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Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2016–2021
peak thread · 96 comments
484 pts
latest 20+ return · 2019-02-14
194 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

HN comment order

Shameless plug: I'm a lecturer and have scratched this itch some time ago with a pet project that a couple lecturers are using now: https://github.com/munen/p_slides/ It doesn't ship it's own editor, because everyone already has a favorite(for me that's formerly vim, now Emacs). It's only static files, so it doesn't need a server or pre-compilation. It's extensible, has syntax highlighting and produces PDFs for the students. Also, it's only a mash up of great existing libraries, so it needs no…

preek·484-point thread·

The Chain-of-Responsibility software development design pattern provides a way to separate a source document (Markdown) from its final presentation format (PDF). On a related note, I've developed an open source editor that can edit Markdown, R Markdown, and XML documents[1][2]. The input document is translated in real-time to HTML. Using the Chain-of-Responsibility pattern[3] makes it straightforward to introduce additional processor chains, which could include slide show output via CSS. On a minor technical note…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
681

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
138

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2016-07-12Marp: Markdown Presentation WriterFirst breakout · Best threadsomecoder48496
2018-06-14Marp: Create slideshows by writing markdownmathnmusic20
2019-02-14Marp: Markdown Presentation WriterLatest 20+ point returnpplonski8619442
2021-06-10Marp has moved on to Marp Nextnomoreplease10