Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
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Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#2It doesn't let you use Markdown by default as a seamless input method like Typora[1]. This editor seems much less productive as you are forced to use your mouse to click on GUI elements.
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#3It doesn't let you use Markdown by default as a seamless input method like Typora[1]. This editor seems much less productive as you are forced to use your mouse to click on GUI elements. [1]: https://www.typora.io/
It does not force you to use mouse click on GUI elements. You can use `⌘`+`/` (or `Alt`+`/` on Windows) to switch between WYSIWYG/Markdown modes. Actually it's the preferred way unless you are on mobile devices.
The default mode is WYSIWYG since Markdown syntax frustrates people who don't know Markdown well.
Thanks for mentioning Typora! It's an interesting implementation. I've thought about that approach (in-place real-time preview as you type Markdown text) before, but inside a browser, it's too cumbersome to fight against the inconsistent contenteditable behavior.
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#4it's pretty basic, I made a more extended one https://caub.github.io/cms/wysi/ markdown isn't really helpful there, since anyway you're just using execCommand
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#5Does it use a "standard" like CommonMark or GFM?
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#6Does it use a "standard" like CommonMark or GFM?
Yes it follows CommonMark, but is stricter for safety consideration (e.g. does not allow scripts).
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#7Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#8it's pretty basic, I made a more extended one https://caub.github.io/cms/wysi/ markdown isn't really helpful there, since anyway you're just using execCommand
Yes, its HTML editing is pretty basic. I did not intend to make a full-blown HTML editor. There are already many ones.
My goal is to make Markdown and HTML editors working together. I want to support Markdown because it's very productive for long-form article writing.
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#9It doesn't let you use Markdown by default as a seamless input method like Typora[1]. This editor seems much less productive as you are forced to use your mouse to click on GUI elements. [1]: https://www.typora.io/
It does not force you to use mouse click on GUI elements. You can use `⌘`+`/` (or `Alt`+`/` on Windows) to switch between WYSIWYG/Markdown modes. Actually it's the preferred way unless you are on mobile devices. The default mode is WYSIWYG since Markdown syntax frustrates people who don't know Markdown well. Thanks for mentioning Typora! It's an interesting implementation. I've thought about that approach (in-place r…
Fun fact: there's no "/" key on the German keyboard layout (and possibly others too): to type "/" you need to press Shift + 7.
Re: Show HN: Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
It does not force you to use mouse click on GUI elements. You can use `⌘`+`/` (or `Alt`+`/` on Windows) to switch between WYSIWYG/Markdown modes. Actually it's the preferred way unless you are on mobile devices. The default mode is WYSIWYG since Markdown syntax frustrates people who don't know Markdown well. Thanks for mentioning Typora! It's an interesting implementation. I've thought about that approach (in-place r…
Fun fact: there's no "/" key on the German keyboard layout (and possibly others too): to type "/" you need to press Shift + 7.
Wow, that's fun. No wonder few applications use "/" for hotkey combination. Maybe I should use a different key, say, ".".