Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG Markdown editor

Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M... by Turing_Machine on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:01AM (#36447769)

> it's not harder to make then the equivalent html version

Much easier, I'd say.

    <table>
      <tr>
        <th>Header one</th>
        <th>header two</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Column value 1</td>
        <td>column value one</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>value two</td>
        <td>value two</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

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Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M... by 411111111111111 on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:26AM (#36448164)

Cleaner? Yes. easier? No.

Also note that you haven't actually done the same as my example.

You're missing <thead> and <tbody>

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Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M... by hgsgm on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:11PM (#36451636)

I don't know.

It's easier to remember the html tags and to see if they are correct.

In markdown I have to remember the weird punctuation and get the | counts exactly correct.

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Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M... by condwanaland on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:30PM (#36451832)

I think this is background and person dependent. I find it easier to remember the markdown syntax than the html tags

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Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M... by MrVandemar on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:13PM (#36453524)

HTML is internally consistent. The atom of HTML is the tag. It makes it easier to remember and to learn new ones. Markdown is composed of arbitary punctuation which is harder to remember.

For making something bold, there's low friction in wrapping it in asterisks compared to the HTML version. It's fast, easy and works.

For making a link, the friction is higher because you have to remember the link/text order, and the link/text punctuation. There's a what, one in four chance of getting it right if you haven't memorised it? It always trips me up and I have to go and look it up.

Whereas a link in HTML is pretty much the same format as everything else in HTML.

I think Markdown excels for short or limited things that consist of headings, lists and inline formatting, like blog-posts and comments and ReadMes, but I find it doesn't scale well.

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