This version is for markdown only.

• realtime previewing by firefox.

• realtime previewing other buffer by xwidget-webkit.

• on MS Windows

This version requires simple-httpd.el , marked.js , github-markdown.css and mermaid.js . Put follow files in the same directory.

• simple-httpd.el

  • https://github.com/skeeto/emacs-http-server

• marked.js

  • https://github.com/markedjs/marked

• github-markdown.css

  • https://github.com/sindresorhus/github-markdown-css

• mermaid.js

  • https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid

or, run command make get

$ make get

Add impatient-mode to your load path and require it:

  (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/impatient-mode")
  (require 'impatient-mode)

• Open markdown file with emacs, and edit buffer.

  or execute command M-x imp-new.

• Publish buffers for browser-preview,

  M-x imp-visit-buffer
  

  • previewing web browser specified by variable browse-url-browser-function.

    Even better if you set the keymap in markdown mode.

    (define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "<f12>") 'imp-visit-buffer)

  • If emacs builded configure option --with-xwidgets, previewing in other buffer by xwidget-webkit on emacs.

    system-configuration-options [C-j]
    => "--with-xwidgets"
    

• key operation of emacs also works with web browser via http-header X-Imp-Ctrl:.

  • common

    impatient-mode/emacs	xwidget-webkit, web browser
    M-< (beginning-of-buffer)	window.scrollTo( 0, 0 );
    M-> (end-of-buffer)	window.scrollTo( 0, bottom );
    C-l (recenter-top-bottom)	window.scrollTo( 0, documentElement.scrollHeight * (/ (point) (point-max)));

  • xwidget-webkit

    impatient-mode/emacs	xwidget-webkit-mode/emacs
    C-<up>	(xwidget-webkit-scroll-up-line -1)
    C-<down>	(xwidget-webkit-scroll-up-line 1)

  • other browser

    impatient-mode/emacs	web browser
    M-p (imp-browser-scroll-up-line -1)	window.scrollByLines( -1 * imp-browser-scroll-lines );
    M-n (imp-browser-scroll-up-line 1)	window.scrollByLines( imp-browser-scroll-lines );