Hello!

I hope people (maybe at least one person?) would be using Prosaic regularly besides me. If you are, how are you doing it?

New update brings a few minor fixes. Mostly documentation and under-the-hood stuff.

Changed

• Added books section to REFERENCE and README documenting directory structure, chapters, manuscript, and workflow.

• Added Ctrl+M (compile manuscript) to the README keybindings table.

Hello, hello

With a new, shorter iteration to Prosaic, two pesky bugs have been fixed:

• Creating a file no longer overwrites existing files; shows error instead.

• Entering .md extension in filename no longer creates double extension.

This update adds more sense behind the "work on a book" phrasing. Books are now split into chapters by default. Old, single-file books are available to either edit or to convert. No explicit conversion will be performed so you can choose. But going forward, books are better managed with split chapters.

• Books: Now use a folder-based structure with separate chapter files instead of a single document.

• Legacy books are marked and can be migrated to the new format. Your old file will still be available with a .bak extension.

• Chapters are automatically combined into manuscript.md when you compile; chapters.md also gets created automatically allowing you to reorder chapters.

• The manuscript is read-only (in Prosaic) and regenerated on every chapter close or save (including auto-saves).

As always, to update, you can use:

Last year in November, I began working on Ode to build a minimal publishing platform for myself without the noise of the modern internet. Over the last few months, Ode has really matured as an open-source self-hosted website generator. Today, at v1.4.5, it launches on Product Hunt.

I just shipped Prosaic v1.3.3, a small but meaningful update focused on reliability and writing flow.

The big change is autosave. Files now save automatically every 10 seconds, with a simple status bar indicator so you always know what state your document is in:

• just saved

• idle

• [+] unsaved changes

• [ ] saved state

I think before I faced it myself, I didn't consider that all of us have different parts of our lives we need an editor for, and while sharing can work well for some, sometimes, you need a separate space entirely. Thus, profiles are here!

prosaic --profile <> # lets you create a new profile

Hey everyone! Just shipped v1.1 of Prosaic, the distraction-free terminal writing app.

• [Feat] Ctrl+k comment toggle: Quickly comment/uncomment lines using markdown-style [text]: # syntax. Perfect for hiding notes-to-self that won't render.

• [Feat] Key palette (Ctrl + p): See all available keybindings at a glance. No more guessing what shortcuts exist when you are editing a file or navigating a pane.

• [Fix] Consistent escape behavior: Esc and Ctrl+q now close layers in the right order

• [Feat] F1 for help everywhere: Quick reference accessible from any screen.

• Several other under the hood improvements are a part of this larger version bump as well.

Changelog available on the GitHub Releases page.