WriteRoom 4.0 (Preview 408)

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.

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?

  • 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

Amazing!

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.