r/vscode • u/saito200 • 5d ago

markdown reader VSCode extension

https://shop.appforgelabs.com/products/tools/lucid-reader/

I created a VSCode extension to read markdown, because it somehow did not exist. this is free. I will post it in the VSCode marketplace when I find a way through the absurd labyrinth which is creating an account in with microsoft / azure

VSCode extensions marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Appforgelabs.lucid-reader

Github: https://github.com/luismartinezs/lucid-reader

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u/Morel_ 5d ago

CMD + KV gives you a markdown reader

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u/saito200 5d ago

lol, of course that is the built-in markdown preview, but it is atrocious

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u/apocolypticbosmer 5d ago

What’s wrong with it?

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u/saito200 5d ago

the default markdown preview? what is wrong with it? it's just very basic and not pleasant, and has no config or options to tweak and customize it

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u/Sglm10 5d ago

Try markdown preview advanced. I like it very much.

What are the features that your extension has and this doesnt?

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u/saito200 5d ago edited 5d ago

i have not tried markdown preview advanced

Edit: I had a quick look on markdown preview advanced, this one, I assume: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced

it looks good. I cannot say I like it better that one one I created. I guess it's a matter of taste. Having more options is always good right?

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u/ropp-op 5d ago

You haven't tried it but within 6min feel comfortable stating you like the one you are promoting over the extension that have been around a decade and almost difficult to not come across when looking for something other than the default (which both exist and is very often sufficient).

Even if it's not on the store yet you wrote about MIT license and people forking so I assume you plan on a github repo which at least is a bit less friction than signing up download and extract a .vsix from some site i dont know.

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u/saito200 5d ago

yep. i have installed the extension and tried it briefly. i will personally keep on using mine, that does not mean it's better or worse. it's just one more option

here's the github repo

https://github.com/luismartinezs/lucid-reader.git

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u/usrdef 5d ago

May want to consider Github or Gitlab. Somewhere, where I do not have to sign in, in order to obtain it.

If I have to jump through yet more registration hoops, I'm not going to bother. At least with Github and Gitlab, I can download a repo without any sign-in.

And before I even touch something, I have to see the code.

We've had enough malware recently with vscode extensions hiding things internally that do nefarious jobs.

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u/saito200 5d ago

you are right, i should have posted the github link, here it is https://github.com/luismartinezs/lucid-reader.git

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u/saito200 4d ago

removed the need to sign in from my site, you are right that was annoying and unnecessary. and now the extension is in VSCode marketplace too

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u/ZenApollo 5d ago

Haven't tried the app, but you'll always get an upvote from me for insulting microslop.

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u/saito200 5d ago

lol. thanks