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#1 2011-05-23 13:22:08
- tigernassau
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reading markdown in thunar
I cannot find a file association in Thunar for clicking on a markdown file (ie github readme) - what are others doing for this ?
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#2 2011-05-24 02:35:16
- nevarmaor
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Re: reading markdown in thunar
What exactly are you wanting to do with the file? Markdown files are just text files you can read in a text editor. If you are looking to convert it to html first that's more complicated. You need to convert the file using a markdown converter tool, then open the new converted file in a browser.
As markdown is intended to be highly readable as source text just open in your favourite text editor. That's what I do.
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#3 2011-05-24 12:34:04
- tigernassau
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Re: reading markdown in thunar
What exactly are you wanting to do with the file? Markdown files are just text files you can read in a text editor. If you are looking to convert it to html first that's more complicated. You need to convert the file using a markdown converter tool, then open the new converted file in a browser.
As markdown is intended to be highly readable as source text just open in your favourite text editor. That's what I do.
1) how do we associate *.md with an editor ie mousepad - did not see a "file associations" dialog
2) markdown can be read as text but "prettier" when read with markdown converter for display features - not sure what gnome was using for this
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#4 2011-05-24 16:04:49
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Re: reading markdown in thunar
Right-click the file, open with...., select app and enable the checkbox.
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#5 2011-05-24 20:33:19
- tigernassau
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Re: reading markdown in thunar
Right-click the file, open with...., select app and enable the checkbox.
hmm, right-click is not good with one-button macbooks (and tricky with touchpad settins which I currently have taps turned off to avoid cursor jumping)
ps: and what would app be for nicely displaying markdown ?
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