Markdown has taken off in a big way, and I use it in everything from publishing posts on websites to documentation in my code to writing fiction. I love the descriptive nature of the formatting, and that all of the files are in plain text! In many cases, however, I like to write in different barebones tools- but I can't see how it looks when it's formatted without opening it in some other editor. I like the editors that have the real-time preview, but my favorite ones to write in don't have that facility.
On the mac, there is a application called Marked. It is a Markdown Previewer. Now, you might think as I did- what is the use in having something that's not an editor? It just previews? But after you get further into markdown and the various tools out there, it quickly becomes evident that such a tool is invaluable if not essential.
Features
Implemented
Allows you to pick a file to be previewed
Allows the preview to be refreshed manually
Allow the export of the parsed document (HTML or PDF)
Specify an opacity of the window
Allow the changing of the background of the window
Allow the user to choose to update the document when it is saved
Planned
Allow the user to specify whether the window should always be on top or not
Allow the changing of options in the parsing of the document
Screenshots
Notes
Requires .NET 4.5.
Original Precis:
I've gotten into Markdown in a big way, and one thing that I miss from my mac when I'm writing on windows is Marked. So just like last year when I did the overlay tool from a tool that I found on the Mac, I'm going to do something similar to Marked for Windows.
From the Marked site:
Marked is a previewer for Markdown files. Use it with your favorite text editor and it updates every time you save. With robust features for previewing, reviewing and exporting beautiful documents, you can work in plain text while reveling in rich formatting.
