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June 12, 2014 23:53
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Preview the Github Markdown to HTML convertion before committing. Bound to F12 in markdown-mode.
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| ;; Markdown preview helper | |
| ;; ------------------------------ | |
| (defun jsm/markdown-preview () | |
| "Preview the markdown file in a new browser tab" | |
| (interactive) | |
| (let ((my-filename (buffer-file-name)) | |
| (html-filename (format "%s.html" (file-name-base (buffer-file-name))))) | |
| (shell-command (format "pandoc -f markdown_github -t html -o %s %s" html-filename my-filename) nil nil) | |
| (browse-url (concat "file://" (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name)) html-filename)))) | |
| (define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "<f12>") 'jsm/markdown-preview) |
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Requires installation of the pandoc utility. Available on Fedora systems via yum.