I'm working on theme system for in progress Bike 2.

You can see how it works in this video tutorial:

https://vimeo.com/1057888906

Or try it out if you want to download the preview:

https://support.hogbaysoftware.com/t/bike-2-0-preview-210/6057

Bike 2 isn't ready for day to day use, but is the best time to make theme related suggestions and requests.

Jesse

Theming is an excellent addition. I took a peek at your 35-minute video but didn't have time to watch the whole thing... but I hope for an easy user experience in creating themes that improves on coding a file.

I'd like to point out the excellent WYSIWYG theme-building web page for the Highland 2 writing app ( https://highland2.app/ ), which makes creating themes fast and effortless.

https://quoteunquoteapps.com/theme-builder/

The site also allows users to share themes they created

https://quoteunquoteapps.com/highland-2/theme-gallery

This way easy theming doesn't have to be built into the app, as it is in Ulysses, for example.

Ulysses lets users easily create and edit WYSIWYG themes in-app, and it too offers a user-shared theme section on its site, with search/filters based on theme type hashtag, download popularity, and newness.

https://styles.ulysses.app/themes

The theme pages above for both apps also show previews of the themes, which might be useful in creating Bike themes.

Theming is an excellent addition. I took a peek at your 35-minute video but didn’t have time to watch the whole thing… but I hope for an easy user experience in creating themes that improves on coding a file.

Yes, the current theming is very focused on power/flexibility, but it's a full programming environment, not something that most users will be able/expected to use.

I’d like to point out the excellent WYSIWYG theme-building web page for the Highland 2 writing app ( https://highland2.app/ ), which makes creating themes fast and effortless.

It look like these theme systems are color sets. I don't know when I will get to it, but I could add a separate color set editor that just generates a list of colors that the theme would then read.

Will think about it, but I think that could work.

Just thought I'd post part of an e-mail I've just received from Sascha at Zettelkasten.de – apparently Bike is his outliner of choice:

"I just pull content from my Zettelkasten. For most episodes, I can create the outline (I like Bike for outlining)" – so bravo, Jesse!

He goes on to expound the benefits of the Zettelkasten technique (he's one of the most enthusiastic and convincing proponents!), ending with the following:

"There is one wish that all Zettelkasten owners have in common:

"I wish I had started my Zettelkasten sooner."

He may be right! ;-)