Automatically parses markdown files (.md) into HTML. This is useful if you're writing markdown (ultimately targeting HTML) and want a quick preview.
- Support auto reload.
- Support external css file.
- Customize theme for every md file.
- Support github flavored markdown.
- Export nicely formatted HTML.
- KaTex support
- MathJax support
- Mermaid support
- Install extension from webstore (creates no new UI)
- Check "Allow access to file URLs" in
chrome://extensionslisting: - Open local or remote .md file in Chrome.
- See nicely formatted HTML!
Markdown Preview Plus uses the KaTex engine to support rendering of mathematical expressions. Markdown Preview Plus supports the following math syntax. To minimize interference between Markdown and KaTex, some standard LaTeX delimiters (indicated below) are disabled by default to avoid conflict with Markdown syntax. LaTeX syntax can be enabled in the options.
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Single Dollar Signs (requires LaTeX delimiters):
$math$\$ -
Single Backslash with Parentheses (requires LaTex delimiters):
\(math\)\(. -
Double Backslash with Parentheses:
\\(math\\) -
Single Dollar with Backquote:
$`math`$
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Single Backslash with Brackets (requires LaTeX delimiters):
\[math\]\[. -
Double Backslash with Brackets:
\\[math\\] -
Double Dollar Signs:
$$math$$ -
Math Code Block:
```math math ```
This extension uses the following open source components:
- Marked - A markdown parser written in JavaScript
- markdown-friendly stylesheet - The themes are based on the "Swiss" theme
- markdown preview - The original markdown preview
- mermaid - A Javascript based diagramming and charting tool
- MathJax - A JavaScript display engine for LaTeX, MathML, and AsciiMath notation
