SpringNotes

Posted by MadaboutDana
Mar 22, 2021 at 11:09 AM

Heh, John has a real thing about “hybrid” markdown displays – ironically, SpringNotes doesn’t have one, it shows all the code as entered, but other very popular apps like NotePlan (and a whole bunch of highly thought-of markdown editors like Typora) do.

I can see no good reason for this attitude, to be honest. The primary advantage of markdown is that it works with basic text files, so doesn’t tie you into a proprietary format. Insisting that you be able to see the code all the time is on a par, IMHO, with insisting that you be able to permanently view the HTML code of a web page. Most hybrid editors change to a “code” view when you click in the heading/line/table you want to edit, which seems perfectly acceptable and pragmatic.

I believe John is also irritated by markdown apps (like SpringNotes) that don’t use monospaced fonts – this despite the fact that one of the old markdown faithfuls, iA Writer, now produces its own not-exactly-monospaced – and hugely popular – fonts to give people a more natural (= easier) reading experience. But after all, there are a whole bunch of people on this forum who still swear by text editors as the ideal working environment. And if it works for you, I have nothing against it! I do have to say, though, that it doesn’t work for me… but does that matter?

Cheers!
Bill