Mkdown (opens in new tab)

(mkdown.com)

223 pointsjack789012y ago56 comments

56 comments

36 comments · 16 top-level

jrajav12y ago· 14 in thread

Awesome idea, but it's already been done: http://gist.io/

jack7890OP12y ago

Wow, how did I not know that?!

Well, time for mkdown to pivot and rebrand as "gist.io but without serifs."

Seriously though, looks like they did a great job.

ivank12y ago

It's nice that mkdown.com doesn't require JavaScript

1 more reply

rhythmvs12y ago

    > Wow, how did I not know that?

To keep track of the fascinating and rapidly evolving Markdown ecosystem, I maintain an inventory¹ of Markdown dialects, editors, parsers, stylesheets, various tools, etc.

Kudos on Mkdown.com! It’s been added to the list.²

¹ https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources ² https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/m...

ansimionescu12y ago

I have already found a differentiator: mkdown supports private gists, which is a boon for me.

adito12y ago

compared to gist.io, I like mkdown style better.

Can we have custom title too? this gist[1] titled "Learning Haskell" but in mkdown[2] it just say "Gist 8739525" in it's title.

[1]: https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525

[2]: http://www.mkdown.com/8739525

3 more replies

StavrosK12y ago

Because you wanted to build something cool and didn't care if it existed or not:

https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gi...

There's nothing wrong with that, I bet you enjoyed it and now everyone has a very nice alternative.

timdorr12y ago

What about different themes? URLs would be easy still:

mkdown.com/abc123?theme=light or mkdown.com/abc123/light

3 more replies

atmosx12y ago

Doesn't matter. You don't have to be always original all the time. It's a really useful project, bookmarked.

krbbltr12y ago

I prefer Mkdown's look, but I think a slightly wider text area would improve on it. It seems a little too narrow compared to gist.io.

Ordered lists seem to be missing by the way.

1 more reply

jaytaylor12y ago

I dig your mkdown design, it's beautiful. Cheers!

icambron12y ago

FWIW, I like yours a lot more.

camus212y ago

gist.io seems broken, just tried it ,doesnt work with my gists.

gist.io/3d0b9deab6f5969c354b

kylemaxwell12y ago

http://www.roughdraft.io is another tool - honestly, I like seeing more of these so that we have options that do things slightly differently.

mrchess12y ago

mkdown does private. Gist.io does not support private. +1 for mkdown!

fogleman12y ago· 2 in thread

Should at least try to handle code...

http://www.mkdown.com/9382108

Also, mkdown.com fails (without www. subdomain)

jack7890OP12y ago

Yeah, maybe for v2. The goal of this was to elegantly share .md files (hence the name), so other file types are outside the scope of what I wanted to build.

re:www, it's working on my end: http://cl.ly/image/371J2a1Z2F1s. But I'll investigate.

jrochkind112y ago

I don't think parent is talking about other file types exactly, but rather that on github itself, you can have code blocks within your .md that get syntax highlighted. Which, for some people, is a pretty key feature of github markdown.

On yours, as in parent's example, the code blocks don't even get put in a `<pre>`, which would be the minimal 'right thing' if you're not going to do syntax highlighting.

(Of course, yes, syntax highlighting code blocks within .md is pretty much going to use the same logic as handling other file types, it's true).

2 more replies

jxf12y ago· 2 in thread

Although http://gist.io has this already, I think I like mkdown's CSS a little better (though there doesn't seem to be <code> styling as of yet). In any case, great work!

benatkin12y ago

I opened it and thought that pg would approve of the narrow column [0]. Then I looked who made it and saw that it's a founder of one of the best examples of YC (not just companies that are doing well but seem philosophically aligned with YC).

Edit: I was wrong, SeatGeek didn't go through YC. But the company is certainly well-liked around here, partly because of their open source: https://github.com/seatgeek/soulmate

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/gfaq.html (last question)

jack7890OP12y ago

SeatGeek actually didn't go through YC. But thanks very much for the kind thoughts, appreciate it.

zhuzhuor12y ago· 1 in thread

Shameless plug :)

http://jist.in

ozh12y ago

Neat! I like the tagging attempt and the URL schemes.

peeyek12y ago· 1 in thread

when displaying Go lang code it's look weird ( https://db.tt/O4Jbuqzv ). not all code wrap in code tag. mkdown.com/41ec9725ebee05370e58

btw, i love that sintax highlighting. good job!

abritishguy12y ago

Currently only supports markdown files, if that was a markdown file with the code in a fenced code block it would work.

jack7890OP12y ago

I should have also mentioned that this is open sourced: https://github.com/jack7890/mkdown (just updated the landing page to reflect that).

SeoxyS12y ago

Love it. One thing I miss from GitHub's native UI, functionally, is the ability to link to headings. I feel like that should be preserved.

Also, a light theme alternative would be nice.

sntran12y ago

I did something similar a while back with https://github.com/sntran/gists.io, but was too ambitious to include editor. That got me nowhere. Yours look very nice and simple.

jonalmeida12y ago

Does it have to be limited to using a gist? Would it be possible to pass in any url to just raw markdown and have that parsed (i.e. like raw.github.com)

Great work though - I wish I saw this last week while showing markdown to others for the first time.

turnersd12y ago

Can this or any of the other similar renderers be hosted on github as a project page?

stevekemp12y ago

Unrelated to gists, but I hacked up http://markdownshare.com/ a while back.

