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   by papereditor 2y ago

   Part 1 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38866170 Part 2 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39603087
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   Apple rich text fundamentals(papereditor.app)

   4 points by papereditor 2y ago|1 comments
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   by papereditor 2y ago

   Part 1 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38866170 Part 2 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39603087
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   by papereditor 2y ago

   Thank you so much for the kind words!
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   by papereditor 2y ago

   Part 1 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38866170 Part 2 on HN → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39603087
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   Apple rich text fundamentals(papereditor.app)

   2 points by papereditor 2y ago|3 comments
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   by papereditor 3y ago

   Done! Comments are now hidden in the Preview Mode. I've also added the comment block feature (%%) like in Ulysses: https://help.ulysses.app/en_US/guides/comments-notes-annotat... Shortcuts: - Comment: Command
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   by papereditor 3y ago

   Indeed! I want to migrate Paper to it this or next year.
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   by papereditor 3y ago

   Web tech is an obvious pragmatic choice. Cross-platform by default, amazing libraries with great support. The average user does not care.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Nice! I'll be sure to prioritize this work then. :D
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Indeed, there are a handful of those dev-oriented editors that crunch through mega files with ease. No idea why I prefer Sublime. :D
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    iA Writer ( https://ia.net/writer ) is on Android as well.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Interesting facts!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks! I've been working on Paper for 9 years. I've had a lot of time to study how everything works. :D
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Yep… "paper writing app" is a good keyword to search by.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Yep. TextView is a beast. For multi-megabyte files I always use Sublime.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thank you!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks! I am offloading all the storage to NSDocument, so I don't have to deal with stuff like this. :)
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Things might have changed already, but yes, when I measured it there was a noticeable difference. Ideally, I would have expected it to behave like you have described.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks! The play/pause buttons are meant to not disturb the reading. They are only for the rare occasions when you want to pause the video to examine it closer. Comments can be hovered over to make them fully visible. The text, yes, sh
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks! The state is saved to local storage. Just delete the key from DevTools and they will come back. :D
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Last time ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38866170 ) there was a small spike in sales, but no lasting effect. I would not say that developers are the target niche. The best customers are professional writers who use a
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thanks! Yep, it's a win-win. A good resource plus a bit of marketing for the product.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    I don't use any low-level rendering code.
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Thank you!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    That looks like a good article, indeed. I have not seen it before. Thanks!
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    by papereditor 3y ago

    Yes. NSTextStorage can also contain the same attributes as the temporary attributes (rendering attributes in TextKit 2). The benefit of using temporary attributes is that changing them is very fast compared to invoking the full transaction