As much as I prefer Byword as my writing environment, there’s something hypnotically attractive about iA Writer’s blue caret. So, seriously, why wouldn’t I add that to the MarkdownEditing package for Sublime Text 2?
markdownediting, sublimetext
I was looking back through logs and posts and thinking about all of the half-baked projects I’ve spent my time on over the last few years. I started compiling a list and figured I’d post it for posterity. The following are the projects that stick out to me as either being pretty cool or, at the least, having potential.
Code, otask, personal
I’ve posted a much-needed update to my TextExpander Tools collection. About 60% of the snippets have been updated/repaired. You can find them all and subscribe or download them (and customize the prefixes) with my TE-snippet tool. If you’re currently subscribed to any of the Snippet groups, your snippets will update automatically. I didn’t change any shortcuts, but I removed some snippets that relied on no-longer-existing services and added a few new ones.
scripting, snippet, textexpander, tools
A while back I published a popup cheat sheet system for OS X called Cheaters. It was fairly popular, and I think there may be a few cheat sheets floating around that would be worth sharing.
cheaters
I’ve added a couple of new API parameters to Marky to allow better nvALT clipping of web pages. First, if you’re not using the nvALT 2.2 beta, the url handler is “nvalt” instead of “nv”. Now you can specify an output type of “nvalt” instead of “nv” and get the right handler returned. I’d recommend, of course, just using the beta. It’s stable and happy.
markdown, marky, nvalt
I’ve started using Quix again, and have updated my custom Quix file accordingly. It started because Gleebox began misbehaving in Safari for me, and it doesn’t seem to be actively maintained any more. Then I ended up switching to Chrome as my primary browser, and Quix made the transition easy; all of my commands stayed the same.
quix, websurfing
I’ve been meaning to make a list of some of my favorite Sublime Text 2 packages for a while now1. The following is far from a complete list of the plugins I’ve played with or currently have installed, but they’re a few that struck my fancy and have stayed in my packages list for the long haul. Some are more complex or useful than others, but they’ve all added to my list of reasons that I really dig Sublime Text 2.
sublimetext
Launch Center Pro This one from App Cubby is making the rounds today. I’m giving it a shot, I’ll let you know how it goes. affiliate link TextExpander 4 Get it. New fill-in types, snippet expansion within fill-ins, Mountain-Lion ready and much more. Why Apple Is Making The Mac Harder To Use (While Trying To Make It Easier) Reflections from Michael Schechter on the first casualty of the new Sandboxing policies in the App Store: TextExpander 4. Plume This iPhone app is…
bookmarks
Hog Bay Software is looking for input on their upcoming product, FoldingText. It’s in a relatively early beta state, but it has some serious potential as a Markdown editor.
beta, markdown
I’ve been working a bit on Marky the Markdownifier. It’s a project I started back in 2010 and use regularly, but it’s never really caught on with the Markdown masses. I’ve tweaked the algorithms and added to the API to make Marky as useful as possible within my own workflow, and hopefully within other’s as well.
markdown, marky
Just in case you missed it, Marked is $1.99 today for Two Dollar Tuesdays. The organizers were kind enough to let me in despite a rule that featured apps have to be over $9.99 regular price. It’s still 50% off, so (if you don’t already have it) grab it while it’s hot!
marked, sale
There are a lot of things you can do with the OS X command. This post isn’t intended to detail them, but a little searching can turn up a lot of neat tricks.
terminal
WWDC 2012 is coming to a close. I’m tired, but this week has been great, and exactly what I look forward to all year. See, I don’t go to WWDC, I bum around on the outskirts, blogging, meeting devs, seeing apps and drinking beers with great people. And it’s been a lot of all of that (the latter declining in frequency as the week wore me down).
personal, wwdc
