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Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 6, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Hugh wrote:
>Alternatively, it may be worth considering VoodooPad:
>http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/.
I don’t have a Mac, but it’s interesting to compare VoodooPad and CT. While CT does have a lot of specialised functions that VP doesn’t seem to have (CT’s various analytical and search tools), at least on the basis of their website (I don’t know how well these work in practice), VP seems to be ahead in the area of sharing (Dropbox and built-in web server), export (save as MS Word and RTF), and native Markdown editing.
I especially miss the last one in CT. Markdown has turned into a huge thing the last few years, became pretty much a standard for certain writing tasks. I’m doing my writing in WriteMonkey and Gingko in Markdown, and it would be nice to be able to just use copy and paste into CT.
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 6, 2013 at 01:04 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>I especially miss the last one in CT. Markdown has turned into a huge
>thing the last few years, became pretty much a standard for certain
>writing tasks. I’m doing my writing in WriteMonkey and Gingko in
>Markdown, and it would be nice to be able to just use copy and paste
>into CT.
Though I realise that it’s a bit difficult to talk about Markdown as a “standard,” considering the proliferation of different varieties and lack of leadership in the arena. But I only use the very basics which are common to all anyway.
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 7, 2013 at 01:36 PM
Hugh wrote:
>Alternatively, it may be worth considering VoodooPad:
>http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/.
Incidentally, VoodooPad has just been bought by another company:
https://plausible.coop/
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 7, 2013 at 01:44 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>Incidentally, VoodooPad has just been bought by another company:
>https://plausible.coop/
Looks like the new developer also likes Markdown:
“With the release of VoodooPad 5, it gained support for the Markdown syntax. By a wonderful coincidence, my blog uses the Markdown syntax. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to move away from a painful system of text files and scripts and streamline the process of writing my articles. I wrote a small script that sends an article to my blog server, and now I do all of my writing from within my master VoodooPad document. It’s not built as a blogging platform, but the power and flexibility of the system lets me mold it to my needs.”
https://www.plausible.coop/blog/?p=184
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 7, 2013 at 03:52 PM
Well, that solves one of my reservations about VoodooPad, which is that it is hard to take seriously a developer called “Flying Meat.”
The history of one developer acquiring an app from the original developer has not been promising: I’m thinking of Mori and Brainstorm, specifically. Though we could very well go back in time to when ECCO was acquired by Symantec. The original developer is usually the one with the passion for the app, and it subsequently languishes. But I am at least heartened by the enthusiasm from the new developer of VP. One of the first things I wish they would do is give the interface a makeover. It is so drab and boring now that it actually discourages me from using the software.
Steve Z.