Re:Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
by Eiriksmal on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:11AM
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A markdown-based blog lets you preview, if you're typing into an editor that supports previewing markdown. I do my long-form writing in LibreOffice Writer (because Fedora), then the "blogging"/translating bit in PyCharm in a markdown file. PyCharm has a rich markdown previewer, so I can write short posts in it, without the translation step.
I'm not personally aware of a static site generator that supports drag-and-drop images, but nothing stops such an extension/plugin from existing. When I want to embed an image on my site, it goes into an /images/[year]/ folder and is referenced in the markdown file with the manually-typed partial URL, as you mentioned.
Re:Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
by greggman2 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:38AM
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My blog uses many custom features not found in plain markdown so a simple markdown preview found in some editors isn't helpful for verifying the post will work correctly.
I'm not personally aware of a static site generator that supports drag-and-drop images, but nothing stops such an extension/plugin from existing. When I want to embed an image on my site, it goes into an /images/[year]/ folder and is referenced in the markdown file with the manually-typed partial URL, as you mentioned.