Preview markdown files, when editing with (virtually) any editors.

Inspired by Grip (GitHub Readme Instant Preview)

In order to manipulate several markdown files, a handy viewer might be even useful than editors. Also, a viewer will be ealier to implement, and to add features, such as,

• auto fetch active markdown files
  • single executive instance for multiple wikis
  • no necessary the default readme.md file name
  • no need to specify xxxx.md file name
• adopt for poor-linked wiki

• (50%) Render GitHub/GitLab Flavored Markdown
  • (70%) GitHub markdown API -- require network connection
    • need check Table styles
  • offline markdown parser -- as fallback when no network connection
  • (70%) Strike.IE -- to render GitHub-flavored markdown offline
  • (50%, pending) MarkdownSharp, no table support
  • customize CSS, (10%~70%) GitHub style CSS
  • GitLab style CSS
• Flexible Markdown converter
  • Pandoc -- universal document converter
  • Allow user to select different render backend
• Fetch active markdown files from other editors, including:
  • (80%) Notepad++
  • (80%) PSPad ...
  • (50%) Visual Studio -- not hooked file saving ??
  • (?) SharpDevelop
  • ... allow user to add other programs
  • clipboard (for browsing)
  • (70%) file explorer (for browsing) ...
• Monitor changes for (60%) files and directory tree
  • (80%) remember scroll position while refreshing preview
    • todo, first, stat = 14
  • sync scrolling
• Tabbed document interface (DockUI)
  • (40%) for multiple markdown files
  • optional always-on-top
  • markdown syntax help in a separate tab
  • rename ambiguous tabs
  • lock tab, max tab count
• Link / Browsing
  • (60%) Web link in browser -- not working in debug mode ??
  • (80%) File link in another tab, or
  • System default application
  • (80%) Show link URL in status bar
  • Handle broken link while navigating
  • Fix broken link in markdown file
• Browser context menu and shortcut
  • Copy
    • (80%) selected html (Ctrl-C)
    • selected markdown
  • (80%) Zoom in, Zoom out (Ctrl-scroll-up/down)
  • restore default zoom
• Export HTML
  • (60%) to clipboard - by Ctrl-C
  • (70%) save as file
  • (70%) with style CSS
  • (70%) without styles
• Full text search acorss files
• Window location
  • Side By side, auto docking
  • auto hide
• As a member of beZong -- organize your digital belongings
• support html and other format

• GitHub Flavored Markdown
  • Redcarpet - https://github.com/blog/832-rolling-out-the-redcarpet
• GitHub markdown API
  • Grip -- GitHub Readme Instant Preview (MIT License ?)
  • Rate Limit | GitHub Developer Guide
  • How to render GitHub-flavored markdown with GitHub API
  • The minimal amount of CSS to replicate the GitHub Markdown style
• GitLab Flavored Markdown
• Markdown Cheatsheet · adam-p/markdown-here
• https://github.com/sindresorhus/github-markdown-css (MIT License)
• GitLab style CSS
  • GitHub source code

• Strike.IE (NuGet),
  • need re-compile to support .NET 4.5
• How to render GitHub-flavored markdown offline

• https://github.com/jpoehls/MarkdownWin (C#, MarkdownSharp) -- "live preview" Markdown viewer for Windows.
• https://github.com/Kiri-rin/markdownsharp 1.14.4 (NuGet) (.NET 4.5)

• https://www.pinvoke.net/
• AArnott/pinvoke (MIT License)
• AutomationElement (msdn)
• Compiling C# Code at Runtime - CodeProject

• DockPanelSuite (MIT License)
• https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1102/Using-the-WebBrowser-control-in-NET