iA Writer on iOS/iPadOS

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Thanks,

I have added your tip into my new iA Writer help folder.

This is a good forum to belong to!!!

Regards,
Peter

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I’m becoming more familiar with iA Writer and am looking at developing my own template.

I have used a “common template” (normal.css) with HTML and Markdown documents for many years. It uses Georgia font for most text and Verdana font for headings. It has a few other simple CSS rules but is not very complex.

I use iA Writer on my two iPads and my iPhone. I no longer use a Mac.

I thought of using the iA Writer Helvetica template as a base and modifying it. It seems like it might be just a case of changing the several CSS files in the Helvetica template. But I’m not sure.

I wonder if anyone else has tried such an approach or if anybody would be interested in working with me to develop “Normal.iatemplate”.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Peter

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I haven’t built a template from scratch, but there are quite a few available on GitHub, including iA’s own documentation and guide for creating them.

I’ve collected a few in a list here.

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Do those themes work on the Mac also?

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I have few unrelated concerns about Taio and I hope these don’t come across as frivolous concerns. Here I go :grimacing: -

  1. Taio is not open source and hence not binary reproducible (this is very important esp. w.r.t to next point)
  2. I believe the dev(s) is/are based out of a certain geography - imho for something that could be as intimate as personal/private notes, this alone is a huge concern (at least for some; esp. in today’s world) (irrespective of whether the app claims to use only iCloud for sync in its T&C)
  3. Couldn’t find much about the dev or the company behind it (which often doesn’t matter much anyway if based out that certain geography)

I tried to follow that Twitter thread/spat another user has had posted here but the dev a/c @cynapps is locked now. @taioapp seems to have had its last update over two years ago.

However there is another editor app (not notes app and I guess by the same developer) MarsEdit (MarkEdit) and that is indeed open source (dev: cyanzhong (Ying Zhong) · GitHub) and that has been seeing active development.

So I believe either Taio is abandoned and/or one could use it with proper precautions (or some kind of audit at personal level).

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I think you mean MarkEdit, which is on the site your link goes to. MarsEdit is by Red Sweater Software, a respected developer.

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Sorry for the typo. This dev’s app is GitHub - MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit: Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown. (corrected in my original reply as well). (PS. But my original concern was/is with Taio app not being open source and somewhat concerning dev domicile region and also kinda abandoned).

Thanks for pointing out the typo. Appreciate it.

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