It is obsidians way too. You create a note from hotkey (or from icon in the sidebar) and that opens immediately the note (after being placed directly under the workspaces root folder) inside the editor without any disturbing dialogue. I think we mean the same.
Furthermore obsidian uses the very first line of the editor for the name of the file. A new note in obsidian always starts with the name āUntitledā which is selected. So you can either directly start typing the name of the file OR you just hit āenterā, the name āuntitledā remains und you continue with typing text. I consider that as ideal.
Yeah, but again, thatās not an issue with automation. Simply have the file be renamed automatically with your first few captured words to know whatās what.
Sorry, I am not able to create a macro. I even donāt know what a macro is.
I just meant something simple what probably @roar also meant. That the first line of the note is dedicated for the name of the file. See the screenshot from obsidian:
I advocated for that because it is an easy way: either starting with the name inside the note after creation OR just hitting enter to continue in the note and leaving the note unnamed. See video for illustration:
Edit:
As it is shown in the screenshots the name of the file already ist displayed in the top bar of the editor. I can assume it is not elegant to have the name twice. So keep the name out of the note.
A macro is just a small automation script to chain commands. Everything Iāve described is trivial to do with Shortcuts. It was exactly my capture system in Obsidian.
Offer a more traditional ālibraryā setup: create workspaces (single or multiple) containing folders of Markdown files that can be edited, searched, and interconnected.
Feature request: open arbitrary folder as a āworkspaceā
Panda edits standard MD files and links to external files but also be able to have something like a .textbundle file so that you could copy that file anywhere and the attachments stay with it.
This is actually better than Bear if you donāt mind me saying so, and better than iA Writer which is what I use for long texts. I love the backlinks panel!
So happy I happened to visit the community forum. I would have never known. This looks incredible. I just downloaded Version 1.0 (3147). Is that the most recent version as Iām not seeing a sidebar?
This Panda version was the alpha for Bear 2.0 beta, mainly testing and debugging the new editor, that was developed from scratch. It was resurrected recently on Mac, due to popular demand.
What we are eagerly waiting for now, is a new Panda beta as a separate file-based product, using the same editor as Bear 2.1.
Workspaces are awesome. I would use this all day to separate businesses I run vs client work/projects.
Love the sidebar. Itās perfect.
Please envision the most important part of a writing app for me: ability to share my files simply for read access (not collaboration). I know youāll probably say just export or maybe drop in a Dropbox folder and share that way. But how can we cut down the steps and make it dead simple. Iād give up two other apps just to stay in the Panda family.
Make it easy to swap out a default theme for our own. Your typography is beyond excellent but I want my own colors.
This looks really great and seems like it would be a perfect compliment my markdown editing needs.
Personally I love and use bear for everything. But for taking notes at my job I would use Panda as it fits the restrictions of my work computer and allows keeping my markdown files on disk and separate from the personal files.
Me too. Iām not a fan of putting files in notes apps as Iāve lost files before. Not in Bear but other programs.
However, I like the idea of keeping information on a topic together. I have folders for projects that I do with various files such as spreadsheets, word processing, etc and would be super nice to have markdown files in these folders then be able to edit with Panda thus keeping information in 1 spot.
I think Panda would honestly be great for writing novels. I donāt mind having stuff like that in Bear, but to have it all in folders in plain markdown files would be ideal. Youāll definitely give iA Writer a run for its money.
I agree. Certainly now that theyāve added a not-so-well-working AI and other rubbish instead of following through on their initial plan to make iA Writer more of a knowledge tool. Not that I would use it instead of Panda 2 ā writing markdown is OK, but having to constantly switch between the editor and a preview panel to see your text formatted is not very efficient, let alone if their templates donāt offer what you need, and you need to switch to Marked 2 insteadā¦
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