OverType: A Lightweight Markdown WYSIWYG Editor Built as a Simple Textarea
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9mo ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
The article discusses the creation of OverType, a Markdown WYSIWYG editor designed as a simple textarea to avoid the complexity and bulk of modern WYSIWYG editors. The author shares their frustration with existing solutions and their journey to develop a lightweight alternative that maintains readability for clients.
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Markdown in a plain <textarea> was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting.
I went down the ContentEditable rabbit hole for a few years, but always came to realize others had solved it better.
Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own.
