Gtk+Adwaita Markdown Editor in ~600 lines

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gtk adwaita markdown-editor webview prototype open-source

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A compact GTK+Adwaita split-view Markdown editor implementation in about 600 lines, using a GTK WebView and CDN-loaded marked.js and KaTeX. It serves as a prototype inspired by Apostrophe to demonstrate how easy building such apps has become.

<p>If you need a small self contained split view markdown editor (uses a gtk webview, requires an internet for marked.js+katex from a cdn) in GTK+Adwaita.</p> <p>By the way I know about <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/apostrophe" rel="ugc">Apostrophe</a> and actually it was the main inspiration for this. I am working on a larger GTK app and I want more software with decent Markdown rendering. This gist is just a small self contained prototype to show off that building this kind of app has become fairly easy today.</p> <p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/fl7dcm/gtk_adwaita_markdown_editor_600_lines">Comments</a></p>
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