Free MultiMarkdown Software for Windows, MacOS or Linux

Free software that can introduce anyone to the MultiMarkdown world: VS Code with Extension: MultiMarkdown Extended.

MultiMarkdown Composer (MMKD-Cmp) for MacOS 10.12 or later

Note: to make web links in MMKD-Cmp, copy the link to the MacOS clipboard, select the target text in MMKD-Cmp, and then paste. Voila, you have a web link.

MMKD-Cmp KBS

KBS	Command
⌘ – `,`	Preferences
⌘ – `/`	Multimarkdown Reference
⌘ – V	Paste clipboard link on selection
⌘ – R	Refresh preview
⌘ – M	Minimize window
⌘ – E	Emit Selection to Find
⌘ – G	Go to next selection
⇧ – ⌘ – G	Go to prev selection
⌘ – F	Find
Opt – ⌘ – F	Find and Replace
Opt – ⌘ – I	Invisibles toggle
Ctl – Tab	Tab Cycle
Ctl – ⌘ – F	Full screen toggle
Ctl – ⌘ – P	Preview toggle
Ctl – ⌘ – spc	Emojis
⇧ – ⌘ – C	Copy selection as HTML
⇧ – ⌘ – A	Zoom to default
⇧ – ⌘ – {	One less #
⇧ – ⌘ – }	One more #
⇧ – ⌘ – T	TOC toggle
⇧ – ⌘ – I	Info toggle
⇧ – ⌘ – V	References toggle
⇧ – ⌘ – V	CritcMarkup toggle
⇧ – ⌘ – L	Line number toggle
⇧ – ⌘ – E	Export to HTML
⇧ – ⌘ – P	Print text to PDF
Edit menu	Transformations . . . [Case]
Edit menu	Paste as . . .
Format menu	Convert selection to . . .
Format menu	Clean up . . . xxx
Window menu	Merge All Windows
Window menu	Tab to New Window

Features in MMKD-Extended, but not MMKD-Cmp

moving lines up / down
outputting preview directly to pdf
Ctl-keys for formatting

Heading One

Heading Two

Heading Three

Heading Four

1234567890 — this is a paragraph with a link

Heading Five

Heading Six

Demonstrate Syntax Highlighting if you link to highlight.js
http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/

Nice, Simple Table

(Pasted from file.xlsx)

aaa	bbb	ccc
123	456	789

Free VS Code with “Multimarkdown Extended” Extension

Markdown Extended Extension Overview

Even on Mac, Ctl-Key works
Cmd-B – Toggles side bar
Copying HTML adds some cruft
Lists do not auto-expand
Toggle Mini-map in settings
Ctl-L, U to convert text to Unordered list
Ctl-L, O to convert text to Ordered list
Ctl-Opt-Cmd-C to copy selection as HTML
Toggle various formats, eg.:
- bold
- italics
- underline
- marked text
- This is code inline
- ~~Strikethrough~~ works
What you see is what you get exporter, even if it contains syntaxes and styles contributed by other plugins.
Export to Self Contained HTML / PDF / PNG / JPEG
Export current document / workspace
Table: Paste, format table from Excel and others
Table: Add, delete and move table columns & rows.

MMKD-Extended Keyboard Short Cuts

Keys	Functions
Ctl-Opt-Cmd-C	Copy as HTML
Cmd-K, V	Lock Preview to side
Ctrl-L, Ctrl-U	Toggle Unordered List
Ctrl-L, Ctrl-O	Toggle Ordered List
Sft-Ctl-Q	Toggle Block Quote
Sft-Ctl-U	Toggle Upper Superscript, like this 10³
Sft-Ctl-L	Toggle Lower Subscript, like this H₂0
Opt-up	Move line up
Opt-dn	Move line down
Opt-S	Toggle Strikethrough
Opt-bktck	Toggle Code Inline
Opt+Shift+bktck	Toggle Code Block
Ctrl-B	Toggle Bold
Ctrl-I	Toggle Italics
Ctrl-U	Toggle Underline
Ctrl-M	Toggle Mark
Sft-Cmd-V	Open Preview

1. Red Danger

This is the danger 3 admonition body with custom title

2. Green Success

This is the success, check or done.

3. Blue Note

This is the note, the most basic of all.

4. Yellow warning.

This is the warning, caution or error.

5. Cyan Example

This is the example or snippet.

6. Grey Quote

This is the quote or cite.

Markdown Extended, Advanced Features

markdown-it-table-of-contents
markdown-it-footnote
markdown-it-abbr
markdown-it-deflist
markdown-it-sup
markdown-it-sub
markdown-it-checkbox
markdown-it-attrs
markdown-it-kbd
markdown-it-underline
markdown-it-multimd-table
markdown-it-emoji
markdown-it-html5-embed
markdown-it-toc
markdown-it-container
markdown-it-mark

Mkd-Ext, Advanced

markdown-it-table-of-contents

Mkd-Ext, Advanced

troubleshoot this

Enhanced Anchor Link

Now, you’re able to write anchor links consistent to heading texts.

Go to 简体中文, Español Título.

简体中文

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Aenean euismod bibendum laoreet.

Español Título

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Aenean euismod bibendum laoreet.

markdown-it-abbr

The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C.

markdown-it-deflist

Apple: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.

markdown-it-sup markdown-it-sub

29^th, H₂O

markdown-it-checkbox

unchecked
checked

markdown-it-attrs

item bold blue

markdown-it-kbd

Ctrl+Esc

markdown-it-footnote

Here is a footnote reference,^[1] and another.^[2]

Here is the footnote. ↩︎
Here’s one with multiple blocks. ↩︎

MMKD-Cmp HTML

markdown-it-table-of-contents

[[TOC]]

troubleshoot this

Write anchor links consistent to heading texts.

Go to 简体中文, Español Título.

简体中文

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Aenean euismod bibendum laoreet.

Español Título

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Aenean euismod bibendum laoreet.

markdown-it-abbr

*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
*[W3C]: World Wide Web Consortium

The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C.

markdown-it-deflist

Apple: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.

markdown-it-sup markdown-it-sub

29^th, H₂O

markdown-it-checkbox

[ ] unchecked
[x] checked

markdown-it-attrs

item bold blue{style=”color:#00C”}

markdown-it-kbd

[[Ctrl+Esc]]

markdown-it-footnote

Here is a footnote reference,¹ and another.²

Here is the footnote. ↩
Here’s one with multiple blocks. ↩

Tables-KBS Are Very Useful