No offense, but how on earth is a markdown text editor 100 megabytes. I know this is the way it is now and I'm just going to have to get over it, but it's still so bizarre to me
Provide a link for the one you made so we can compare.
Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
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Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#52To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.
I've been working on one (https://github.com/blackhole89/notekit) for a while now (which, unlike the aforementioned, also is not built on Chrome/Electron). Unfortunately it seems to be pretty hard to get the word out, or at least I haven't found any better strategy than to pounce, as I am doing now, whenever I see a HN thread about markdown editors (which invariably wind up having some comment thread lamenting the lack of WYSIWYG and/or non-Electron editors).
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#53I recommend something like Obsidian instead which is a markdown editor (newly upgraded) along with an entire knowledge base and note taking system that can create and maintain references across files. https://obsidian.md/
I feel obligated to mention Logseq https://logseq.com/ as well as Zettlr https://www.zettlr.com/ which are both markdown editors with knowledge base and management. Incidentally, I do all of this in Emacs.
It really annoys me that so many of these "markdown" editors use double brackets instead of actual Markdown links.
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#54oh great another markdown editor, I've never seen such a complicated format as markdown. So complicated, that you need to keep inventing dedicated editors for it.
Still waiting for that editor that comes with autocomplete
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#55No offense, but how on earth is a markdown text editor 100 megabytes. I know this is the way it is now and I'm just going to have to get over it, but it's still so bizarre to me
Provide a link for the one you made so we can compare.
you dont have enough megabytes in your computer to run the one that I made
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#56Is it possible to turn off the custom title bar, and restore the system's native title bar, and add a real menu bar instead of a hamburger menu hiding options behind an extra click?
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#57To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.
I've been working on one ( https://github.com/blackhole89/notekit ) for a while now (which, unlike the aforementioned, also is not built on Chrome/Electron). Unfortunately it seems to be pretty hard to get the word out, or at least I haven't found any better strategy than to pounce, as I am doing now, whenever I see a HN thread about markdown editors (which invariably wind up having some comment thread lamenting the…
I mean the following as feedback to help you find more users, not as critique; I understand where you’re coming from and this is just how I would personally approach it:
What I immediately noticed looking at the README, is that the communication is centered around you and your values, rather than on the end-user:
You mention why you created it, not what it enables the user to do. You use Linux-lingo, like “free (speech and beer)” which many users are unfamiliar with and don’t know why they should care. Your installation instructions make it hard for users to pick which one they should choose. There are no Mac binaries, but Macs are wide-spread among developers. Windows binaries mention “x64”, which is very technical and might scare users away.
The Ubuntu screenshots make it look like “Linux only”. You could replace it with a Windows or Mac screenshot, to get people to understand it works on their platform.
You could still keep this technical (and potentially alienating) language in your documentation, but simplifying the README to make it easier for the 90% of your potential audience could make it more popular.
You mentioned in this thread that some people don’t want Electron. That’s true, and it’s a great USP for those that require it, but personally I would avoid assuming that it’s the USP that convinces the masses.
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#58I'm looking for a Markdown editor that can save directly to GitHub, with the ability to make drafts (feature branches and possibly PRs) and reviews (accept the PR or merge to main) directly from the editor and hide as much as possible the complexity of Git. The idea is this could be used by non-technical persons to edit Markdown files in a Git repository that is turned into a static site by whatever means technical people could come up with (Jekyll, Pandoc, whatever).
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#59Things I want in a markdown editor: Grammar check. Auto-capitalise start of sentence and known proper nouns. Auto fix obvious typos without bothering me. Grammatically smart spellcheck. Detect and flag accidental double space. Detect and flag duplicate words. Word count excluding headlines. It's nice when I use Google docs and it has that stuff. I wish I had it in markdown.
I thought I wanted a completely stripped down Markdown editor (I currently use Typora, and Notepad++ with plugins). But after reading your list, I agree, these would be very nice to have.
Re: Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows
#60To the best of my knowledge this (Marktext) is the only free/open-source Markdown editor that has WYSIWYG (like Typora: https://typora.io/ ). Not a separate preview window, but the actual editor window renders each Markdown "block" (paragraph, list item, whatever) except the one you're editing.
This reminded me immediately of Typora too. I like the WYSIWYG user interface and the large number of keyboard shortcuts they share.