On: Convert Markdown to PDF only using browser

[realdennis]

The first problem I want to solve was that convert MD file to PDF.

And I found the powerful way was browser print. It allows you zoom rate/choose page range.

So, I dig in CSS media query and try to compatible cross browser(Chrome&FF).

I made an editor in left side just cause sometimes we want edit some typo or something before convert...haha, codemirror makes a good user experience than textarea.

[cheeaun → realdennis]

Yeah, that technically works ;)

I was kind of expecting that the PDF generation is done with some script like https://github.com/mrrio/jspdf and then rendered with https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js :)

[hanniabu → realdennis]

Small preference would be for the edits on the left side to be saved in local storage for the next visit similar to dillinger.io

[hnthroaway1926 → realdennis]

do you know if there is a way to remove the datetime stamp header that is inserted into the pdf when printing?

[hombre_fatal → hnthroaway1926]

Once Chrome's print dialog pops up, you can expand "More settings" and then uncheck "Headers and footers".

[hnthroaway1926 → hombre_fatal]

thanks, worth noting that the print dialog does not support that option when using Firefox on Windows

[frosted-flakes → hnthroaway1926]

I think you need to open it in Print Preview to change those settings, which is accessible in the main menu (there's not a keyboard shortcut, unfortunately).