add option: keep the md view when previewing #13

Keep the markdown view opened in the original window when when opening
the preview

.sublime/MarkdownLivePreview.sublime-settings

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 {
+    // As soon as you open a markdown file, it opens the window preview
     "markdown_live_preview_on_open": false,
-    "load_from_internet_when_starts": ["http://", "https://"]
+
+    // If an image starts with one of those strings, then it will be loaded from internet
+    "load_from_internet_when_starts": ["http://", "https://"],
+
+    // When the preview is opened, the markdown file is closed in the origin window and reopend in
+    // the preview window. If this option is set to 'true', then the markdown file will NOT be
+    // closed in the origin window
+    "keep_open_when_opening_preview": false
 }

MLPApi.py

@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ def plugin_loaded():
     else:
         DEFAULT_STYLE_FILE = sublime.load_resource('Packages/MarkdownLivePreview/default.css')
 
-def get_preview_name(md_view):
-    file_name = md_view.file_name()
-    name = md_view.name() \
-           or os.path.basename(file_name) if file_name else None \
-           or 'Untitled'
-    return name + ' - Preview'
-
 def create_preview(window, file_name):
     preview = window.new_file()
 
@@ -56,11 +49,23 @@ def get_style():
 
 def markdown2html(md, basepath):
     html = '<style>\n{}\n</style>\n'.format(get_style())
-    # pre_with_br
-    html += pre_with_br(pre_tables(md2.markdown(md, extras=['fenced-code-blocks',
-                                                            'no-code-highlighting', 'tables'])))
+
     # the option no-code-highlighting does not exists in the official version of markdown2 for now
     # I personaly edited the file (markdown2.py:1743)
+    html += md2.markdown(md, extras=['fenced-code-blocks', 'no-code-highlighting', 'tables'])
+
+    # tables aren't supported by the Phantoms
+    # This function transforms them into aligned ASCII tables and displays them in a <pre> block
+    # (the ironic thing is that they aren't supported either :D)
+    html = pre_tables(html)
+
+    # pre block are not supported by the Phantoms.
+    # This functions replaces the \n in them with <br> so that it does (1/2)
+    html = pre_with_br(html)
+
+    # comments aren't supported by the Phantoms
+    # Simply removes them using bs4, so you can be sadic and type `<!-- hey hey! -->`, these one
+    # won't be stripped!
     html = strip_html_comments(html)
 
     # exception, again, because <pre> aren't supported by the phantoms

MarkdownLivePreview.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class NewMarkdownLivePreviewCommand(sublime_plugin.ApplicationCommand):
 
         current_view = sublime.active_window().active_view()
         file_name = current_view.file_name()
+        if get_settings().get('keep_open_when_opening_preview') is False:
             current_view.close()
         if file_name is None:
             return sublime.error_message('MarkdownLivePreview: Not supporting '

functions.py

@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ def strip_html_comments(html):
         element.extract()
     return str(soup)
 
+
+def get_preview_name(md_view):
+    file_name = md_view.file_name()
+    name = md_view.name() \
+           or os.path.basename(file_name) if file_name else None \
+           or 'Untitled'
+    return name + ' - Preview'
+
 def replace_img_src_base64(html, basepath):
-    """Really messy, but it works (should be updated)"""
-
-
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
     load_from_internet_starters = get_settings().get('load_from_internet_when_starts')
     for img in soup.find_all('img'):

sample.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 <!-- supports comments -->
 
+And `<!-- vicious ones ;) -->`
+
 Some `inline code` with *italic* and **bold** text.
 
 ```python