Using Markdown as HTML
4 by trivialcode | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I had an idea a while ago. Instead of dealing with two sets of files, why not make a file that was Markdown and HTML at the same time? I found this utility, which unfortunately seems to have been abandoned: https://ift.tt/1Fy4T8a All you need to do is add a few lines to the top of your Markdown file. Here's an example: https://ift.tt/3teIg5w Take a look at the source of the .mdhtml file and you'll see what I mean. If you're taking notes in Markdown this might make things a bit easier to keep organized. No need to update anything if you're exporting to HTML. Thoughts? Is this a good idea? A bad one? I also wondered if generating Markdown via a web server and then converting it on the fly like this would be an interesting exercise. Seems like it'd be simpler than generating HTML. I use Vim, so I've put this in my vimrc for editing: autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.mdhtml set syntax=markdown First time posting here. Let me know what you guys think.