markdown proccessing

[stevekrouse]

The key issue here is not importing a large dependency into the project that will slow load time

3rd party markdown editors

• https://simplemde.com/
• https://www.slatejs.org/#/markdown-preview

[dankantor]

I've used this module in the past - https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked

It's just a markdown converter. Not a full text editor.

[stevekrouse]

I don't really care too much about the markdown preview. I want the editor view where I I can see the markdown and some little styles as in the examples above. stackedit.io/app is another good example of what I want (minus the preview)

[stevekrouse]

Here's the minimum set of features I want

• titles of appropriate size
• links are links
• when you're editing a list, on enter, it starts your new line at the right indentation with the starting char
• collapsability of headers
• bold is bold
• italics is italics
• crossed out is ~crossed out~

Possible additional features

• images are images (maybe take too much space)
• HTML is HTML (could be an issue if it's just HTML we are copying for a second)
• tables
• auto convert rich text into markdown (so I don't have to use this site anymore http://markitdown.medusis.com)

Editor model

Currently contenteditable allow anything which is a bit nuts if it's a markdown editor. I think it makes sense to set some limits on this but I'm not sure what or how...

[stevekrouse]

I'm getting pretty excited about https://www.slatejs.org. Will play around with it and report back...