![]() For example, if I just wanted a quick way to bold a word without leaving the keyboard, I’d learn how to use ctrl+B. Open, save, edit anywhere – it’s just a text file, but it retains the bare minimum markup a writer needs while still being mostly readable in it’s raw format. ![]() This approach doesn’t make much sense to me as one of the primary reason I write in markdown is its portable nature. This saves any need to switch to a different view and seems simple for new markdown users, but the problem is you lose the formatting immediately. An editor which transforms markdown as you type, replacing the text with the formatted rich text. This is nice as it allows a straightforward writing experience which stays true to what you are typing, but it isn’t particular intuitive to preview the formatting, causes a jarring switch of focus when you do, and uses double the real-estate causing your eyes to flit between the two. ![]() An editor that you write in, that can easily preview via a keystroke/menu click by opening a second window/pane to render your markdown text as an HTML page. Unfortunately most markdown editors fall into one of two categories: Of late I’ve bounced between Github’s Atom and Microsoft’s surprisingly nice Visual Studio Code. Yeah, seems like a good way to procrastinate. A short blog (actually started as tweet but I couldn’t do it justice in 140 characters) to let you know about a new markdown editor that caught my attention this week called Abricotine.įor those of you who are markdown aficionados, you probably follow a similar search for the ultimate markdown editor that is elegant, frictionless, distraction-free all while being powerful, feature-rich and endlessly extensible. ![]()
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