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Using VS Code for writing in markdown

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    tesseractcat
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    If you use Emacs you can get WYSIWYG-esque markdown styling using markdown mode, which lets you choose different fonts for headers, display images inline, navigate wikilinks, automatic table...

    If you use Emacs you can get WYSIWYG-esque markdown styling using markdown mode, which lets you choose different fonts for headers, display images inline, navigate wikilinks, automatic table formatting, and more. I also use https://gitlab.com/matsievskiysv/math-preview to render latex inline.

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    1. lou
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      Markdown mode on Emacs is excellent.

      Markdown mode on Emacs is excellent.

      3 votes
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    TheJorro
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    I set up my vim to work in a similar way, as I found myself sometimes working on machines that ran even VS Code too slowly for my patience. There's a plugin called Goyo that's invaluable for it,...

    I set up my vim to work in a similar way, as I found myself sometimes working on machines that ran even VS Code too slowly for my patience. There's a plugin called Goyo that's invaluable for it, and I find its companion Limelight to also be surprisingly helpful.

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    1. soks_n_sandals
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      Nice! I did a trial run of iA Writer, which features the focus highlighting capability and I really liked it.

      Nice! I did a trial run of iA Writer, which features the focus highlighting capability and I really liked it.

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    2. unknown user
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      There is a Markdown writing app called WriteMonkey that has that same kind of focus mode. Caret has it, too. Pro tip: you can get (a normally licensed) Caret v4 (latest version) for free. The...

      and I find its companion Limelight to also be surprisingly helpful

      There is a Markdown writing app called WriteMonkey that has that same kind of focus mode. Caret has it, too.

      Pro tip: you can get (a normally licensed) Caret v4 (latest version) for free. The developers were planning to release v4 in full at some point, but had shifted their focus some time after releasing the beta. Because this is a beta, it doesn't require a license to use, which makes perfect sense. And because it's the latest version, is no longer supported (but is mostly stable, from my experience), and is downloadable from the official site (as well as the Github repo), it is a perfectly-usable Markdown editor with a handful of advanced features.

      It's worth noting that the developers of Caret have shifted their attention to the successor app, Nota. It is in many ways like Caret, but is also in closed beta right now.

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  3. soks_n_sandals
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    I have been writing markdown files in VS Code and found this guide very helpful. I also added the markdownlint extension, which highlights formatting exceptions. VS Code will let both markdown...

    I have been writing markdown files in VS Code and found this guide very helpful. I also added the markdownlint extension, which highlights formatting exceptions. VS Code will let both markdown formatting extensions run, but will ask you to pick a default (ctrl+shift+P > "Format document with...").

    I really like the VS Code Zen Mode for side-by-side writing and preview. It gets rid of the distractions of a full word processor, but offers more formatting help than a basic text editor.

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