Quiver for Mac reaches version 3

Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 17, 2015 at 08:55 PM

Another major release of Quiver (“the programmer’s notebook”) appeared in the Mac App Store today—version 3. Quiver’s combines various “cells” into a single note: text, code (with syntax highighting), markdown, LaTeX, and diagram.

The diagram cell is new in version 3, and interprets structured text to render either a “sequence diagram” or a flowchart. Here’s an example of the code.

Title: Here is a title
A->B: Normal line
B—>C: Dashed line
C->>D: Open arrow
D—>>A: Dashed open arrow

and here is the diagram that Quiver renders from that code.

It is interesting that all of these cells can be work together to create some very nicely formatted rich output from the original plain text note. In many respects I think Quiver accomplishes more than Manuscripts and is really not just for programmers but is also for academics and anyone who needs to produce complex documentation.

Other key features include side-by-side preview (plain text in one panel and the output preview beside it); import Evernote notes that were exported as .enex files from Evernote; shared notebooks (via a cloud service). The list is extensive. (http://happenapps.tumblr.com). Still $9.99 from the App Store and a trial is available from happenapps.com