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Feature Request: Markdown preview
I'm not sure if it's a vanilla reddit feature or if it comes from RES, but I've become reliant upon the preview that shows up under a comment box that renders your response through markdown so you can see the formatting before you post it. This doesn't need to be real-time, since that would likely detract from the "lightweight" technical goal, but I feel like it might be useful
This is a fairly reasonable feature request, but IMO it's a nicety - I'd personally rather that more effort was invested into hashing out core mechanics while the site is still malleable. There are a couple of sites like dillinger.io and stackedit.io, as well as the useful command line utility
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, which you may find helpful for previewing comments before you post them.Agreed. Maybe something to set on a back-burner until an API shows up or more contributors are available.
This has been added by Deimos to the GitLab issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/issues/25
Ahh, thank you. I was looking for the git repo (and eagerly await the source code population)
Would a button that you click to render a preview be acceptable?
Personally, I'm against the in-line preview (and I think @Deimos is as well), because it adds complexity that shouldn't be in the system. There would need to be a javascript markdown renderer that matches the markdown renderer of the server. But a button you click to render using the server's markdown render would mitigate that somewhat.
That's the method I had in mind, actually, fitting with the design goals imo