Type into the page. Keep plain Markdown.

Features

Everything in the page, nothing in the way.

Write in formatted text and let Notemark keep the Markdown underneath.

• Page mode

  A WYSIWYG editor over Markdown. Headings stay headings while you write, and nothing re-renders or shifts under the cursor.

• Markdown shortcuts

  # for a heading, - for a bullet, 1. for a numbered item, [] for a task, > for a quote, ``` for code and --- for a rule. Enter on an empty line leaves a list, quote or code block.

  You type# Meeting notes

  You getMeeting notes

• Source and split modes

  Edit raw Markdown, or both views side by side with two-way synchronisation. The editor can sit left, right, above or below the page.

• Tabs

  Every file opens in its own tab and keeps its own view, cursor, scroll position and undo history. Drag to reorder, middle-click to close, right-click for more.

• CSV and TSV tables

  Open as an editable table: add, delete and move rows and columns, sort and filter, paste a block of cells, and switch to the raw text.

• Settings

  Press Ctrl+, for the theme, source editor size, default view, split layout, the status bar, and reopening your files on the next launch.

• Light and dark themes

  Follows the desktop colour scheme on first launch, and remembers your choice after that.

• Zoom

  From 50 to 300 percent, with the toolbar, keyboard, or Ctrl and the scroll wheel.

• Plain files

  Clickable task checkboxes rewrite the Markdown. Export to a self-contained HTML file. Word and character count, an unsaved-changes guard, and registration as a handler for .md files.

Install

Pick your way in.

Notemark needs Python 3.8 or newer, PyGObject, GTK 3 and WebKitGTK 4.1. Every mainstream desktop Linux ships these, and the Debian package pulls them in automatically.

curl -fsSL https://notemark.forhad.me/apt/notemark.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/notemark.gpg > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/notemark.gpg] https://notemark.forhad.me/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/notemark.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install notemark

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt remove notemark
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/notemark.list /usr/share/keyrings/notemark.gpg

sudo apt install ./notemark_0.3.0_all.deb

chmod +x Notemark-0.3.0-x86_64.AppImage
./Notemark-0.3.0-x86_64.AppImage

tar -xzf notemark-0.3.0-linux.tar.gz
cd notemark-0.3.0
./notemark sample.md          # run without installing
./install.sh                  # or install into ~/.local
sudo ./install.sh /usr/local  # or system-wide

Usage

Open files, start typing.

Open files from the toolbar (pick several at once), or pass them on the command line:

notemark notes.md data.csv

Keyboard shortcuts

Build

Build from source and test.

Clone the repository and run it from the source tree:

git clone https://github.com/forhadkhan/notemark.git
cd notemark
make run FILE=sample.md

Runtime dependencies, by distribution:

Packages

make deb        # dist/notemark_<version>_all.deb
make appimage   # dist/Notemark-<version>-x86_64.AppImage
make tarball    # dist/notemark-<version>-linux.tar.gz
make dist       # all three

Building the Debian package needs dpkg-deb. Building the AppImage downloads appimagetool into build/tools on first use.

Tests

make test

The suite loads the editor into an offscreen WebKit view and drives it the way a person would, then asserts on the Markdown that comes back out. An X display is required.

Changelog

What changed.

Version 0.2.0 added tabs, new windows, CSV and TSV tables, a Settings dialog, split layouts and session restore. Read the full history in the changelog or on the releases page.

About

Author and licence.