wysiwyg and light-markup are oil and water

[mofo syne]

> some good code will sync input and output when you want.

Yea, but I want to see more of the actual output rather than the
markdown representation. But I don't want to lose track of what parts
of the output can be seen in the now 'smaller' input'

> i'd love to talk if y'all have wysiwyg solutions, but i have none.     :+)

Same here too. Well I know it sounds weird after our discussion on
knocking down the very concept. But I do hope somebody does give
'editable' output view, a shot. Maybe it might not be too stupid an
idea in practice.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:13 PM, bowerbird via Markdown-Discuss
<markdown-discuss at six.pairlist.net> wrote:
> mofo said:
>>
>>   I do get a bit irked by the amount of screen re-estate it takes.
>
>
> yeah, i suppose it depends on what you happen to be doing.
>
> i do have some ideas i'm researching that riff on that thought.
>
>
>>   Perhaps we can drop the wysiwyg
>
>
> well, i think it's interesting to think about these things, and to
> discuss them, especially if anyone has ideas on all of this, so
> i'd love to talk if y'all have wysiwyg solutions, but i have none.     :+)
>
>
>>   and stick to input/output model
>>   but maybe with this twist:
>>   Place the input screen on the top,
>>   and the output screen on the bottom.
>>   Input takes vertically 20% of screen,
>>   and output takes vertically 80% of screen.
>
>
> that's easy.
>
> the html-demo-code i have put up uses "position:absolute",
> so people can arrange the interface any way they want to...
>
> i've also researched jquery drag-and-resize components,
> for even more flexibility, but it's hard to say if it's worth it...
>
>
>>   A red 'box' in the output screen shows
>>   where the part that the input screen is showing.
>
>
> some good code will sync input and output when you want.
>
>
> -bowerbird
>
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