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

4 pointsby rhardihover 7 years ago
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?

4 comments

kazinatorover 7 years ago
I would have a background process continuously doing .md -&gt; .html conversion.<p>Then I would have a FireFox tab open on the .html, and using an add-on, set that tab to auto-refresh periodically.<p>Actually, regarding the first point, I wouldn&#x27;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.<p>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.
physicsyogiover 7 years ago
Marked 2: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marked2app.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marked2app.com&#x2F;</a>
csmattryderover 7 years ago
I&#x27;ve been a fan of Dillinger for years, automatically updates, side-by-side layout and converts Markdown to PDF&#x2F;HTML.<p>It&#x27;s not a CLI program though, web app.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dillinger.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dillinger.io&#x2F;</a>
jonathan-kosgeiover 7 years ago
Checkout VSCode <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.visualstudio.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.visualstudio.com&#x2F;</a>