May 2012
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Writing Kit and the ultimate Markdown editor...
Last week Brett Terpstra wrote a fantastic wishlist for the “true Markdown editor”. I found myself nodding in agreement with most of his points; indeed, those were the precise reasons why I wrote Writing Kit in the first place.
Let’s go through the hidden power of Writing Kit, in the order of Brett’s wishlist.
Emphasizing text
Tapping on the Bold (B) or Italic (I)...
March 2012
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Writing Kit for Screenwriters
Last month, Stu Maschwitz and John August introduced Fountain, a new simple markup syntax for screenplays. It is very similar to Markdown in terms of readability and intuitive syntax.
Today I’m excited to announce Fountain support in Writing Kit 3.2. You can now open, edit, navigate, and preview Fountain screenplays right within the app.
To create a new screenplay, simply select...
February 2012
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Writing Kit 3.1 In Pictures →
Freshly baked GIF detailing Writing Kit 3.1 features by your truly.
Check for Updates if you haven’t done so — 3.1 is awesome!
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Writing Kit 3.0
The first thing you will notice in this 3.0 update is the brand new app icon. Under the hood, Writing Kit 3.0 is a major release that helps refine many of the app’s powerful features, make them more friendly and easier to use.
Let’s go through each of them in brief details.
Undo/Redo, Clever Return Key, Convert inline links to references
Version 3.0 finally includes proper...
January 2012
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What's new in Writing Kit 2.5
After roughly one week in review, Writing Kit 2.5 is now available on the App Store. This is mainly a maintenance update shipping with the following changes:
More fine-grained editor settings
The Editor Settings screen has been completely redesigned in this version. Now you can control exactly which features to be enabled in your documents: Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Correction, Check Spelling,...
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Writing Kit: An iPad Writing App That Puts... →
It’s app as multitool, seeking to provide all the functions that a web-native author might want in their day-to-day work. What I find interesting about it is the way of thinking about how you carve the world up into tasks. From an engineering standpoint, it’s kind of a mess of features. From a user experience design standpoint, it’s a tuned set of tools for a particular kind of user working on...
chartier asked: Could you consider adding support for Readability, including plugging it into all the places Instapaper works in Writing Kit right now?
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Distraction-free researching and the reading queue
Writing Kit works hard to bring you a pleasant researching experience. The built-in web browser includes an Ad-blocker, which is enabled by default and silently removes the most obstrusive banners you see on the web.
To truly remove all distractions, you can switch to the Text-only mode powered by Instapaper. All pages you access from that point will be stripped out of noises and...
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Writing Kit for Instapaper users
Writing Kit’s built-in web browser features deep integration with Instapaper. Why would you need it? Simply put, while researching your materials within Writing Kit, you may come across something you want to read outside the app. Instapaper is perfect for this.
And because Writing Kit is awesome, it understands that you may already use Instapaper to collect your researching materials....
October 2011
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Using Quick Research
Quick Research is an incredibly useful feature in Writing Kit, thanks to its DuckDuckGo integration. It gives you access to a wealth of information from quality sources without having to switch to other apps, or even open the built-in browser.
Research while you work on your document
You can open the Quick Research popover at anytime by tapping on the Beaker icon.
Say, you want to find...
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Using Writing Kit with Terminology
Writing Kit includes fantastic integration with the popular English dictionary & thesaurus app Terminology. You can lookup words, explore phrases, and even substitute them with alternatives right from within Writing Kit.
Looking up words
To lookup a word in your current document or your current browsing session, simply tap-and-hold it and select “Lookup”.
To explore any...
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Introducing Writing Kit 2.0
If you’ve been following my Twitter account, you must have heard about Writing Kit 2.0. This is a major release and will introduce many exciting features.
Let’s get the big news out of the way first: Writing Kit 2.0 is a universal app, and current users will get it for free. Buy it now if you haven’t done so.
Here’s how the iPhone version looks like:
While the...