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tomeraberbachyesterday at 1:49 AM6 repliesview on HN

I added Markdown support to Google Docs as a 20% project. Honestly honored to be included in this Markdown history :)


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wolfticketsyesterday at 6:19 PM

I use this feature DAILY at work, you built something great here. I tend to write in md locally, this makes sharing the work with others easy. Especially to those less plaintext inclined.

One thing I did notice, I can't seem to find a way to set a default codeblock font format. The default font option isn't totally monospaced and so some ascii art looks weird :/

I don't think that has anything to do with your contribution though.

THANK YOU!

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data-ottawayesterday at 2:03 AM

This was a great addition. That and using `alt+/` to open options/command palette are my favourite features, but you single handedly made Google Docs spark joy for me

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paxyesterday at 5:59 PM

Huh, can one natively edit Markdown in Google Docs? This would be one of my main requests for gDocs (as a long time NvAlt/NvUltra daily driver), but how?

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xnxyesterday at 8:06 PM

I so wish Google Docs had a text editor mode.

edoceoyesterday at 1:55 AM

I use it almost daily. Thanks!

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Quizzical4230yesterday at 7:07 AM

Thank you! It really does help when I want to quickly whip up some docs to share. :D