Sublime Writer

#1

Post by galfarragem » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

Re: Sublime Writer

#2

Post by hivacruz » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 12:39 AM UTC

I recommend Typora [1] as an alternative writer. It's a WYSIWYG Markdown editor available on Win/Linux/macOS with the focus mode and other nice features.

It has themes [2] too and you can easily create yours to match your blog design. That way, as you write, you have a live preview of your article.

[1]: https://typora.io

[2]: https://theme.typora.io

Re: Sublime Writer

#3

Post by spoonjim » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 2:30 AM UTC

Why would you write prose in a monospaced font?

Re: Sublime Writer

#4

Post by steve_adams_86 » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 5:46 AM UTC

spoonjim wrote: post #3

Why would you write prose in a monospaced font?

It’s in the article; sublime text doesn’t support bold or italic formatting of variable spaced fonts, and the author wants formatting so they’re stuck with monospaced until support is added.

Re: Sublime Writer

#5

Post by robtherobber » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 8:37 AM UTC

hivacruz wrote: post #2

I recommend Typora [1] as an alternative writer. It's a WYSIWYG Markdown editor available on Win/Linux/macOS with the focus mode and other nice features. It has themes [2] too and you can easily create yours to match your blog design. That way, as you write, you have a live preview of your article. [1]: https://typora.io [2]: https://theme.typora.io

I second this. I've been using Typora for some 2 years now and I'm extremely happy with it.

It's currently free but the developer intends to charge for it once it's out of Beta.

Re: Sublime Writer

#6

Post by wdb » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 11:27 AM UTC

I just wished tools that use Markdown for note taking also support tables. Preferable visually. Somehow it appears to be difficult to implement for AppKit/macOS?

Re: Sublime Writer

#7

Post by indispensible » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 12:45 PM UTC

I highly recommend Zettlr [1]. I used it exclusively for writing my Masters thesis and it won me over. Pandoc and Zotero integrations make the whole process incredibly smooth, but still leave you with a clean, minimalist editor and interface.

That being said, great work by OP. I used to love writing with Notepad, but massive numbers of documents demand organization and digging into external folders just doesn't always cut it, and sometimes I really can use a bit more versatility. I've tried a number of different solutions over the years, the best of which was a customized setup of Atom, but it was still clunky. If I hadn't already found Zettlr, I'd have loved to give OP's beautiful setup a shot. I still might just for fun.

[1] https://www.zettlr.com

Edit: Adding that Zettlr is free and open source and actively developed/maintained.

Re: Sublime Writer

#8

Post by indispensible » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 12:49 PM UTC

wdb wrote: post #6

I just wished tools that use Markdown for note taking also support tables. Preferable visually. Somehow it appears to be difficult to implement for AppKit/macOS?

I recommend Zettlr in a top-level comment. It is able to handle tables within its Markdown setup. Here's how it handles them: https://docs.zettlr.com/en/core/tables/

Re: Sublime Writer

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Post by joeman1000 » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 1:19 PM UTC

wdb wrote: post #6

I just wished tools that use Markdown for note taking also support tables. Preferable visually. Somehow it appears to be difficult to implement for AppKit/macOS?

org-mode

Re: Sublime Writer

#10

Post by hoppyhoppy2 » Wed, Apr 07, 2021, 1:49 PM UTC

wdb wrote: post #6

I just wished tools that use Markdown for note taking also support tables. Preferable visually. Somehow it appears to be difficult to implement for AppKit/macOS?

Obsidian, which uses markdown, supports tables and has several community plugins available that make manipulating tables much easier. http://obsidian.md