Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by macintux » Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 11:44 PM UTC

Sendotsh wrote: post #20

I've recently switched to using VSCode with these[0] two[1] extensions for all my markdown notes (I completely live off extensive note-taking and have gone through every single possible Markdown editor), and I couldn't be happier. For the few devices where I don't have it installed, I use Mark Text[2] which is free, open source, cross platform, and lets me edit the same notes (stored locally, and synced to my NAS and…

I’ve accepted the risk of cloud synchronization because the benefits over rolling my own are significant to me.

I get access to my notes across all my devices via a friendly interface dedicated to note-taking activities.

I can trivially add images on any of those devices as a straightforward part of that interface, which is a big deal for a healthy percentage of my notes.

I can trivially search across them on all my devices.

Anyway, that’s why. Obviously you disagree with my priorities, but perhaps now you’ll at least understand why I’ve made that decision.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by runjake » Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 11:44 PM UTC

maxbaines wrote: post #10

Not to forget VsCode, which has markdown support and preview.

More info, if you're curious, like I was:

https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/languages/markdown

Neat.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by Razengan » Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 11:56 PM UTC

For those who avoid Electron, there's MacDown:

https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by dogweather » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 12:10 AM UTC

Nice idea, using the vim-like "i" and Esc to switch between modes.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by dlystyr » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 12:15 AM UTC

Great work. I use a few paid for IDE's. But I think I just found my new Markdown editor. Thank you!

edit: I love electron btw

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by app4soft » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 12:53 AM UTC

TL;DR: Just another `Hello, world!` in JavaScript

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by mjcohen » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 1:06 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #23

For those who avoid Electron, there's MacDown: https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown

I really like MacDown except that, every so often, it freezes and shows the spinning beach ball for ten seconds to a minute, and then proceeds.

I primarily use it for MathJax for math.stackexchange.com.

An alternative is moeditor.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by robbya » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 1:08 AM UTC

qwerty456127 wrote: post #18

pgcj_poster wrote: post #17

There seem to be about a million markdown writing apps, but I don't really understand why they're useful. Granted, I'm someone who writes Java in Vim, but Markdown seems like the one language that's most suited to a simple text editor. It's is already so ergonomic and transparent that I can't really think of anything that would make it easier to write barring an AGI that could decide the words to put down for me. I d…

> There seem to be about a million markdown writing apps And every single one is built on Electron, takes hundreds of megabytes to install, some gigabytes to build while claiming to be "minimal". > I don't really understand why they're useful The rendered view usually looks eye-candy which is a factor of inspiration. E.g. I experience immediate emotional reward as soon as I write something in Typora, it feels like ca…

https://typora.io/

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by innocentoldguy » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 1:50 AM UTC

I've tried a bunch of markdown editors and writing tools (Ulysses, Ia Writer, Byword, etc.). I keep coming back to Vim for writing and Marked 2 for previewing and converting to PDFs, HTML, Word, etc. Is Noted just another markdown editor written in Electron or does it bring something truly unique to an already crowded field?

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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Post by awill » Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 3:37 AM UTC

Right now I use Ulysses on my work Mac, JotterPad on Android and Typora/Caret on Linux. All sync'd on Google Drive. Ulysses is far and away better. I wish there was some equivalent on Android or Linux. I.e., native, fast, pretty, let's you just use a regular folder enabling syncing with any service/app.