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The "Saved!" dialog gets a little pesky when repeatedly clicking around or focusing/unfocusing. I think it could just be displayed somewhere on the screen. But

The "Saved!" dialog gets a little pesky when repeatedly clicking around or focusing/unfocusing. I think it could just be displayed somewhere on the screen. But I love the editor - congrats! If you feel like going more advanced, it'd be amazing to be able to edit while in preview mode - this could be done with contenteditable I think, and the changes merged back into markdown when exiting preview mode...

josscrowcroft 14y ago
Threw this together to preview markdown HTML elements - posted here in case it saves anybody some time: http://pencil.asleepysamurai.com/hag56udxkx#p http://pencil.asleepysamurai.com/hag56udxkx#p If someone edits it I suppose it'll no longer be there, but so be it!
- josscrowcroft 14y ago
  Actually, that makes me think - a feature suggestion if possible, would be to "lock" a markdown file to editing (only Preview mode available), and require a password to edit. This would make the app super useful for a quick-and-nasty publishing solution (similar to gist or pastebin, but also for random thoughts). Good luck!
  - jrajav 14y ago
    If you like gists, markdown, and quick-and-nasty publishing: http://gist.io/ http://gist.io/ I'd still prefer something like this for the actual drafting, of course.
- bpatrianakos 14y ago
  I followed the link to try to edit it (I wasn't going to save it, I was just curious) and I have to say that on second use, I'm having trouble figuring out how to move from Preview mode to edit mode. Clicking outside the content area seems to move it into preview mode but then no matter what I try I can't get anything editable again. Maybe its just my OS/browser combo or something. Maybe adding a few instructions somewhere would help.
  - chaosprophet 14y ago
    Ctrl+p to move in and out of preview mode. Or click the empty margin to the right side of the text.
    - bpatrianakos 14y ago
      Right, I got the empty margin thing but it seems to behave pretty inconsistently for me. I'm using a pretty small screen. Maybe that's the deal? 11 inch Macbook Air. I don't know. Maybe it's probably one of those real isolated problems.
      - chaosprophet 14y ago
        Inconsistent as in not changing modes when clicked or changing modes when clicked in places other than the margin? I suspect it's the latter and I think I know why it's happening. Will fix soon.
chaosprophet 14y ago
Yeah, I could probably put it in the corner same as the Previev mode indicator. Good idea, will get to it. As for editing in the preview mode, that kinda goes against the whole reason I made this. I want it to be simple and minimal. Markdown also happens to be great for writing, since it doesn't look too different from plain text, ergo you don't get distracted by how your text looks.

josscrowcroft 14y ago

Threw this together to preview markdown HTML elements - posted here in case it saves anybody some time: http://pencil.asleepysamurai.com/hag56udxkx#p http://pencil.asleepysamurai.com/hag56udxkx#p If someone edits it I suppose it'll no longer be there, but so be it!

josscrowcroft 14y ago
Actually, that makes me think - a feature suggestion if possible, would be to "lock" a markdown file to editing (only Preview mode available), and require a password to edit. This would make the app super useful for a quick-and-nasty publishing solution (similar to gist or pastebin, but also for random thoughts). Good luck!
- jrajav 14y ago
  If you like gists, markdown, and quick-and-nasty publishing: http://gist.io/ http://gist.io/ I'd still prefer something like this for the actual drafting, of course.
bpatrianakos 14y ago
I followed the link to try to edit it (I wasn't going to save it, I was just curious) and I have to say that on second use, I'm having trouble figuring out how to move from Preview mode to edit mode. Clicking outside the content area seems to move it into preview mode but then no matter what I try I can't get anything editable again. Maybe its just my OS/browser combo or something. Maybe adding a few instructions somewhere would help.
- chaosprophet 14y ago
  Ctrl+p to move in and out of preview mode. Or click the empty margin to the right side of the text.
  - bpatrianakos 14y ago
    Right, I got the empty margin thing but it seems to behave pretty inconsistently for me. I'm using a pretty small screen. Maybe that's the deal? 11 inch Macbook Air. I don't know. Maybe it's probably one of those real isolated problems.
    - chaosprophet 14y ago
      Inconsistent as in not changing modes when clicked or changing modes when clicked in places other than the margin? I suspect it's the latter and I think I know why it's happening. Will fix soon.

chaosprophet 14y ago

Yeah, I could probably put it in the corner same as the Previev mode indicator. Good idea, will get to it. As for editing in the preview mode, that kinda goes against the whole reason I made this. I want it to be simple and minimal. Markdown also happens to be great for writing, since it doesn't look too different from plain text, ergo you don't get distracted by how your text looks.