HyperMD
Breaks the Wall between writing and preview, in a Markdown Editor.
Online Demo | Examples | Documentation
Quickstart
// npm install --save hypermd codemirror
var HyperMD = require('hypermd')
var myTextarea = document.getElementById('input-area')
var editor = HyperMD.fromTextArea(myTextarea)
Also for RequireJS, Parcel, webpack, plain browser env. Read the Doc
Why use HyperMD?
HyperMD is a set of CodeMirror add-ons / modes / themes / commands / keymap etc.
You may use both original CodeMirror and HyperMD on the same page.
🌈 Write, and preview on the fly
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Regular Markdown blocks and elements
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Strong, Emphasis,
Strikethrough,Code
- Links, Images
- Title / Quote / Code Block / List / Horizontal Rule
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Strong, Emphasis,
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Markdown Extension
- Simple Table
- Footnote 1
- TODO List (the box is clickable)
- YAML Front Matter
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$\LaTeX$ Formula, inline or block display mode 2 - Emoji:
:joy:
=>😂 (also support custom emoji)
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And more
- HTML in Markdown -- WYSIWIG MDX is possible
- #hashtag support 3 , see demo
- Flowchart and Diagrams (mermaid or flowchart.js)
💪 Better Markdown-ing Experience
- Upload Images and files via clipboard, or drag'n'drop
- Alt+Click to open link / jump to footnote 1
- Hover to read footnotes
- Copy and Paste, translate HTML into Markdown 4
- Easy and ready-to-use Key-bindings (aka. KeyMap)
🎁 CodeMirror benefits
- Syntax Highlight for code blocks, supports 120+ languages5. Mode can be loaded on-demand.
- Configurable key-bindings
- Diff and Merge
- Themes 6
- Almost all of CodeMirror addons!
🔨 Extensible and Customizable
- Use PowerPacks to integrate 3rd-party libs and services on-the-fly
- MathJax, marked, KaTeX and more.
- Read the list
- HyperMD functions are highly modulized
🎹 Tailored KeyMap "HyperMD":
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Table
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Enter Create a table with
| column | line |
- Enter Insert new row, or finish a table (if last row is empty)
- Tab or Shift-Tab to navigate between cells
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Enter Create a table with
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List
- Tab or Shift-Tab to indent/unindent current list item
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Formatting a nearby word (or selected text)
- Ctrl+B bold
- Ctrl+I emphasis
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Ctrl+D
strikethrough
Special Thanks
IcoMoon - The IconPack(Free Version) Demo Page uses IcoMoon icons. Related files are stored in demo/svgicon. |
CodeCogs - An Open Source Scientific Library FoldMath uses codecogs' service as the default TeX MathRenderer. (You may load PowerPack to use other renderer, eg. KaTeX or MathJax) |
SM.MS - A Free Image Hosting service Demo Page and PowerPack/insert-file-with-smms use SM.MS open API to upload user-inserted images. (If you want to integrate SM.MS service, use the PowerPack) |
EmojiOne - Open emoji icons Demo Page and PowerPack/fold-emoji-with-emojione use Emoji icons provided free by EmojiOne (free license) (You may use other alternatives, eg. twemoji from twitter) |
CodeMirror - In-browser code editor. RequireJS - A JavaScript AMD module loader. KaTeX - The fastest math typesetting library for the web. marked, turndown and more remarkable libs. |
Contributing
HyperMD is a personal Open-Source project by laobubu. Contributions are welcomed. You may:
- Fork on GitHub , create your amazing themes and add-ons.
- Buy me a Coffee
- Spread HyperMD to the world!
Footnotes
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Ctrl+Click works too, but will jump to the footnote if exists.
↩ ↩ 2 -
Math block use
$$
to wrap your TeX expression.↩ -
Disabled by default, see doc; #use two hash symbol# if tag name contains spaces.
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Use
Ctrl+Shift+V
to paste plain text.↩ -
Languages as many as CodeMirror supports.
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If the theme is not designed for HyperMD, some features might not be present.
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