My favorite editor is vim, but it has downsides as well. Vim doesn’t have the GUI needed to extend it to preview things like Markdown properly. Yeah, sure, vim can highlight Markdown syntax, but that is not a replacement for real previewing. With that itch in mind, I searched for a solution but found none that satisfied me. For reStructuredText, I’ve found a solution that worked well. It worked by starting a local web server and doing the previewing in the browser. Inspired by it, I started writing mdview.
mdview allows you to instantly preview any Markdown file you’re editing in your favorite browser. It will automatically refresh when the file is changed, hence it’s great for working with the editor and browser side by side for live preview.
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