- On Arch Linux you can use AUR to install this plugin
This plugin depends on the python3-markdown
package (install via your preferred method)
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
cd ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
git clone https://github.com/aliva/gedit-markdownpreview.git markdownpreview
Optionally install pymdown-extensions
for extra utility with:
pip3 install pymdown-extensions
Tested on gedit 3.30.2
This plugin supports standard Markdown, plus:
- Code Highlighting
- Abbreviations
- Attribute Lists
- Definition Lists
- Fenced Code Blocks
- Footnotes
- Tables
With optional pymdown-extensions
:
- Caret superscripting
- Better Emphasis for bold, itallic, and underscore
- SuperFences Improved Fenced Code Blocks
- extrarawHTML to Parse MD inside HTML blocks
- Mark for simple highlighting
- Task Lists
- Tilde for subscripting and strikethrough
When viewing a markdown file press ctrl+alt+m
to toggle markdown preview