Coteditor: support for markdown preview

Created on 12 Sep 2017 · 5Comments · Source: coteditor/CotEditor

Hi,

cotEdit has a great help for my work.

How about supportting for markdown preview?

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harlentan

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I was able to build a Markdown preview using the awesome script support:

after brew install cmark, I made a script: ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.coteditor.CotEditor/Markdown [email protected]

#!/bin/bash
#%%%{CotEditorXInput=AllText}%%%
#%%%{CotEditorXOutput=None}%%%

INPUT=$(/usr/local/bin/cmark)
HTML="<html><style>body { font-family: -apple-system; }</style><body>$INPUT</body></html>"
OUTPUT=$(echo "$HTML" | base64 | cat <(echo -n "data:text/html;charset=UTF-8;base64,") -)
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to open location \""$OUTPUT"\""

I can then press: ⇧⌘M to see the result in Safari:

screen shot 2018-01-18 at 09 09 56

https://github.com/peteog/CotEditorScripts/blob/master/Markdown%20Preview.%40M.sh

peteog on 18 Jan 2018

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I'd like to keep CotEditor as a general plain-text editor.
Therefore, for me, the motivation to add features for a specific language is very low.
It is actually due to the limited development resource.
So, at this time point, I have no plan to support Markdown preview. Sorry.

IMPO, Marked (2) is a good markdown previewer suitable to use beside CotEditor.

1024jp on 12 Sep 2017

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I was able to build a Markdown preview using the awesome script support:

after brew install cmark, I made a script: ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.coteditor.CotEditor/Markdown [email protected]

#!/bin/bash
#%%%{CotEditorXInput=AllText}%%%
#%%%{CotEditorXOutput=None}%%%

INPUT=$(/usr/local/bin/cmark)
HTML="<html><style>body { font-family: -apple-system; }</style><body>$INPUT</body></html>"
OUTPUT=$(echo "$HTML" | base64 | cat <(echo -n "data:text/html;charset=UTF-8;base64,") -)
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to open location \""$OUTPUT"\""

I can then press: ⇧⌘M to see the result in Safari:

screen shot 2018-01-18 at 09 09 56

https://github.com/peteog/CotEditorScripts/blob/master/Markdown%20Preview.%40M.sh

peteog on 18 Jan 2018

👍7

I close this issue since I do not have any plan to implement this kind of features in the future.

1024jp on 12 Dec 2018

I was able to build a Markdown preview using the awesome script support:

after brew install cmark, I made a script: ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.coteditor.CotEditor/Markdown [email protected]
#!/bin/bash
#%%%{CotEditorXInput=AllText}%%%
#%%%{CotEditorXOutput=None}%%%

INPUT=$(/usr/local/bin/cmark)
HTML="<html><style>body { font-family: -apple-system; }</style><body>$INPUT</body></html>"
OUTPUT=$(echo "$HTML" | base64 | cat <(echo -n "data:text/html;charset=UTF-8;base64,") -)
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to open location \""$OUTPUT"\""
I can then press: ⇧⌘M to see the result in Safari:

https://github.com/peteog/CotEditorScripts/blob/master/Markdown%20Preview.%40M.sh

I try macOS Big Sur.1 on MacBook Air Late 2020 (Apple M1).
Only two different things have, but this tips is able to use macOS Big Sur.1 on MacBook Air Late 2020 (Apple M1).

One, brew install cmark -> brew install --build-from-source cmark
Because cmark not release Apple M1 version.

Two, script 5 line "/usr/local/" -> "/opt/HomeBrew/"
Because HomeBrew change to use directory at macOS Big Sur version,

One more thing.
Marked 2.6.2(Intel) through Rosetta 2 is not need. and this CRASH CRASH CRASH on macOS Big Sur.1 on Apple M1.

Chamiu on 24 Dec 2020

I was able to build a Markdown preview using the awesome script support:
after brew install cmark, I made a script: ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.coteditor.CotEditor/Markdown [email protected]
#!/bin/bash
#%%%{CotEditorXInput=AllText}%%%
#%%%{CotEditorXOutput=None}%%%

INPUT=$(/usr/local/bin/cmark)
HTML="<html><style>body { font-family: -apple-system; }</style><body>$INPUT</body></html>"
OUTPUT=$(echo "$HTML" | base64 | cat <(echo -n "data:text/html;charset=UTF-8;base64,") -)
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to open location \""$OUTPUT"\""
I can then press: ⇧⌘M to see the result in Safari:

https://github.com/peteog/CotEditorScripts/blob/master/Markdown%20Preview.%40M.sh
I try macOS Big Sur.1 on MacBook Air Late 2020 (Apple M1).
Only two different things have, but this tips is able to use macOS Big Sur.1 on MacBook Air Late 2020 (Apple M1).

One, brew install cmark -> brew install --build-from-source cmark
Because cmark not release Apple M1 version.

Two, script 5 line "/usr/local/" -> "/opt/HomeBrew/"
Because HomeBrew change to use directory at macOS Big Sur version,

One more thing.
Marked 2.6.2(Intel) through Rosetta 2 is not need. and this _CRASH CRASH CRASH_ on macOS Big Sur.1 on Apple M1.