I'm going to respond to several of you here in one email, since I unfortunately subscribed with the digest option at first:
*Chris*: Yes, my issue is primarily caused by the lack of Android apps to open/edit .md or .markdown files. I'm really surprised there aren't any. *Fletcher:* Your post was a mini-revelation for me! I had assumed that Composer (and similar apps) required the special markdown file extensions in order to utilize all of their features. I didn't realize that manually entering .txt instead of the default would work just fine. Thank you! This essentially solves my problem. I'll also experiment with customizing the syntax coloring. I really do like MMD Composer and think the syntax coloring options are more attractive than most out there. The one thing I do like about ByWord's coloring that would be nice as an option in Composer (just an option, not default) is the immediate greying-out of the code marks while retaining the stylized text (bolded, italicized, etc.) It makes your text very readable for certain projects. But I think I could achieve much the same thing with some creative CSS editing, if I can manage it. *Lasar:* Thanks for clarifying about the file extensions. You and Fletcher have helped me a lot! *jem:* I'm going to try out TextWrangler, since BBedit is on the pricey side for my needs. But thanks! *Spencer:* I'm curious about the markdown bundle for Textmate, but you're right, it's not a cheap program. What sort of neat things does the bundle do? -Nicole On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:21 AM, <markdown-discuss-requ...@six.pairlist.net>wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Nicole C) > 2. Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Chris Lott) > 3. Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Fletcher Penney) > 4. Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Jan Erik Mostr?m) > 5. Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Lasar Liepins) > 6. Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt (Spencer Wysinger) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:48:43 -0500 > From: Nicole C <ncat...@gmail.com> > Subject: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net > Message-ID: > <CAJYUP8NQMP1qoMt+6aE1aERxq6h-euQoBwvLGe0nq=hglls...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > I'm a newer user of markdown & MultiMarkdown, and I'm looking for the > perfect setup of software for my Mac and my Android phone. I'd like to > have my drafts editable from both. > > What I want is an attractive Mac app for writing (primarily blog posts and > emails) that saves its files as .txt . Most of them save as .md or > .markdown instead, and since there doesn't seem to be a true markdown > editor for Android yet, using these programs isn't compatible with my > phone. > > I know that I could use a text-editor that is meant for programmers, but > I'm not really the proper audience. I don't need the line counts, or even > the fully colored syntax, and these programs aren't meant to create an > aesthetically pleasing writing experience, which I'll admit is a priority > for me. In other words, ideally I want the equivalent of Byword or > Macchiato with the option to save as .txt. > > So, are there any markdown editors for the Mac that do all the "pretty" > things (receding the code, stylizing your text, etc) but that DON'T save as > .md or .markdown files? Am I correct that Macchiato only saves in markdown > format? I'd even take something like MMD Composer, with its colorized & > stylized text, if it saved in plain text format. > > Are there any other Mac/Android users? What are you doing to get around > this problem? > > Thanks for any help or suggestions, > -Nicole > > FYI, I have Marked, Byword, MultiMarkdown Composer, Mou, Tincta, and Clean > Writer Pro. I'm loving Epistle for my phone, since it saves to Dropbox and > has a clean interface. I'm trying a trial of MarkMyWords next... > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/attachments/20120201/93e10238/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:02:27 -0900 > From: Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> > Subject: Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: "Discussion related to Markdown." > <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> > Message-ID: > <CAHJRaA5SUp1fodAb1j4BpD7uK96a=cdd4h28iun59evgdf7...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Nicole C <ncat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What I want is an attractive Mac app for writing (primarily blog posts > and > > emails) that saves its files as .txt . Most of them save as .md or > .markdown > > instead, and since there doesn't seem to be a true markdown editor for > > Android yet, using these programs isn't compatible with my phone. > > Is this just an issue that the Android app can't be told to open files > with different extensions? > > It annoys me that so many Markdown editors won't allow for arbitrary > file extensions, though a few had come around last I looked. > > c > -- > Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:46:51 -0500 > From: Fletcher Penney <fletc...@fletcherpenney.net> > Subject: Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: "Discussion related to Markdown." > <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> > Message-ID: <9e04aca3-331b-4cf4-bec2-15d222b81...@fletcherpenney.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Not sure I follow - Composer saves files in plain text, and you can use > whatever file extension you like. > > And you don't have to use the default theme with solarized colors if you > want a less colorful editor window. > > > What does it not do in this regard that you are looking for? > > > Fletcher > > > -- > Fletcher T. Penney > fletc...