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Ask HN: Which Markdown editor do you use?

15 points by davidbarker ↗ HN
I'm mainly looking for Mac app suggestions, as there seem to be quite a few around (Mou, Write, Byword, Ulysses, etc.), but other OS/online suggestions could be interesting too.

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kevincobain2000
I use sublime text 3 with following 2 plugins - Markdown Preview, for previewing in browser - Markdown Editing, great editing environment

I don't prefer online editors as don't like to see the live preview while I'm typing. But here's a good one dillinger

jonsterling
Vim.
a3n
Exactly. Markdown, for me, is text, which you can read in the raw, and transform if you like.
ctb_mg
Agreed. Here I treat nearly all text as text and edit in vim. That's why I like how simple and readable Markdown is.

Having a different editor for different text documents seems redundant to me. However I'll admit my two exceptions are using Xamarin for C# and ADT for Android apps.

mafro
Haroopad is rather good on OSX. Give it a try.
feld
Macdown is ok
jameshk
Sublime Text 2/3. Great for code and markdown. I used to use Brackets because of the live preview for web development, but the simplicity and design (I use the "spacegrey" theme) makes it a pleasure to use. It has an unlimited trial or you pay $60, I believe.
rak
If I need something like live previews of my work as I am writing it, I just use light-table with the appropriate plugins.

Otherwise, any old text editor works for me.

akg_67
I use LightPaper and like it a lot. The features I like most are side by side preview and editor window and export to PDF and HTML. Previously I was using Mou but gave up after stability issues.
mattalbie
Isn't the entire point of Markdown that you don't need a special editor for it?
davelnewton
Yes, but that doesn't mean some editors aren't more interesting or functional than others.
taternuts
if I want a live preview then I use http://stackedit.io. Most of the times I just use ST+Markdown plugins already mentioned here.
notduncansmith
Sublime Text with the Markdown Extended plugin, or Vim, whichever is closer at hand.