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I just downloaded and installed and I am really impressed. I liked the concept of math blocks though it took me a few seconds to figure out how to change a new

I just downloaded and installed and I am really impressed. I liked the concept of math blocks though it took me a few seconds to figure out how to change a new block into a math block. This note at the top wasn't clear to me: ⌘ + L Change block language The phrase block language didn't trigger my "change the type of block" thinking. I might slightly rephrase like: ⌘ + L Change block language (Math, Markdown, etc.) Otherwise, I think this is a great "scratches an itch" type project. Congrats!

jonatanheyman 3y ago
Good suggestion, I'll change that!
- zestyping 3y ago
  "Change block type" makes more sense then "Change block language". "Language" sounds like it could mean English, French, etc. whereas "block type" is unambiguous.
- silvestrov 3y ago
  It would be nice with some documentation of what the Math mode supports, e.g. syntax, units, functions. It can be difficult to figure out why some lines are interpreted ok and while others fail. How to convert between fahrenheit and celsius?
  - jonatanheyman 3y ago
    Yes, I've learned that Heynote is lacking some documentation. Will improve that. Math.js (https://mathjs.org/ https://mathjs.org/) powers the Math blocks, so what's supported by Math.js should be supported by Heynote, with the addition of currency conversions (exchange rates are updated daily). > How to convert between fahrenheit and celsius? This should work: 10 celsius to fahrenheit
    - silvestrov 3y ago
      Could it be made to parse "10°C" as "10 celsius" as that is much shorter? Suggestion: mouse over on green calculated value should show value in multiple formats. E.g. "time = 4000 seconds" could show "01:06:40" also: "today + 4 days" or "now + 1 day" Unicode "π" should parse like "PI".
      - promiseofbeans 3y ago
        You can do that (and lots more) with Fend: https://github.com/printfn/fend/ https://github.com/printfn/fend/
- samstave 3y ago
  All blocks should be collapsable - I was playing with it and had to enter a comment marker in some to be able to get the collapse arrow in the bar, like # in a python block, however the behavior for a python block collapsing vs another - is that the python block collapses to ' ... ' Whereas, other blocks maintain the firt row as a header, so if I label another block NOTES and collapse it, I can still see the header. So a collapse button on every block would be nice. I love this. Thank you.
  - jonatanheyman 3y ago
    I agree! This would (will hopefully) be an improvement.
    - samstave 3y ago
      Maybe a block header which includes the timestamp for block birth and whatever text on that line for the title. So row 0 of every block would be the block meta header? no feature creep I promise... Oh! and one more thing.... https://i.imgur.com/UZwOhIZ.png https://i.imgur.com/UZwOhIZ.png

jonatanheyman 3y ago

Good suggestion, I'll change that!

zestyping 3y ago
"Change block type" makes more sense then "Change block language". "Language" sounds like it could mean English, French, etc. whereas "block type" is unambiguous.
silvestrov 3y ago
It would be nice with some documentation of what the Math mode supports, e.g. syntax, units, functions. It can be difficult to figure out why some lines are interpreted ok and while others fail. How to convert between fahrenheit and celsius?
- jonatanheyman 3y ago
  Yes, I've learned that Heynote is lacking some documentation. Will improve that. Math.js (https://mathjs.org/ https://mathjs.org/) powers the Math blocks, so what's supported by Math.js should be supported by Heynote, with the addition of currency conversions (exchange rates are updated daily). > How to convert between fahrenheit and celsius? This should work: 10 celsius to fahrenheit
  - silvestrov 3y ago
    Could it be made to parse "10°C" as "10 celsius" as that is much shorter? Suggestion: mouse over on green calculated value should show value in multiple formats. E.g. "time = 4000 seconds" could show "01:06:40" also: "today + 4 days" or "now + 1 day" Unicode "π" should parse like "PI".
    - promiseofbeans 3y ago
      You can do that (and lots more) with Fend: https://github.com/printfn/fend/ https://github.com/printfn/fend/
samstave 3y ago
All blocks should be collapsable - I was playing with it and had to enter a comment marker in some to be able to get the collapse arrow in the bar, like # in a python block, however the behavior for a python block collapsing vs another - is that the python block collapses to ' ... ' Whereas, other blocks maintain the firt row as a header, so if I label another block NOTES and collapse it, I can still see the header. So a collapse button on every block would be nice. I love this. Thank you.
- jonatanheyman 3y ago
  I agree! This would (will hopefully) be an improvement.
  - samstave 3y ago
    Maybe a block header which includes the timestamp for block birth and whatever text on that line for the title. So row 0 of every block would be the block meta header? no feature creep I promise... Oh! and one more thing.... https://i.imgur.com/UZwOhIZ.png https://i.imgur.com/UZwOhIZ.png