Original postOpening a .md file will load it into the WYSIWYG editor in Xcode.But why doesn't Apple provide a standalone markdown editor app much like it provides a standalone FileMerge app?
andsoitis41m agoHN ↗.md files are mostly (only?) used by engineers. Why build and maintain a second app when you already have something that does the job sufficiently?
amichail39m agoHN ↗It would be mostly the same code. But loading Xcode is overkill when you just want to edit a markdown file.
platevoltage37m agoHN ↗You don’t love it when you open a file that is randomly associated with Xcode and you see that icon start to bounce?
But why doesn't Apple provide a standalone markdown editor app much like it provides a standalone FileMerge app?
.md files are mostly (only?) used by engineers. Why build and maintain a second app when you already have something that does the job sufficiently?
It would be mostly the same code. But loading Xcode is overkill when you just want to edit a markdown file.
Just use a plain text editor.
I like WYSIWYG editing.
Use Xcode.
You don’t love it when you open a file that is randomly associated with Xcode and you see that icon start to bounce?
As bad as accidentally clicking on a mailto: link and watching Mail.app spool up.