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apps/doc-viewer/src/app/docviewer.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events'
 export class DocViewer extends PluginClient {
   mdFile: string
   eventEmitter: EventEmitter
+  refreshId: any
   constructor() {
     super()
     this.eventEmitter = new EventEmitter()
@@ -14,9 +15,17 @@ export class DocViewer extends PluginClient {
     this.onload()
   }
 
-  async viewDocs(docs: string[]) {
+  private async refresh() {
-    this.mdFile = docs[0]
+    if (!this.mdFile) return clearInterval(this.refreshId)
     const contents = await this.call('fileManager', 'readFile', this.mdFile)
     this.eventEmitter.emit('contentsReady', contents)
   }
+
+  async viewDocs(docs: string[]) {
+    this.mdFile = docs[0]
+    this.refresh()
+    this.refreshId = setInterval(async () => {
+      this.refresh()
+    }, 500)
+  }
 }

apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.ts

@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
       // TODO: Only keep `this.emit` (issue#2210)
       this.emit('currentFileChanged', file)
       this.events.emit('currentFileChanged', file)
+      if (file.endsWith('.md')) await this.call('doc-viewer' as any, 'viewDocs', [file])
       return true
     }
   }