Writing App (WIP)
I'm now creating my own writing app. Most note apps don't have native interfaces and are instead built in Electron. It's fine to use Electron but it's not fast like native, and Electron apps typically deviate from the appearance of the OS. I want to write an app for writing because I enjoy writing things, but also because afterwards I will have a native app to take notes in that will be nice and fast and good looking too.
This is still early stage, but I do already have a working prototype that can handle markdown formatting. Now, it does seem there are some things that are possible in something like Electron with CSS that are not actually possible in Swift UI. It doesn't seem to be possible to put a background behind text that has rounded corners, which I need for inline code to look good. It's also probably going to be tricky showing and hiding the formatting characters as the writer is writing them. For code blocks I will probably have to resort to a webkit view to use web tech to render syntax highlighting. Everything else should be fine in Swift.
I'm excited that this is coming together. I will not be abandoning Obsidian or my paper note system anytime soon, but it seems I will have my complimentary note app someday and it's going to look good (& I'll get the spacing right).
