6/7/2023 0 Comments Foldingtext vs taskpaper![]() We talk with Jesse about the similarities of right room and I writer as well as the Super early days of the change log when this all began on Tumblr. For our little listeners who wanna skip the ads and get a little closer to the metal, check out our membership at change law.com/plus plus to DVR plus plus subscribers get a bonus 10 minutes to enjoy. This business model and pricing for his apps and what it takes to build his business around Mac OS and the driving force of the App Store. We talk through the evolution of his apps, how he considers new features and improvements, why he chose and continues to choose the Mac platform. Since 2004, Jesse has been building Mac apps under the company name Hog based software producing hits such as Writeroom, task Paper and Now Bike. I paid my $15 as much for the promise of Folding Text as for the current reality, I suspect in the end I will more than get my money’s worth.This week on the changes over talking to Jesse Grosjean about his career as an indie Mac Dev. ![]() I’ve started to explore scripting it with AppleScript and that shows promise. I have to admit that I still don’t use Folding Text a great deal, I use Byword for writing and TaskPaper for my lists. At the moment it is well worth the $15 and I suspect that it will become more and more powerful over time. ![]() Grosjean is working hard on the editor, he recently added AppleScript support (which expanded and gained some good documentation in version 1.1) and has just added a beta version of user programmable modes to go with the todo and timer modes. I really like to know a document’s word count as I write. The one missing feature that I really need is a word count. With folding, focussing and the two modes you have a smart little editor. The current timer step is highlighted in grey.Īll this works together well, since everything is text based you can mix outliner elements, to do lists and timers in the one document and if you don’t want to see an element you can fold it away. To start the schedule, click on the time label to the left of the first step. timer to the title of your timer, indent and add a line for each step in your schedule and include the steps duration somewhere in the line’s text. Timer mode supports a list of timed events. Once you have created a to do list you get checkboxes, clicking on one adds to the list item. todo to title of your list, then indent and add unordered list items to create items. Notice the icon in the top left corner, this shows you are focussed down and clicking on it takes you back one level of focus.įolding Text also offers two special modes, to do lists and timers. This is a great feature and I’d love to see it in Byword.įolding Text focussed down on one part of the document. To edit the formatting characters click in the formatted text and they are visible once again. One nice trick is the on screen display of inline formatting, after you enter the formatting the format characters disappear and you get your text in bold, italic or a clickable URL. It even uses the different heading levels to define a structure for your document, the number of hash characters defines the heading level. The editor then allows you to fold sections of your document or focus on one particular part. You write using MarkDown syntax with one or two additions specific to Folding Text. The window doesn’t ever get more complex, indeed if you wish Folding Text even has a full screen mode. ![]() Like WriteRoom (or Byword) when you first run Folding Text you get a very plain window almost completely unadorned. The Folding Text website describes it as “Plain text productivity for geeks” and that’s a good starting point. Now he has done it again with Folding Text. All in all Jesse Grosjean has written some great apps. They also wrote the utility QuickCursor that allows you to edit text from any field in your favourite editor. First was WriteRoom for distraction free writing then came TaskPaper for simple task handling in a text file. Hog Bay Software is known for creating great little applications.
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