Dillinger.io - A simple Markdown editor for your Steemit posts

in steemit •  7 years ago 

Dillinger, a nice tool for Steemit

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Description :

"Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor."
So this is the official description, I'm going to make one more user-friendly for those of us who are not totally tech-savvy. Dillinger is a mix between Word and Notepad (figuratively!), it's easy to use like Notepad and can be as useful as Word for the Markdown format.

  • On the Web (Meaning nothing to download nor to install!)
  • Free (Because yes, it matters)
  • About Markdown. (Which is the format you use since you post on Steemit ;) )

What you can do and what you need to know :

Text effects

  • Write words in BOLD.
  • Add an hyperlink to a word.
  • Write in italics.
  • Combine those styles as you want.

Features

  • Split-Screen view : Write in the left panel, and the right panel automatically refreshes and fills up with your formatted output in real time.
  • Word count feature (because size matters, eh?)

You'll have to manually check for your spelling. (Or you can export your formatted text on an editor with spell checking enabled).

I did not think about it first time but there are no ads. Like none. This is, I think, very nice for a free tool.

I guess the creator can only speak of this tool better than me :

The overriding design goal for Markdown's formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it's been marked up with tags or formatting instructions.

To sum up everything, Dillinger is

  • Easy
  • Lightweight
  • Free
  • Intuitive
  • Without spell-checker (I had to counterbalance that list a bit).

It can also be considered too light, but in fact, considering the Markdown format, it features everything needed to write a post on Steemit.

From now on, you'll have no excuse if your posts aren't formatted in Markdown!

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