On 11 Sep 2011, at 14:57, Fritz Anderson wrote:

> On 11 Sep 2011, at 3:40 AM, John Masters wrote:
> 
>> I'm just getting started with bbedit and reading the manual. This states: 
>> "If you choose this command when the current document is a Markdown source 
>> file, BBEdit will run that file through the Markdown script and generate a 
>> preview window which reflects how that file would be rendered in a web 
>> browser. The contents of the preview window will update as you edit the 
>> file." 
>> 
>> This does not happen, mainly I suspect because there are no scripts in the 
>> Script folder in App Support. I have googled for scripts but cannot find 
>> anything. Is there a standard set of scripts that I can install? Or do we 
>> have to write our own? I really don't want to have to reinvent the wheel.
> 
> It works for me, and without any customization. The Markdown interpreter is 
> built into BBEdit, so no scripting is necessary.
> 
> What "does not happen?" Does the preview window appear at all? Does it not 
> fill? Not update?
> 
> Is the Markup > Preview in BBEdit (ctl-cmd-P) command enabled? Have you set 
> the file's language to Markdown (in the popup at the bottom-left of the 
> window)?
> 

Me: Kick oneself in the head.

I was searching through the menus for a way to set the file's language type but 
totally missed the popup. Thank you. I did find some useful scripts though so 
my time wasn't totally wasted. 

-- 
John

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