TerribleTortoise

As a 58 year old, JK Rowling is, by her own definition, very unlikely to be a woman any longer.

Not exactly what you asked for but Joplin files are markdown. The app itself (very cross platform) renders them in a nice format. https://joplinapp.org/

You are correct, I had not noticed they did away with that icon until you mentioned it now.

Yes and no. They could be unplugged and replugged without a reboot. But also you’d have to manually configure the communication parameters of the port. So I hesitate to say “hot swap”.