Syntax highlighting and a preview pane to show you how your final document will look.Here are some features you might expect to find in your favorite Markdown editor: But using an editor designed for writing in Markdown has a lot of advantages, depending on your needs. It’s now also used in a wide variety of applications, as we’ll explore below.īecause Markdown is just plain text, you can create it with any text editor. It’s certainly an easy and efficient way to create online content, and has a number of benefits for writers and bloggers. The syntax was created by John Gruber way back in 2004 and became popular in blogs and forums.
It’s simpler and faster than adding HTML markup, and doesn’t have the lock-in of using something like Microsoft Word. Is use to love but don't open it anymore (except for comparison with other tools).Markdown provides a convenient way to add formatting to a plain text document, while leaving it in plain text. It will end that only nostalgic will use it, since it become not compatible with the last evolution on the OS. Others become diary on journal tools (MWeb again, or but-now-only-subscription model DayOne), or try to be full writing tool like the veteran iA Writer, ByWord, or the complete-but-now-only-subscription model Ulysses, but also the new FOSS complete Zettlr.
Some go to be notes apps (libke Bear, MWeb, which is one of my favorites, but quite expensive, FSNotes, or the open source Joplin, Notable Boostnote). Though, it's still lightweight, functional, with good feature (themable, fully markdown support, support of TOC, shell plugin, neat keystrokes, multiple views, tab bar, …), which made it really a complete tool, the market of markdown editors really evolved, and neither paid nor free or FOSS apps are now competing. Macdown was a very helpful alternative to Mou when Chen Luo abandonned it, but it seems that uranusjr abandonned Macdown too.
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