Easy way to save to pdf instead of preview? · iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim#87

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enhancementhelp wanted

Description

Right now when :MarkdownPreview, it opens up a webpage in localhost, and removes it when I switch buffers in Vim. What I would really like is to have several different .md files open in my browser at the same time. Could there be some support such that we can do

:MarkdownSave filename.pdf or bind the .md file to some name filename.pdf (maybe the file we are editing is filename.md) so that when we do :w, it is saved immediately?

For example, we're editing file eg.txt We do MarkdownSave and it saves and opens up a pdf file saved on your working directory. we make changes and we get the updated file immediately?

Contributor guide

Tech stack: javascriptnodejs
Domain: toolingcli
Issue type: feature
Difficulty: 3
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Activity status: stale
Clarity: mostly clear
Prerequisites: Neovim plugin development basicsJavaScript/Node.jsPDF generation libraries
Newbie friendliness: 35
Research direction: This issue requests adding a :MarkdownSave command to export markdown as PDF. To implement, first study the existing :MarkdownPreview command in the plugin's source code (likely in lua/ or node server). Understand how the preview is generated and served. Then explore libraries like puppeteer or markdown pdf to convert rendered HTML to PDF. The implementation should be similar to how the preview works but save to file instead of opening a browser. Consider whether to use the same Node.js preview server or a separate process.