Markdown

Convert Markdown to Html

First, we need to Download Markdown and place it within our runtime folder. On the Mac, you can drag the Markdown.pl file into your usr/local/bin/ folder. And that's it; you're all set! Next, to trigger the markdown-to-html conversion, we need to provide two parameters: the path to the Markdown.pl file, and the command itself.

Within Vim, the following should do the trick:

• :%! /usr/local/bin/Markdown.pl --html4tags

This instructs the Markdown.pl file to run on the curent page. But, that's a little too much typing; let's instead save this to our .vimrc file, and assign it to a shortcut.

• ".vimrc file
• "Markdown to HTML
• nmap md :%!/usr/local/bin/Markdown.pl --html4tags

With this line of code, whenever we type - by default - backslash + md, that command will run, thus converting our markdown to clean HTML