On Aug 27, 2007, at 7:00 AM, textmate-request@lists.macromates.com wrote:

I use textmate a lot to write in markdown. However, the documents I produce need to be printed out and proofread often. Is there any way to get textmate to print out documents double spaced? If not, I preview the documents in firefox on OS X. Is there any way to get firefox to print double spaced?

In addition to tweaking/hacking the built-in print.css file, you should also consider installing Fletcher Penney's MultiMarkdown set- up. It comes in two parts: (1) a TextMade bundle and (2) a MultiMarkdown folder you place in ~/Library/Application Support.

Why? Because Multi-Markdown actually lets you include meta-data at the top of a document. One item you can include looks like this:

CSS: http://path.to.styles/sheet.css

You can then "style" a particular document any number of ways. I have not found a way for this to work fully using TextMate's built-in Preview browser, however. (HELP coding gurus!) Fonts work. As do line spacing, which would get you what you want, but not margins and page numbering.

Of course, to be fair, I haven't found a browser yet that respects page numbering as specified in CSS when I have outputted using MultiMarkdown. (If I am doing something wrong not to get this, please someone feel free to set me straight.)

So far as I can tell, truly print-ready formatting is only available through LaTeX or through using something like Prince. (Or by being XSLT competent.) I really can't work up the desire to immerse myself in LaTeX when Markdown works so well for me. Prince is too expensive. And I am definitely incompetent when it comes to XML/XSL/great googly moogly.

Given my ignorance, setting up MultiMarkdown can't be that hard.

Now, where's a piece of wood so I can knock on it.

john