many seconds later.

jonathan-kosgei 8y ago ↗

Checkout VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/

csmattryder 8y ago ↗

I've been a fan of Dillinger for years, automatically updates, side-by-side layout and converts Markdown to PDF/HTML.

It's not a CLI program though, web app.

https://dillinger.io/