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+#! /usr/bin/bash
+# Display a markdown file in a browser after converting it to HTML
+# SJP 17 Feb 2021
+#
+# stolen from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/how-to-make-firefox-read-stdin/24942
+
+source = $1
+
+marked $source | firefox "data:text/html;base64,$(base64 -w 0 <&0)"
+