Markdown vs WSYWYG

Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 30, 2015 at 01:57 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
...and here is another Markdown editor (haven’t had a chance to try it
>yet, but looks interesting). This one also supports CommonMark.
> >Markdown Edit
>http://mike-ward.net/markdownedit/

I did manage to try it now. It requires NET Framework 4.5.2, so that takes a bit of time to install/update to. Overall it’s a nice piece of software with a good set of features. But there seem to be a few bugs in it (e.g. hitting F9 to call up its settings in Notepad, where I was hoping to be able to adjust the width of the edit window, had crashed the app for me, which is not good when you’re writing. Also, a bit of encoding issue, as em dash is not recognised in the text).

But there are lots of things to like, such as multiple visual themes, a preview pane that can be hidden, markdown syntax highlighting, word count, and so on. Reminds me of SmartDown (although SmartDown has the edge with its CriticMarkup support - but Markdown Edit is free). Most of the controls are only accessible by way of keyboard shortcuts, which some might find not so intuitive (e.g. need to use CTRL+O to open a document, it doesn’t seem to be possible through the interface). F1 will give you a list of all the controls.