Request to support animated gifs or video for theme backgrounds. Gifs would be awesome…
WriteRoom remains my favorite distraction-free writing program.
While I’m super late to this party, I wanted to voice how much I like it as it is, aside from performance issues.
I use it for all first drafts, then just copy and paste into Final Draft or Pages depending on what’s next. But I find it absolutely priceless as a place to think and create.
I use the “Terminal” theme exclusively, with green modified to amber so it looks like my old 1980s Brother word processor that boasted a short, wide CRT screen. So please, whatever you add, don’t forget to retain this theme. And of course a screen full of nothing but blackness and my text.
I think I’ve been around since v1.0, but for sure since 2006. Thank you so much, Jesse, for all the years of this program! It means a lot to me.
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Hi. I am too fan of this program. I used it to write my PhD. My theme is darkblueish back with slight orange letters, with typewriter sound. So, I would love to have an option to visualize and use the program as simple as it is now.
But well, if things shall be added, I would like to have the possibilities of folding text inside of this one. Maybe a timer, to use pomodoro? And well, I don’t use markdown, but I use WriteRoom as the raw texter for LaTeX. I usually copy the written texto to TexPad to give it the final LaTeX tweaks.
Hi, I was wondering whether WR4 was still being developed? I’ve been using WR to write stories for publication every single day since 2006 and would happily pay a monthly / annual sub to keep it going. I’m on WR3 and love it, although changes in Mac have altered its aesthetic capacity, which was also important for my workflow.
If you’re still developing the app, please do indicate and let us know how we can continue to support. I’ve tried literally everything under the sun when it comes to pure writing experience, and nothing even comes close to WR.
Thank you, and please keep working - whether it’s on WR or not.
Not really, sorry I left this thread hanging…
Good lesson to not believe anything that I say until it’s released!
The story of this thread’s WriteRoom 4 code is this was what I was working on before I started Bike. This codebase was really interesting and fun, but in the end just too much, combined with not being all that different in user visible features than many other text editors.
Upon realizing this I changed courses and decided to build Bike Outliner.
I STILL have dreams that one day I’ll manage to release a WriteRoom 4, but for now my focus is Bike 2.
Have you tried Paper? I think that might be up your alley.
I wrote a pretty detailed review on it here. It’s the only app I know that comes close to Jesse’s polish! It’s a minimalistic Markdown editor, with a fantastic writing experience.
(It’s very expensive, though – but if you don’t need customisation, it’s free.)
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