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Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#11

Post by pologreen1978 » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:34 PM UTC

OMG, this is awesome!

This is what I needed for a current project!

Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#12

Post by jmisavage » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:37 PM UTC

Interesting project. Mermaid has an experimental syntax for timelines too. You might want to look at it for ideas.

https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/timeline.html

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#13

Post by jbaber » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:41 PM UTC

I've wanted something like this for a very long time and made lots of half-hearted attempts.

Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#14

Post by koch » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:41 PM UTC

The pricing structure I'm going for is offline == free, online/collaborate == paid.

There's a promo code on the most recent blog entry (https://blog.markwhen.com) for those who are interested

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#15

Post by tony_cannistra » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:43 PM UTC

This is not only excellent, but has a great working example that doesn't feel like a toy and showcases the app's features. Great work! Especially on the presentation of the app's value.

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#16

Post by rg111 » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:50 PM UTC

I have been using Markwhen since ~6 months. It's nice. I use it to track life events and books/projects/moocs etc.

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#17

Post by koch » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:56 PM UTC

gcr wrote: post #8

Really nice project! Thanks for sharing with us! Having structured timekeeping capability in plain text (due dates/deadlines, work estimates, time tracking) is also a core feature of org-mode. Do you have a sense for how your approach compares?

I haven't used org mode. I should probably look into it. If you know how it compares, though, I'm all ears. Always looking to improve.

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#18

Post by koch » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 9:57 PM UTC

rg111 wrote: post #16

I have been using Markwhen since ~6 months. It's nice. I use it to track life events and books/projects/moocs etc.

Ah that's so wonderful to hear! I'm glad it's working for you!

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

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Post by mholt » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 10:17 PM UTC

koch wrote: post #14

The pricing structure I'm going for is offline == free, online/collaborate == paid. There's a promo code on the most recent blog entry ( https://blog.markwhen.com ) for those who are interested

This is neat! I've been following it for a few months.

Would my app be able to generate a Markwhen file and then embed the viewer to view it? Would that be free or paid?

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#20

Post by koch » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 10:23 PM UTC

mholt wrote: post #19

koch wrote: post #14

The pricing structure I'm going for is offline == free, online/collaborate == paid. There's a promo code on the most recent blog entry ( https://blog.markwhen.com ) for those who are interested

This is neat! I've been following it for a few months. Would my app be able to generate a Markwhen file and then embed the viewer to view it? Would that be free or paid?

The viewer is open source[0], so yeah you can embed it in an iframe (that's what the editor does), and just `postMessage` the parsed markwhen and some additional state to it. The structure of the posted data is here[1]. I'm happy to help, rob@markwhen.com or I'm in the markwhen discord[2]

[0] https://github.com/mark-when/timeline

[1] https://github.com/mark-when/view-client/blob/9eddc1a2cf79b4...

[2] https://discord.gg/3rTpUD94ac