[SOLVED] Preview Markdown in Kate?

[Schwarzer Kater]

Perhaps I am blind (or just stupid ) - but is there a way to display Markdown in Kate?
I could not find a setting or plugin…

Currently I still use ghostwriter for Markdown, but I would rather use Kate.

[kubicle]

Like this?:

Documentviewer plugin on the right pane (kmarkdownwebview package installed)
Markdown Syntax highligting on the left pane (editing)

More info: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate...n-preview.html

[claydoh]

Install markdownpart, it should provide highlighting and previews for this.

https://apps.kde.org/markdownpart/

[kubicle]

Install markdownpart, it should provide highlighting and previews for this.

Isn't that exactly the same thing I posted, or am I missing something?
EDIT: Ok, so there is also a markdownpart packge available, I wonder what the difference is?
EDIT2: I kind of prefer kmarkdownwebviews output, but markdownpart seems more actively developed, so take your pick (seem to do essentially the same thing)

kmarkdownwebview:

Description: Markdown Viewer KPart & Thumbnailer
Markdown viewer KParts plugin which allows KParts-using applications
to display files in Markdown format in the target format. Markdown
file KIO thumbnail generator plugin which allows KIO-powered file
managers & dialogs to show thumbnails and previews of files in
Markdown format in the target format

[Schwarzer Kater]

Thank you both!

markdownpart was missing, that is why Kate could not display the document preview - couldn't find the other one so far.

[Snowhog]

kmarkdownwebview package installed

Where is this package located? I don't have it, and it isn't listed in a search (Muon Package Manager or via apt-cache show). Running 23.04.

Nevermind.

markdownpart was missing.

That's the 'missing' package. I was looking for markdownpart and kmarkdownwebview, neither of which were found.

[kubicle]

markdownpart was missing - couldn't find the other one so far.

That's the 'missing' package. I was looking for markdownpart and kmarkdownwebview, neither of which were found.

maybe kmarkdownwebview isn't available on kubuntu (didn't check), I'm on Neon.

[claydoh]

Mainly, I did not refresh my page to see your reply when I got around to submitting mine

Probably yours is deprecated? KDE's gitlab has it marked as read-only, while markdownpart is active.
Also I spy a quote:

The software has been serving as intermediate solution until some native Qt-based implementation is done. As of August 2020, there are 2 alternatives now known as available:

So the docs are a teensy bit outdated.

Markdownkpart is a separate package, available in both *buntu and neon. I don't know which one contains kmarkdownwebview in *buntu, unless it is built-in?, I can't seem to find it quickly. It IS a separate package in neon, like Markdownkpart is, so you get a choice.

$ apt policy markdownpart
markdownpart:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 21.12.3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     21.12.3-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages

[Schwarzer Kater]

maybe kmarkdownwebview isn't available on kubuntu (didn't check), I'm on Neon.

You are probably right - so far I could only find markdownpart in *Ubuntu's and Debian's repositories.
Perhaps kmarkdownwebview has another name there (or is not provided at all).

In openSUSE I could find both markdownpart and kmarkdownwebview (the latter is the better one I have to say…).