@fletcherpenney.net > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Nicole C wrote: > > > So, are there any markdown editors for the Mac that do all the "pretty" > things (receding the code, stylizing your text, etc) but that DON'T save as > .md or .markdown files? Am I correct that Macchiato only saves in markdown > format? I'd even take something like MMD Composer, with its colorized & > stylized text, if it saved in plain text format. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/pkcs7-signature > Size: 4899 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : < > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/attachments/20120201/34ac522a/attachment-0001.bin > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:19:28 +0100 > From: Jan Erik Mostr?m <li...@mostrom.pp.se> > Subject: Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: "Discussion related to Markdown." > <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> > Message-ID: > <CALGRW_xyCkUBLQ_Ynpqm5nD=CrU=mookybpy16uy4zzx3je...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If you use BBEdit you can set it to use Markdown for the default > language for txt-files (and md and markdown and ...) > > - jem > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:29:14 +0100 > From: Lasar Liepins <la...@liepins.net> > Subject: Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: "Discussion related to Markdown." > <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> > Message-ID: <65814b60-717d-4afc-be3e-e1f3490aa...@liepins.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > ByWord, iA Writer and probably most of the other apps you mentioned > will by default save to .md or .mdown files, but that is just the > file suffix. These files ARE plain text. > > It's just a way to distinguish between "normal" plain text files and > markdown-formatted plain text files. > > Rename your file.md to file.txt and it will work just as well. When saving > a new document the apps should prompt you for a file name that ends in > .md as well (unless you have that "hide suffix" checkbox checked), you > can replace it with .txt right away. > > Greetings, > > _Lasar > > On 2012-02-02, at 01:02, Chris Lott wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Nicole C <ncat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> What I want is an attractive Mac app for writing (primarily blog posts > and > >> emails) that saves its files as .txt . Most of them save as .md or > .markdown > >> instead, and since there doesn't seem to be a true markdown editor for > >> Android yet, using these programs isn't compatible with my phone. > > > > Is this just an issue that the Android app can't be told to open files > > with different extensions? > > > > It annoys me that so many Markdown editors won't allow for arbitrary > > file extensions, though a few had come around last I looked. > > > > c > > -- > > Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > > Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss > > > > > > -- > _Lasar Liepins > la...@liepins.net > http://liepins.net/ > http://10110101.net/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 02:21:29 -0800 > From: Spencer Wysinger <swysin...@tivo.com> > Subject: Re: Mac markdown editor that saves as .txt > To: "Discussion related to Markdown." > <markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> > Message-ID: <2f1872da-8137-466e-9b19-58800ea31...@tivo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Let's also give some love to TextMate, one of the best Mac editors around > (tho it costs money). They have a Markdown bundle that does lots of neat > things and, as dictated by the name, it works exclusively with plain text > files. > > Spencer > > > On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:29 AM, Lasar Liepins wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > ByWord, iA Writer and probably most of the other apps you mentioned > > will by default save to .md or .mdown files, but that is just the > > file suffix. These files ARE plain text. > > > > It's just a way to distinguish between "normal" plain text files and > > markdown-formatted plain text files. > > > > Rename your file.md to file.txt and it will work just as well. When > saving > > a new document the apps should prompt you for a file name that ends in > > .md as well (unless you have that "hide suffix" checkbox checked), you > > can replace it with .txt right away. > > > > Greetings, > > > > _Lasar > > > > On 2012-02-02, at 01:02, Chris Lott wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Nicole C <ncat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> What I want is an attractive Mac app for writing (primarily blog posts > and > >>> emails) that saves its files as .txt . Most of them save as .md or > .markdown > >>> instead, and since there doesn't seem to be a true markdown editor for > >>> Android yet, using these programs isn't compatible with my phone. > >> > >> Is this just an issue that the Android app can't be told to open files > >> with different extensions? > >> > >> It annoys me that so many Markdown editors won't allow for arbitrary > >> file extensions, though a few had come around last I looked. > >> > >> c > >> -- > >> Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Markdown-Discuss mailing list > >> Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > _Lasar Liepins > > la...@liepins.net > > http://liepins.net/ > > http://10110101.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Markdown-Discuss mailing list > > Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss > > > This email and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged > material for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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