Rendering small amounts of markdown is VERY slow, e.g. 0.2+ seconds for about 4 lines of markdown with very little formatting.
Is this a known issue? How do you work around it? Do you format before save or during render?
Yes, it's extremely slow. One of the better options you have is to have a separate column in the database for storing the formatted version, which you save when the unformatted version is changed. There was a plugin like "filtered_column" for this, but it's a really easy hook to add in anyway.
Alternatively, you can use fragment caching to cache the portions of pages you run through markdown.
Thanks
Sincerely,
Tom Lieber http://AllTom.com/ http://GadgetLife.org/