I really hope there will be external images support (using the  Markdown syntax) we donāt have in Bear app now.
Any update on the release?
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+1 for AsciiDoc support
Two years since this announcement, and I really like the current state of Panda because it does everything I need. My only wish at the moment is for the team to address the bug when pasting text inside tables, the bug when adding images to the document, and to add support for relative images instead of converting a .md file into a .panda. Aside from that, the app fulfills all my needs.
How do I use Panda?
I use it as a drafting-to-polished idea text editor. For the past three years Iāve been using Plain Text Editor to draft everything, but recently, I wanted to add some basic text formatting to my notes, so I started looking around. After a bit of digging, I discovered Panda, and itās exactly what I needed: WYSIWYG on the front end, Markdown on the back end. This also lets me jot down notes at the office, save them to the server, and have anyone read them with no special app needed. Itās not bloated with features I donāt need; it doesnāt come with a built-in library that I need to keep track of (like Apple Notes or Obsidian); it doesnāt need to sync to a cloud service; and the design is beautiful.
Yes, this draft was first written in Panda!
Where can I get panda? Has no idea this was available for use yet.
@tbrlpld Here is the post, and here is the direct download link.
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@canelson are you on 3151 ? I thought it was supposed to be fixed but it still has the image bug in it
@chris_o Iām on 3151 and I still have the image bug. If I add an image to a note, whether by drag and drop or copy and paste, all my text disappears.
Yes, Iām running v1 (3151) here.
Hello folks,
Weāre aware of the bugs present in the current version. However, that version has been officially discontinued and will no longer receive updates or bug fixes.
On a more exciting note, development on Panda has officially restarted! Weāve brought on a few new team members dedicated solely to it. Stay tuned, weāll have more news to share soon.
Thanks for your patience and continued support!
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Great news! Thanks. Any ETA?
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Iāve just come here to say that I absolutely love the styling used for the Markdown editor in Bear, but I want a basic Markdown text editor that edits files I have in various folders on my Mac. I appreciate what Bear is doing as a knowledge management tool however itās not for me.
If Panda can deliver the same markdown editor that Bear uses, but in a way I can double-click on a Markdown file in the Finder to edit it, and then save and close when Iām done, then Iām all for it.
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Iāll keep watching this with excitement - I occasionally need to reference images in Markdown documents, which I understand Panda has problems with at the moment, but for my general usage Iāll give it a spin and see how it goes.
OMG I canāt wait. Thanks for letting us know.
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@matteo This is awesome news!
Have you tried using editors like https://code.visualstudio.com? It can work as a simple editor. And, it has extensions to preview markdown with media.
Do the Bear folks intend to build a Windows Panda version?
The team is fully on Apple hardware and we donāt have knowledge/experience to make something good on other platforms.
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@matteo the right answer 
Matteoās politely saying the solution is to switch to the better side
For personal use I have a mac, I canāt very well pursuade my employer to switch. It would just be nice to utilze the same tool in both contexts. Panda is awesome, the best MD editor Iāve tested, by far.