<p>I think the problem lies in <a href="https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins/blob/master/markdown/src/viewer.c#L351"><code>markdown_viewer_update_view</code></a>, it passes the base URI as <code>file://.</code>, maybe it should use <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-get-current-dir"><code>g_get_current_dir()</code></a> to find the current directory, and compose a proper absolute path for the base URI. The base URI could also be made configurable, but then every time you start editing a different file in another path, it would have to be reconfigured.</p>

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