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I built leaf, a Markdown previewer that runs entirely in the terminal.
It supports keyboard/mouse navigation, syntax highlighting, tables, checkboxes, clickable links, search, table of contents, local Markdown links, inline images, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX-to-Unicode rendering.
It works on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Termux.
GitHub: https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf
I’d appreciate feedback on the UX, missing features, and performance on large Markdown files.
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Why a previewer rather than an editor that updates as you write?
Do you have a specific use case?
It seems to me that markdown is for writing with the ultimate output supposedly being html. Having a viewer of the markdown doesn't seem to add anything.
Whereas making it an editor makes it more of a rich text editor.
I'm not particularly saying youre wrong, more posing a philosophical question.
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Please consider adding a screenshot directly into the README (rather than a separate link).
Also maybe a single paragraph at the top describing the project rather than jumping into `install`.