Writing Software for Writers

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 23, 2013 at 11:15 AM

MadaboutDana wrote:
>my current favourite for fast Markdown: 1Writer

Thanks for the heads-up on Texts and 1Writer.

>The iOS app does need work, though.

Yes, an extended keyboard on iPad for a Markdown editor is a must. 1Writer looks good though.

>Vastly superior to WriteMonkey, IMHO. I have to admit I really dislike
>WriteMonkey - for a super-minimalist app it manages to be really awkward
>to use

I’ll need to stand up for WriteMonkey here :) I’ve just switched from FocusWriter to it, partly because of the Markdown support, but I also find it a bit more satisfying to use. Horses for courses, I suppose.

Re WM v. Texts, WM seems to recognise an unlimited number of headings levels, while Texts only recognises 3, which is not enough for longer documents with a complex structure. And there is full-screen distraction-free writing, which Texts doesn’t seem to have (though I only played with it briefly).

While on the Markdown topic, just came across this article with a staggering list of 78 Markdown editors…
http://mashable.com/2013/06/24/markdown-tools/