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Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by kaushalmodi »

Very cool! It would be nice to see an Org mode version of this.

Org syntax for the uninitiated: http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html

It's very similar to Markdown if using Org just as a markup.

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Can folks interested in Org mode support please upvote this issue: https://github.com/josephernest/writing/issues/13

If nothing else, it will at least help somewhat guage the interest in Org mode :)

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by roryisok »

searene wrote: post #12

For me, the most satisfying markdown editor is Typora( https://typora.io/ ), which doesn't need a separate preview pane to show the rendered contents. But I haven't tried the Math support of it yet. After using Typora for a long time, I really don't think a separate preview is that necessary.

probably just the windows version, but I find Typora has a terrible lag when typing if there's any strain on the CPU at the time. Dropbox was eating up 30% and Typora keystrokes slowed to what felt like 500ms response time.

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by psychometry »

pavlov wrote: post #29
kmill wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean? At https://josephernest.github.io/writing/ it includes cmunrm.otf: @font-face { font-family: texroman; src: url(cmunrm.otf); /* https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/267197/27733 */ } And a spot check of some of symbols in the rendered math seems to prove it is Computer Modern. Funnily for me, just today I was telling a colleague how I'm happy to see math textbooks that aren't in Computer Modern.

Computer Modern is not a good font. No professional designer would use it for long body text. The only reason it's still used in CS papers is a persistent blend of hero worship (it's by Knuth!), implementation fetishism (it's a Metafont!), and plain old cargo cult.

CM looks good to me because it matches the standard roman math notation and because I'm used to it. Objectively, mtpro2 is much nicer:

https://www.pctex.com/mtpro2.html

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

#46

Post by kaushalmodi »

kaushalmodi wrote: post #43

Very cool! It would be nice to see an Org mode version of this. Org syntax for the uninitiated: http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html It's very similar to Markdown if using Org just as a markup. --- Can folks interested in Org mode support please upvote this issue: https://github.com/josephernest/writing/issues/13 If nothing else, it will at least help somewhat guage the interest in Org mode :)

I have begun my frail attempt at supporting Org mode here[1]. Calling it frail because I am relying only on my search/replace and regular-expression skills. I don't know Javascript. So JS experts, please help out if you can.

[1]: https://github.com/kaushalmodi/writing/tree/org-mode

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by accordionclown »

searene wrote: post #12

For me, the most satisfying markdown editor is Typora( https://typora.io/ ), which doesn't need a separate preview pane to show the rendered contents. But I haven't tried the Math support of it yet. After using Typora for a long time, I really don't think a separate preview is that necessary.

a separate preview is unnecessary for some users, it's true.

but when you're using a full range of complex features, it is.

and when something isn't displaying the way you intend, you often need to view the input _with_ the output, to see exactly what's causing the problem and to test possible solutions.

i also found that, while typora is good at showing what the output looks like in a browser-window which is sized exactly like the one you are typing in, it's less informative at showing what the content will look like in a .pdf or a .mobi or an .epub.

and, just for the sake of completion here, typora also became very unresponsive when i tested it with large files. again, not everyone will have that problem, but some users definitely will.

but i'll give typora another go, and see if it's improved since i last tried it...

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

#48

Post by accordionclown »

always_good wrote: post #7
josephernest wrote: post #3

If you want to test it quickly, copy+paste the following code in the live version ( https://josephernest.github.io/writing/ ): #LINEAR ALGEBRA ##1. Introduction **Definition :** A matrix is ... a matrix. Examples: $$A = \begin{pmatrix}0&1&-2&3\\5&-3&1&-2\\5&-2&-1&1 \end{pmatrix},\ B = \begin{pmatrix}0&8&-5\\0&0&0\\-1&-9&4\\2&19&-8\\1&1&1\end{pmatrix}$$ (paste it without the 4-spaces indentation)

One cool feature would be to scroll-lock the input with the output when scrolling the output pane. Obviously the challenge is that they don't correspond line-to-line. Embedding an image is a one-liner of input yet might be hundreds of pixels tall in the preview. VSCode's Markdown preview does this decently when you're scrolling the preview pane.

much of the time, you want the output to sync to the input.

but oftentimes you don't.

the trick is finding a good way to walk that tightrope.

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by kaushalmodi »

kaushalmodi wrote: post #43

Very cool! It would be nice to see an Org mode version of this. Org syntax for the uninitiated: http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html It's very similar to Markdown if using Org just as a markup. --- Can folks interested in Org mode support please upvote this issue: https://github.com/josephernest/writing/issues/13 If nothing else, it will at least help somewhat guage the interest in Org mode :)

Here's the official form of Joseph's writing project that supports Org mode: https://github.com/kaushalmodi/writing-org

Live site: https://org.scripter.co

I got the below Org syntax to work so far.. You can try by copying the test file I have so far ( https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaushalmodi/writing-org/ma... ) and pasting in the above live site.

Pasting the same below just for reference.

    * Heading level 1
    ** Heading level 2
    *** Heading level 3

    Paragraphs get created
    only after an empty line.

    This will be a new paragraph.

    * List syntax is the same as Markdown

    - List 1
    - List 2

    asdf (*!bug!* non-list breaker text should not be needed. Two empty lines should end a list.)

    1. Ordered
    2. Ordered

    *!bug!* No white-space following an ordered list.

    * Inline Code

    =code=

    == =code= ==

    == abc = def ==
    * Bold
    *bold*
    *bold * asdf*
    - Press =Ctrl+B= to toggle bold.
    * Italics
    /italics / adsf/
    - Press =Ctrl+I= to toggle italics.
    * Horizontal rule
    Above the horizontal rule
    -----
    Below the horizontal rule

    * Source blocks
    #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
    (message "foo")
    #+END_SRC

Re: Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)

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Post by tamlok »

searene wrote: post #12

For me, the most satisfying markdown editor is Typora( https://typora.io/ ), which doesn't need a separate preview pane to show the rendered contents. But I haven't tried the Math support of it yet. After using Typora for a long time, I really don't think a separate preview is that necessary.

Why not give VNote(https://github.com/tamlok/vnote/) a try? :)
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