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Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by alwillis »

drcongo wrote: post #6

I've started getting warnings from MacDown about how it'll stop working soon because Rosetta or something. I like the side by side view, but sadly this isn't that. edit: Oh, electron?!

There's a newer MacDown--MacDown 3000 [1]. It's a universal binary, so it'll keep running once Rosetta goes away.

[1]: https://macdown.app

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by anonfunction »

I've been looking for a markdown editor that let's me print the rendered view and have yet to find one. Which is quite surprising given how many there are. I just use my own webapp for now, should probably open source it in case anyone else is looking for this functionality.

If you know of a nice mac app that let's me easily write / view and print markdown I'd love to hear from you!

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by jiehong »

jasonpeacock wrote: post #11

There must be something fascinating about writing Markdown apps - either it scratches an itch, or AI is really good at creating them. There's a flood of them on r/macapps and similar places.

I thought it would compare to iA Writer, but misread

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by alfons_foobar »

anonfunction wrote: post #53

I've been looking for a markdown editor that let's me print the rendered view and have yet to find one. Which is quite surprising given how many there are. I just use my own webapp for now, should probably open source it in case anyone else is looking for this functionality. If you know of a nice mac app that let's me easily write / view and print markdown I'd love to hear from you!

not an app per se, but pandoc is great...

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by odo1242 »

tccole wrote: post #39
tetrisgm wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people think it’s bad performance and bloat. They learned it ten years ago and haven’t questioned it

So what’s the alternative, Tauri?

I've made some personal custom apps with it, it works pretty well. With the latest version you can also choose what language to use on the backend side, so you aren't limited to just the original Tauri + Rust framework and can also use Tauri + Node/Typescript (still faster than Electron since you don't need to bundle Chromium + Node) or Tauri + Swift / Kotlin / Go / etc.

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by emehex »

anonfunction wrote: post #53

I've been looking for a markdown editor that let's me print the rendered view and have yet to find one. Which is quite surprising given how many there are. I just use my own webapp for now, should probably open source it in case anyone else is looking for this functionality. If you know of a nice mac app that let's me easily write / view and print markdown I'd love to hear from you!

I've been using Typora for years. It has a pretty great export/print.

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by bjelkeman-again »

podviaznikov wrote: post #50
jasonpeacock wrote: post #11

There must be something fascinating about writing Markdown apps - either it scratches an itch, or AI is really good at creating them. There's a flood of them on r/macapps and similar places.

yeah, it's easier to made them now then before. I've made myself two editors recently: https://wander.md - WYSIWYG editor that works on mac, iphone and iPad and has semantic versioning backend in. https://original.me - fully native macOS editor that uses Apple Notes as backend. those are ver interesting to build, but also way more possible. I think it would have take me years before.

When there is a cost. Please show it on the website. I couldn’t find if for wander.

Re: Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

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Post by bjelkeman-again »

delduca wrote: post #41
reaperducer wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

will expect an Electron app. Whoops! Thanks for the warning. I'm out. Shame, too. I've been looking for a new text editor. Someone else in this thread recommended SubEtha. I'll take a look there, instead. Happy to keep my Mac Electron-free.

I can recommend Bear ( https://bear.app ) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.

One time purchase, then I would have been interested. Yeah, a free version, but subscription…
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