EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

I'd love to implement this instead of a WYSIWYG into our platform, but the problem is our users (non-technical) are not going to take the time to learn markdown. Even if we had a guide on the right I have a hunch they would still be super confused.

Idea: Add buttons to the top (optional) that LOOK like a WYSIWYG (something they are familiar with), that simply apply markdown around text.

I think you'd see such much wider adoption with that addition, which is something I'd love to happen, because WYSIWYG's do indeed suck.

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by president » Thu, Jul 12, 2012, 11:13 PM UTC

This is brilliant.

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by guptaneil » Thu, Jul 12, 2012, 11:18 PM UTC

This looks cool, but unfortunately does not work well on touch devices. It looks like the preview and maximize buttons depend on the hover event.

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by techwraith » Thu, Jul 12, 2012, 11:54 PM UTC

pstuart wrote: post #3

Nice. MultiMarkdown would be even cooler!

The parser is completely interchangeable, it would be a one line change to make this work (with just about any language you have a parser for).

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by techwraith » Thu, Jul 12, 2012, 11:55 PM UTC

cwilson wrote: post #4

I'd love to implement this instead of a WYSIWYG into our platform, but the problem is our users (non-technical) are not going to take the time to learn markdown. Even if we had a guide on the right I have a hunch they would still be super confused. Idea: Add buttons to the top (optional) that LOOK like a WYSIWYG (something they are familiar with), that simply apply markdown around text. I think you'd see such much wi…

This is something that is planned last I talked with Oscar. I'm sure he'd appreciate the feedback.

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by dfischer » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 12:01 AM UTC

I think it would be better if it offered some way to see a cheat sheet. I don't see that in the initial examples and too lazy to investigate.

Re: EpicEditor: An Embeddable JavaScript Markdown Editor

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Post by techwraith » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 12:05 AM UTC

dfischer wrote: post #9

I think it would be better if it offered some way to see a cheat sheet. I don't see that in the initial examples and too lazy to investigate.

That's not really in the scope of the project, but it could certainly be added on.