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Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by agambrahma »

codethief wrote: post #19
NeutralForest wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel obligated to mention Logseq https://logseq.com/ as well as Zettlr https://www.zettlr.com/ which are both markdown editors with knowledge base and management. Incidentally, I do all of this in Emacs.

Here's the thing: I really like Loqseq's interface (it mimic's Andy Matuschak's Evergreen notes[0]) but I really hate the fact that it doesn't let me edit plain Markdown files and write free-form text. (Looks like I'm not the only one[1].) It forces me into this weird outliner format that I personally don't like at all – and I'm saying this as someone who used org-mode for years. [0]: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/…

Hmm, OTOH the _only_ reason I like LogSeq is because of the outliner format.

I think there are a lot of different styles out there which manifest in how different people end up using these tools.

I ended up moving from Obsidian to Logseq basically just to get "native outline format", and LogSeq is in that sense an "offline, open-format version of Roam".

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by manigandham »

thu wrote: post #58

I'm looking for a Markdown editor that can save directly to GitHub, with the ability to make drafts (feature branches and possibly PRs) and reviews (accept the PR or merge to main) directly from the editor and hide as much as possible the complexity of Git. The idea is this could be used by non-technical persons to edit Markdown files in a Git repository that is turned into a static site by whatever means technical p…

There are several Git-based CMS options, like Forestry: https://forestry.io/

Note that these include editors that aren't as good as a standalone editor but work fine for most content.

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by lordgrenville »

deltree7 wrote: post #25
svat wrote: post #16

To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.

what about emacs org-mode?

Strictly speaking not a markdown editor. But markdown-mode (with M-x markdown-toggle-markup-hiding) definitely counts.

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by Dauros »

discardedrefuse wrote: post #17
manigandham wrote: post #9

I recommend something like Obsidian instead which is a markdown editor (newly upgraded) along with an entire knowledge base and note taking system that can create and maintain references across files. https://obsidian.md/

Joplin is another good one. https://joplinapp.org/

Joplin also have a few plugins [1], e.g. Obsidian-like graph plot of the notes [2,3], math mode [4], or tabs interface [5].

[1]: https://github.com/joplin/plugins/blob/master/README.md#plug...

[2]: https://github.com/agerardin/joplin-plugin-knowledge-graph

[3]: https://github.com/treymo/joplin-link-graph

[4]: https://github.com/CalebJohn/joplin-math-mode

[5]: https://github.com/benji300/joplin-note-tabs

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by mrweasel »

tunesmith wrote: post #21
bool3max wrote: post #18

Just another one in an endless stream of bloatware Electron markdown text editors. Stop giving these projects recognition.

Why, because it's Electron? I thought the anti-Electron stance had been debunked a while ago, that it's not every Electron app that chews up RAM like crazy, etc. Electron seems like a great way to get a cross-platform app out there without having to hire three separate departments of code developers.

The only Electron application people can mention that’s actually good, seems to VSCode.

Electron has it’s place, but I think you can go to small. VSCode can use 2GB of memory, because it’s an IDE with a ton of feature. The overhead of Electron doesn’t matter in the context of an IDE. For a markdown editor, Electron alone will push the system resources way above what’s reasonable.

Then there’s the problem that Electron application fails to provide a native look and feel on all platforms.

I don’t know that the look and feel can be fixed. Solutions like QT and WXWidgets never really got it right, so assuming the Electron can seems unrealistic. What can be fix is resource requirements and performance. We should push for a more lightweight Electron, if we want to use it for smaller application.

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by biehl »

msoloviev wrote: post #52
svat wrote: post #16

To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.

I've been working on one ( https://github.com/blackhole89/notekit ) for a while now (which, unlike the aforementioned, also is not built on Chrome/Electron). Unfortunately it seems to be pretty hard to get the word out, or at least I haven't found any better strategy than to pounce, as I am doing now, whenever I see a HN thread about markdown editors (which invariably wind up having some comment thread lamenting the…

Wow. That looks really lovely!

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by rainbowjelly »

orangea wrote: post #49
cube2222 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obsidian very recently added this too, and it works great.

Is it still in beta?

Not anymore. It was released publicly with v0.13 less than a week ago.

https://help.obsidian.md/Live+preview+update

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by mr-karan »

cube2222 wrote: post #23
svat wrote: post #16

To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.

Obsidian very recently added this too, and it works great.

Which is nice, except Obsidian isn't FOSS (the parent comment was about free/open source editors).

Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows

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Post by akvadrako »

cube2222 wrote: post #23
svat wrote: post #16

To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.

Obsidian very recently added this too, and it works great.

Obsidian is not open source though.
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