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Show HN: Frogmouth – A Markdown browser for the terminal

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Post by willm »

Hi HN,

Frogmouth is a TUI to display Markdown files. It does a passable job of displaying Markdown, with code blocks and tables. No image support as yet.

It's very browser like, with navigation stack, history, and bookmarks. Works with both the mouse and keyboard.

There are shortcuts for viewing README.md files and other Markdown on GitHub and GitLab.

License is MIT.

Let me know what you think...

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Post by davepdotorg »

johnchristopher wrote: post #2

Looks nice ! Can't install right now, does it have vim keybindings ?

I did add some vim-friendly bindings for switching the navigation panes on the left, but thinking about it not for the main viewer. Feels like an oversight now, good call. I’ll add that to the todo list.

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Post by jtmlis »

StarlaAtNight wrote: post #4

I'm a big fan of the Markdown Preview feature in VS Code Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Speed, consistency, customization.

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Post by asicsp »

jtmlis wrote: post #5
StarlaAtNight wrote: post #4

I'm a big fan of the Markdown Preview feature in VS Code Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Speed, consistency, customization.

Reusability is another factor for me. Often used solutions are converted to aliases, functions, shell scripts, etc.

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Post by StarlaAtNight »

jtmlis wrote: post #5
StarlaAtNight wrote: post #4

I'm a big fan of the Markdown Preview feature in VS Code Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Speed, consistency, customization.

I get all three of those w/ my VS Code setup...could you explain in more detail?

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Post by manaskarekar »

StarlaAtNight wrote: post #4

I'm a big fan of the Markdown Preview feature in VS Code Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

> Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Unix is an IDE. CLI (and GUI) tools are the plugins.

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Post by abroadwin »

StarlaAtNight wrote: post #4

I'm a big fan of the Markdown Preview feature in VS Code Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Reasons vary by tool, but some include: Speed, composability (see the "Rule of Composition" from the Unix philosophy), and the ability to be run in a remote terminal
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