WriteRoom 4.0 (407)

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Split editor. View ▸ Split Editor (⌥⌘S) shows one document in two panes, so you can write in one while keeping another part in view.

Export. File ▸ Export writes HTML and Rich Text, and Edit ▸ Copy ▸ HTML and Rich Text put the same on the clipboard.

Tables. Format ▸ Table ▸ Insert Table starts one. Columns align as you type, Tab and Return move between cells and create rows, and the same menu adds and removes rows and columns.

Right-to-left text. Arabic, Hebrew and Persian paragraphs now run right to left. Format ▸ Text Direction sets a document’s direction when the automatic choice is wrong.

Footnotes and reference links. Add Footnote (⌥⌘K) inserts the next numbered note. Add Reference Link (⇧⌘K) does the same for links. Typing [^ or ][ completes labels. When things get messy, Format ▸ Clean Up ▸ Tidy Links and Footnotes renumbers them and gathers the definitions at the end.

Hard-wrapped Markdown. Opening a file that looks hard-wrapped shows an alert pointing to Format ▸ Clean Up ▸ Unwrap Paragraphs. ⇧Return inserts a Markdown hard line break, and Settings ▸ Markdown ▸ Line Breaks keeps every break on export if that’s how you write.

Smaller changes:

  • Added Open in New Tab and Open in New Window
  • Added Insert and Update Table of Contents
  • Added per-window Line Numbers, Sticky Headings, Minimap
  • Added pasting a URL over selected text to make a link
  • Added double-click on a bracket or quote to select its pair
  • Added option to float the word count over the editor
  • Added ⌥Return and ⌥Tab to insert raw characters
  • Added Background Brightness slider to DEC Terminal
  • Added anonymous daily usage count (Settings ▸ General)
  • Changed new documents to Markdown by default
  • Changed math, HTML and comments to a muted color (in progress)
  • Changed Move Up/Down to move by line (see Edit ▸ Move)
  • Improved text sharpness on non-Retina screens
  • Fixed occasional typing freezes
  • Fixed ⌥↑ ⌥↓ to move by paragraph
  • Fixed text below the caret disappearing after Return
  • Fixed zoomed system font and line numbers changing face
  • Fixed writeroom mcp reporting nothing open after an update
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