`jot`

jot (จด), a simple writing tool focus on writing, no fancy viewer, no image-embed, no mind-map, no graph, etc. inspired by the a simplicity of TextEditor, and an intuitive distractionless of Left. Powered by Tauri, a framework for building tiny, blazingly fast binaries for all major desktop platforms.

features

lightweight (~3mb)
writing-focus only
quick inserts
quick word referencing
support extensions .txt, .md, .doc, .docx, .rft, .rtf

download

download lastest installer at release page, support major platforms(Win/OSX/Linux)

usages

marker will be created by #, ## or ###. eg. `# header marker`, or ## sub-header marker or ### marker for quickly navigate between header.
for word referencing(eg. word¹), use ^ follow by any number eg. word^1 and type Cmd+Shift+6 (make sure the cursor is within the target word) will be converted to word¹ and append reference to the end of the file.

build

pnpm i, install deps first
pnpm run build, built file will be located at src-tauri/target/release/bundle/<depends-on-your-os>

development

pnpm run dev

shortcuts

Cmd+o : open file
Cmd+n : new file
Cmd+s : save file
Cmd+Shift+s : save as file
Cmd+f : find text
Cmd+' : toggle navigator
Cmd+b : open url
Cmd+[ : move to previous marker
Cmd+] : move to next marker
Cmd+Shift+6 : convert to footnote superscript
Cmd+Shift+; : switch between dark/light theme

inserts

Cmd+d : Date
Cmd+t : Time
Cmd+p : Path
Cmd+h : Header¹
Cmd+H : Sub-Header¹
Cmd+/ : Comment

¹will create marker at navigator

QA

is this WYSIWYG editor?
it intentionally designed to focus on distractionless writing, thus textarea is being used. in this sense, jot is NOT a WYSIWYG editor.

karnpapon/jot

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