
Like many other DEVONthink users, I have started to feel regret that MarkDown is not natively supported.
Now, a piece of good news is that, as long as you edit a plain-text document in DT, you are, in effect, editing a potential MarkDown document.
In the past, it was possible to open a DT document in an application such as the excellent Marked.app. But it is not any longer. I totally understand the author’s argument: as a pure viewer, it feels wrong for an application to register as an editor.
So, here is my solution:
Create a short script
tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2" set docInfo to the content record set docPath to get the path of docInfo tell application "Marked" activate open docPath end tell end tell |
Save this script as
Note: your actual DEVONthink folder name may differ based on which version you are using.
In DT, select : you should now see your new script.
From the System Menu, open then:
Create a new entry for DEVONthink Pro (or DEVONthink Pro Office); enter Menu Title: DTInMarkdown and enter a keyboard shortcut. I personally use Cmd+Shift+Return.
Now, next time you are editing a plain text/MarkDown document in DT, that keyboard shortcut should open the document in Marked.app for instant preview. Note that the preview is updated every time you save your document.







Thanks alot for the script and information! Adds the missing feature to my workflow!