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Posted by Tomasz Raburski
Nov 11, 2014 at 09:41 PM
SmartDown looks promising. It’s light and aesthetically pleasing. The developer is very dedicated and responsive. I reported him some problems with diacritics and it was fixed within two days.
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 15, 2014 at 01:54 AM
Tomasz Raburski wrote:
>SmartDown looks promising. It’s light and aesthetically pleasing.
I just had a quick play with SmartDown and I also like it a lot. It’s the best markdown editor for viewing text I’ve come across, thanks to the nice code highlighting.
I probably wouldn’t switch from Gingko or WriteMonkey for writing long texts just yet, but I’d definitely use SmartDown for viewing and editing the text after exporting it from them.
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 20, 2014 at 07:39 PM
Here is another new markdown-based app, sqink: Scroll, Quill & INK - Note taking application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
It seems to focus on journal-writing, as it syncs with Narrate:
“Create notes on your desktop, and synchronize using Dropbox. Use tags to classify your notes. Compatible with Narrate for Android.”
https://code.google.com/p/ck-sqink/
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 25, 2015 at 10:52 PM
...and here is another Markdown editor (haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but looks interesting). This one also supports CommonMark.
Markdown Edit
“Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop CommonMark (a.k.a. Markdown) editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts. There is no main menu, status bar, tabbed windows or other distractions.”
http://mike-ward.net/markdownedit/
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 30, 2015 at 01:57 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
...and here is another Markdown editor (haven’t had a chance to try it
>yet, but looks interesting). This one also supports CommonMark.
>
>Markdown Edit
>http://mike-ward.net/markdownedit/
I did manage to try it now. It requires NET Framework 4.5.2, so that takes a bit of time to install/update to. Overall it’s a nice piece of software with a good set of features. But there seem to be a few bugs in it (e.g. hitting F9 to call up its settings in Notepad, where I was hoping to be able to adjust the width of the edit window, had crashed the app for me, which is not good when you’re writing. Also, a bit of encoding issue, as em dash is not recognised in the text).
But there are lots of things to like, such as multiple visual themes, a preview pane that can be hidden, markdown syntax highlighting, word count, and so on. Reminds me of SmartDown (although SmartDown has the edge with its CriticMarkup support - but Markdown Edit is free). Most of the controls are only accessible by way of keyboard shortcuts, which some might find not so intuitive (e.g. need to use CTRL+O to open a document, it doesn’t seem to be possible through the interface). F1 will give you a list of all the controls.