WriteRoom 4.0 (Preview 408)

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Runs on macOS 15.6. WriteRoom 4 now runs on macOS Sequoia 15.6 and later.

Folding and moving. Edit ▸ Fold and Edit ▸ Arrange now use Bike’s commands and shortcuts.

Word (.docx) export. File ▸ Export ▸ Word Document and Edit ▸ Copy ▸ Word Document export and copy Word-formatted text.

More per-window settings. The Settings window still sets the defaults. Use View ▸ Theme and Line Width to change just the front window.

Clean Up Markdown. Format ▸ Clean Up Markdown… rewrites the selection or whole document in standard Markdown formatting. Format ▸ Check Document… lists broken links and other problems.

Performance. I’ve spent much of this release with a giant, 1 GB Markdown file open. It’s fast now, so your documents should be too!

Accessibility. VoiceOver, Zoom, Voice Control and other assistive apps can now access the editor.

  • Added Solarized Dark and Solarized Light themes
  • Added Edit ▸ Selection with Expand Selection (⌃⇧⌘→)
  • Added heading numbers (Settings ▸ Markdown ▸ Live Preview)
  • Added Rename Heading, which updates links to the heading
  • Added Renumber List and improved automatic list renumbering
  • Added Move Column, Sort Rows and Convert to Table
  • Added Go to Definition (⌃⌘J) and Previous/Next Link
  • Added pandoc definition list syntax
  • Added superscripts and subscripts (4^th^, H~2~O)
  • Added footnotes that fold and hold indented paragraphs
  • Added emacs keys: ⌃K kill, ⌃Y yank, ⌃T transpose
  • Added encoding and line ending conversion to Document Info
  • Added Edit ▸ Copy ▸ Link to Heading
  • Added option to check parent and subtasks together
  • Changed View menu settings to affect only the front window
  • Changed Mark as Done to Mark as Completed (⇧⌘C)
  • Changed Split Editor to ⌃⌘S
  • Changed heading overview from held Escape to ⌥⌘O
  • Changed Actual Size to ⇧⌘0 and Inline Code to ⇧⌘M
  • Changed Return to autocorrect the word before it, like Space
  • Fixed spelling marks waiting for the next edit to appear
  • Fixed autocorrect capitals after footnotes and markup
  • Fixed Escape not closing the find bar
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I’m looking at this release as close to final. So please note any remaining rough points. Guide update still to go. Also I have texted 15.6 in VM, curious to know if it works well in real install.

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I find if I try to select a Typewriter position, the menu won’t accept my choice. Same for Focus unit:

CleanShot 2026-10-14 at 20.32.06

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I’m also noticing some funny business with lists, but they’re hard to replicate. Nothing too serious, mostly me trying to break it :slight_smile:

But I wonder if this is correct:

  • Should indented lists that start with - cause the preceding lne to be recognised as a heading?

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  • And, should all list text (this includes all list types) be tinted red in Solarized themes? Doesn’t seem like the DEC theme carries the same styling
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Amazing!

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This is the way it works in Commonmark, but I agree, it doesn’t seem right for live editing. Not sure what correct solution is on that.

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I think, if it were me, I would be opinionated and say that’s not the way to do headings inside a list and just render a list.

Lettera and iA Writer seem to ignore this, too:

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EDIT: Also, seems a little weird how Writeroom indents - Four less than - Three, according to the RAW file shown below (I indents are via TAB, not spaces) → Probably because headings have a different margin?

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cmark gfm has a --no-setext option. For what WriteRoom is aiming for, I suspect the best result for the most users is to have this enabled by default.

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Each theme is independent, they just decide which syntax to style. But I agree the Solarized needs adjustments. I’m going to copy VIM solarized theme more closely.

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Thanks again for the feedback. I think latest new release addresses issues brought up here: