On: Markdown.css – Make HTML look like plain-text mark...

[akavel]

For a desktop editor, see: http://www.typora.io/ (non affiliated, I just like it, wanted to write something similar)

[TuringTest → akavel]

Yes, Typora's live preview is more or less what I was thinking, showing the markup just for the item rigth below the cursor.

I'd still add a mode like Microsoft Word's "show formatting marks", so that the user can decide whether to see the full markdown text or only the word or line being edited.