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Open Markdown Files with Deepdwn

A topic by Harper Rhett created 64 days ago Views: 94 Replies: 4

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Harper Rhett64 days ago

This is a fantastic markdown editing tool. I use it often. But, an incredible feature is missing. When I set Deepdwn as my primary program for opening markdown files, and I open a markdown file, Deepdwn opens an empty file! Realistically, most of the time when I'm using Deepdwn, the folder selection system doesn't make since. I'm a programmer, and I hop from repository to repository, each one in a different location with different markdown files. It would be a huge quality-of-life feature and increase my usage of Deepdwn if I could just double click on the markdown file and it opens up in Deepdwn. As of right now I find myself using VSCode for such things. But I love Deepdwn!

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billiam64 days ago

Hi, thanks for your feedback.

As you’ve found, Deepdwn wasn’t really designed for that use case. It’s something I may be able to hack in at some point, but I think it would come with a lot of caveats, and features that don’t work the same when opening ad-hoc files.

I don’t have a timeframe for adding that, and I think it’s more likely that there would be a separate, Deepdwn-lite app without folders/tags/organization etc that could be used the way that you’d like.

For your use case, if there are a handful of projects you jump between most, you can add multiple folders to Deepdwn, and edit your files for all of them there, though how well that will work for you will depend on the number and size of projects.

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Harper Rhett63 days ago(+1)

I appreciate the swift response! Your app is really intuitive and I have a lot of appreciation for the design and execution.

If I may propose a compromise! Perhaps when the user opens a markdown file, Deepdwn opens and prompts the user with a popup asking if they would like to add the file’s parent folder to Deepdwn’s folder list. Then, upon confirmation, the folder would be added and the file opened.

P.S. A total sidetrack, but I believe there’s a market out there for a non-markdown word editor somewhere in-between markdown and Word or Google Docs. Realistically, just a minimalistic word editor that’s portable and not bloated with features I never asked for.

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