MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Feature Request: Refresh after write from terminal
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Description
⌘+R only applies changes made from the GUI editor. For users using text editors like vim, it'd be nice to see the preview refresh after writing to the document from a terminal. Currently, I am having to `:w` in the console, close the preview in MacDown, and Reopen it back in the console with the command line utility.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing ⌘R refresh behavior for GUI edits and the command-line utility path. Check how MacDown notices document writes from terminal editors such as vim; done means saving externally refreshes the preview without closing and reopening it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100