gfm-preview v2.1.0

Usage

# install it
$ npm install --global gfm-preview

# preview your markdown
$ preview file.md

# preview with firefox
$ preview file.md --browser firefox

# preview with chrome on macOS
$ preview file.md --browser 'google chrome'

# preview custom host and port number
$ preview file.md --host yourhost --port 3333

# preview with GitHub Enterprise API
$ preview file.md --github-api-url https://your-ghe-host:port/api/v3

Feature

• Render your markdown with GitHub API
• Launch a local preview server (http://localhost:4649)
• Hot reload previews when detecting changes
• Close the server when the preview is closed
• Support GitHub Enterprise

How to change default browser

The browser name is platform dependent. For example, Chrome is google chrome on macOS, google-chrome on Linux and chrome on Windows.

# with chrome on macOS
$ preview file.md --browser 'google chrome'

# with a custom executable
$ preview file.md --browser 'C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'

If you use GitHub Enterprise (GHE)

Add an alias to your ~./bashrc:

alias preview='preview --github-api-url https://your-ghe-host:port/api/v3'

Then use it:

$ preview file.md