How to write a front-end interface for Markdown editing in Rails?

Question

I have used Redcarpet to interpret Markdown, but use the normal Form to type Markdown.

I want a form that when I type the Markdown syntax in Form, it will highlight the text.

I have tried many thins but not work. I'm not familiar with Javascript, only know a little syntax.

Could anyone give a code example ? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

You may be interested in something such as markituUp! Rails markituUp! Rails

What you're basically looking for is a wysiwyg editor for markdown (like StackOverflow's editor). The important thing to note is this type of editor needs to be able to process inputs (selecting bold | italic | underline etc), and translating them to Rails

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Javascript

In reference to javascript, JS is just a wrapper for HTML elements

All the WYSIWYG editors out there are just a way to "decorate" your HTML text_area inputs, allowing you to assign different commands to the input. For example, a WYSIWYG "bold" button will just input **your_text** around your selected text

Hope this helps?