Markdown View not updated without saving or leaving editor and returning

[apollothethird]

Update while typing doesn't work in the Markdown preview. You have to save your editor or exit it and return to see the new text in the Markdown View window.

Problem:

This can be reproduced by typing text into the Markdown editor plugin. Markdown view isn't updated to the new text in the Markdown editor window. Save the buffer. The text appears. Type new text. Chose a different file. Now come back to the original file. The text appears.

Expected behavior:

The expect behavior is that the new text appears in the Markdown View window as you type or make changes in the Markdown Editor.

-- L. James

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L. D. James
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[paulvi]

That is expected as every Markdown View update is regenerating HTML, that would be expensive operation especially for big files

[apollothethird]

Thanks for the input, @paulvi. I rechecked the description. I'm noticing it's not described as a Live Markdown Previous editor. When I searched for a Markdown editor with a Live Preview, this is one of the hits.

Since Eclipse is already being used for so many tasks on my system, this plugin is very useful even though it doesn't have the live previous (as you type) feature. When it comes to Markdown editors, (unlike what you expect in HTML editors) it's more common for them to have a live previous feature. In fact, I'm familiar with a number of them and don't know of any except for this one that doesn't actually have a live previous screen, that updates as you type.

Personally, especially when you consider the power in computers these days, I would consider the feature worth the overhead. I hope the author will consider implementing it and allowing the users who don't want to spend the resources to disable it.

Years ago when I first started using Eclipse with multi windows so that I can view different parts of the file being edited at the same time. I recall that I had to save the buffer to see updates on my other windows. I put in a similar request (around 2008). With the power of today's computers and 3 or 4 monitors being very common, I'm sure it's something many Eclipse users would like if were available.

Is there a feature request section?

By the way, I just checked. There is a live HTML viewer in Eclipse that updates the Index.html view as you type. I'm noticing it's a split screen, but it's available.

Having something similar in Markdown Editor would be a great addition.

-- L. James

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L. D. James
ljames@apollo3.com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames