genowrite

write free, write dark, write geno by scazzumvivendi

Purpose & History

Simply put, I needed a word editor which had

• autocorrect capability
• dark theme
• export and import from file
• word and character counter

I couldn't find any editor that could do all these, so I thought I could make one to fit my needs. I thought that Litewrite could be the best basis for starting, looking at the code, so I forked it and moved it in the direction I wanted.

Similarity and differences with Litewrite

• Added autocorrect capability.
  The feature it's there but it's kind of empty. When I'll write I'll add more rules (in Italian). Note that it's active a rule that no two capitalized characters can be at a beginning of the word. Sorry folks of IJmuiden (:
• Dark theme
  It's a simple change of CSS rules, but it's really a feature that was what I needed. A good choice is to be able to choose between the two.
• Choosing a title for the note
  Through a very duct-tapey box at the bottom left it is possible to change the title of the note.
• Adding export and import of .txt files
  Through the combinations Ctrl+E and Ctrl+I it is possible to export and import a file in .txt format. Note that the title is imported automagically.
• Word and character counter A simple word and character counter found in the bottom of the page
• Removed remote sync I'm sorry but I found the small popup hereditated by Litewrite a little bit distracting and by the way I'm not planning to use that feature. It will be reinstated when I understand what and how remoteStorage works :)

TODO

Note: All of these will be done when they they're done.

• Correct bugs.
  • if you delete, the scroll bar does not refresh immediately
  • correct scroll down after enter at bottom and navigation with arrows
  • title update is fidgety
• Update remoteStorage widget appearance
• Select theme.
• Add more autocorrect words and tokens.
• Add a menu at the bottom left with shortcut.
• "Real" zen mode: remove all bars when writing.
• Add paragraph space.
• Implement import/export of .docx files.
• Electron version
• Other stuff that I am forgetting...

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Programming language

This editor is written in HTML+CSS+JS, so anyone familiar with this environment should feel at home.

The framework used is BackboneJS, but anyone with a grasp of JQuery (like I did when I started working on it) could get their hands dirty with it.

Play with the development environment

Set up your development environment:

1. git clone https://github.com/scazzumvivendi/genowrite.git
2. cd genowrite
3. Install node.js
4. Run npm install to install the development dependencies
5. npm start to start a web server at http://localhost:8000
6. Check your code style with npm run lint
7. Build the production version with npm run build

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Thanks

Forked by Litewrite by Jan-Christoph Borchardt & Jorin Vogel.
Alegreya typeface by Juan Pablo del Peral.

License

Copyleft (c) 2020 Armando Capozza, licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later. See license.txt for the full license text. Short: Do anything you want as long as you credit us and redistribute your changes under the same conditions.