Introducing tkMarker: A lightweight Markdown editor

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TkMarker is a lightweight Markdown editor.It’s created using Python3.

GitHub repos

tkMarker

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A Markdown editor using Tkinter

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🚀 Features

• Markdown preview
• Basic markdown syntax support
• GitHub flavored Markdown support (beta)
• Auto refresh
• Code highlight
• Auto complete

Installation

Installing the dependencies

GNU/Linux

This project requires Tkinter.
To install them, type command:

$ sudo apt-get install python-tk # On Debian based GNU/Linux distributions
$ sudo dnf install python3-tkinter # On Fedora based GNU/Linux distributions

Installing tkMarker

GNU/Linux

First, you need to download a release and extract the source tarball.
Then, type command:

$ pip install -r requiremonts.txt
$ ./install.sh

Important

Please use Python >= 3.8

You can also create a desktop icon by yourself.

Usage

Type command:

$ tkmarker &

You will see the editor.

Click the Preview Button, then the editor will open the preview in the web browser.

License

MIT License

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That’s all. Give it a try! I know you’ll like it.