mdpreview.nvim

mdpreview.nvim is a Neovim plugin to preview Markdown files using CLI Markdown renderers. By default, uses charmbracelet/glow. It can use any CLI that can render Markdown from STDIN.

Plugin Status

This plugin should be considered alpha software at this time. Breaking changes may land on master at any time. Once the plugin is stable I will move to semantic versioning.

Installation

First ensure you have glow (or another Markdown renderer CLI) installed on your system. If it is not in $PATH, you can configure an explicit path in the plugin settings.

With lazy.nvim

{
  'mrjones2014/mdpreview.nvim',
  ft = 'markdown', -- you can lazy load on markdown files only
  -- requires the `terminal` filetype to render ASCII color and format codes
  dependencies = { 'norcalli/nvim-terminal.lua', config = true },
}

Usage

From a Markdown file, run the :Mdpreview command to start a live-updating preview in a vertical split, and :Mdpreview! to close it. You can also run :MdpreviewCurrent to run the preview in a new buffer in the current window, and :MdpreviewCurrent! to close it. Both previews can also be closed with q, or by closing the source buffer.

Configuration

Default configuration shown below:

require('mdpreview').setup({
  -- specify manually if `glow` is not on `$PATH` or you want to use another CLI, or use different args
  cli_args = {
    'glow',
    -- glow assumes you want no colors if not run in a TTY
    '-s',
    'dark',
    -- let nvim handle word wrapping, disable glow word wrap
    '-w',
    '1',
    -- don't unexpectedly make network connections
    '--local',
  },
  -- enabled on these filetypes
  filetypes = { 'markdown', 'markdown.pandoc', 'markdown.gfm' },
  renderer = {
    -- use the nvim buffer renderer, currently `buffer` is the only available backend
    backend = 'buffer',
    -- options for the renderer backend
    opts = {
      -- if you don't want to use a vertical split, create your own window
      -- and return the window ID. May be a function or a number if you already
      -- have the window ID
      winnr = function()
        vim.cmd('vsp')
        return vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()
      end,
      -- options that will be set on the preview window
      win_opts = {
        signcolumn = 'no',
        number = false,
        concealcursor = 'niv',
        wrap = true,
        linebreak = true,
      },
    },
  },
})

API

You can override Config.renderer by passing it as a table into preview() like so:

require('mdpreview').preview({
  backend = 'buffer',
  opts = {
    winnr = function()
      return some_window_id
    end,
  },
})