It allows quick & easy sharing of markdown text, and you can host your own instance if you wish.

erikano12y ago

I was hoping this was a simplified Makefile format.

incanus7712y ago

Another similar idea: http://inkwell.github.io

import12y ago

I think this is better http://bl.ocks.org/

stared12y ago

Any such thing allowing to use LaTeX math formulae and citations?

joeblau12y ago

Seems to work pretty well: http://www.mkdown.com/8783265

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

56 comments

36 comments · 16 top-level

jrajav12y ago· 14 in thread

Awesome idea, but it's already been done: http://gist.io/

jack7890OP12y ago

Wow, how did I not know that?!

Well, time for mkdown to pivot and rebrand as "gist.io but without serifs."

Seriously though, looks like they did a great job.

ivank12y ago

It's nice that mkdown.com doesn't require JavaScript

1 more reply

rhythmvs12y ago

    > Wow, how did I not know that?

To keep track of the fascinating and rapidly evolving Markdown ecosystem, I maintain an inventory¹ of Markdown dialects, editors, parsers, stylesheets, various tools, etc.

Kudos on Mkdown.com! It’s been added to the list.²

¹ https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources ² https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/m...

ansimionescu12y ago

I have already found a differentiator: mkdown supports private gists, which is a boon for me.

adito12y ago

compared to gist.io, I like mkdown style better.

Can we have custom title too? this gist[1] titled "Learning Haskell" but in mkdown[2] it just say "Gist 8739525" in it's title.

[1]: https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525

[2]: http://www.mkdown.com/8739525

3 more replies

StavrosK12y ago

Because you wanted to build something cool and didn't care if it existed or not:

https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gi...

There's nothing wrong with that, I bet you enjoyed it and now everyone has a very nice alternative.

timdorr12y ago

What about different themes? URLs would be easy still:

mkdown.com/abc123?theme=light or mkdown.com/abc123/light

3 more replies

atmosx12y ago

Doesn't matter. You don't have to be always original all the time. It's a really useful project, bookmarked.

krbbltr12y ago

I prefer Mkdown's look, but I think a slightly wider text area would improve on it. It seems a little too narrow compared to gist.io.

Ordered lists seem to be missing by the way.

1 more reply

jaytaylor12y ago

I dig your mkdown design, it's beautiful. Cheers!

icambron12y ago

FWIW, I like yours a lot more.

camus212y ago

gist.io seems broken, just tried it ,doesnt work with my gists.

gist.io/3d0b9deab6f5969c354b

kylemaxwell12y ago

http://www.roughdraft.io is another tool - honestly, I like seeing more of these so that we have options that do things slightly differently.

mrchess12y ago

mkdown does private. Gist.io does not support private. +1 for mkdown!

fogleman12y ago· 2 in thread

Should at least try to handle code...

http://www.mkdown.com/9382108

Also, mkdown.com fails (without www. subdomain)

jack7890OP12y ago

Yeah, maybe for v2. The goal of this was to elegantly share .md files (hence the name), so other file types are outside the scope of what I wanted to build.

re:www, it's working on my end: http://cl.ly/image/371J2a1Z2F1s. But I'll investigate.

jrochkind112y ago

On yours, as in parent's example, the code blocks don't even get put in a `<pre>`, which would be the minimal 'right thing' if you're not going to do syntax highlighting.

(Of course, yes, syntax highlighting code blocks within .md is pretty much going to use the same logic as handling other file types, it's true).

2 more replies

jxf12y ago· 2 in thread

Although http://gist.io has this already, I think I like mkdown's CSS a little better (though there doesn't seem to be <code> styling as of yet). In any case, great work!

benatkin12y ago

Edit: I was wrong, SeatGeek didn't go through YC. But the company is certainly well-liked around here, partly because of their open source: https://github.com/seatgeek/soulmate

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/gfaq.html (last question)

jack7890OP12y ago

SeatGeek actually didn't go through YC. But thanks very much for the kind thoughts, appreciate it.

zhuzhuor12y ago· 1 in thread

Shameless plug :)

http://jist.in

ozh12y ago

Neat! I like the tagging attempt and the URL schemes.

peeyek12y ago· 1 in thread

when displaying Go lang code it's look weird ( https://db.tt/O4Jbuqzv ). not all code wrap in code tag. mkdown.com/41ec9725ebee05370e58

btw, i love that sintax highlighting. good job!

abritishguy12y ago

Currently only supports markdown files, if that was a markdown file with the code in a fenced code block it would work.

jack7890OP12y ago

I should have also mentioned that this is open sourced: https://github.com/jack7890/mkdown (just updated the landing page to reflect that).

SeoxyS12y ago

Love it. One thing I miss from GitHub's native UI, functionally, is the ability to link to headings. I feel like that should be preserved.

Also, a light theme alternative would be nice.

sntran12y ago

I did something similar a while back with https://github.com/sntran/gists.io, but was too ambitious to include editor. That got me nowhere. Yours look very nice and simple.

jonalmeida12y ago

Does it have to be limited to using a gist? Would it be possible to pass in any url to just raw markdown and have that parsed (i.e. like raw.github.com)

Great work though - I wish I saw this last week while showing markdown to others for the first time.

turnersd12y ago

Can this or any of the other similar renderers be hosted on github as a project page?

stevekemp12y ago

Unrelated to gists, but I hacked up http://markdownshare.com/ a while back.

It allows quick & easy sharing of markdown text, and you can host your own instance if you wish.

erikano12y ago

I was hoping this was a simplified Makefile format.

incanus7712y ago

Another similar idea: http://inkwell.github.io

import12y ago

I think this is better http://bl.ocks.org/

stared12y ago

Any such thing allowing to use LaTeX math formulae and citations?

joeblau12y ago

Seems to work pretty well: http://www.mkdown.com/8783265

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse