v0.1.0

The first release. One hotkey floats a notes panel over whatever you are doing, with the caret already in the note you used last.

Features

• ⌃⌥Space summons the pane and dismisses it, with the caret exactly where you left it. Summoning does not activate the app, so nothing switches and the menu bar does not change.
• The pane floats above other apps, joins every Space, and works over fullscreen apps.
• Live markdown as you type: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code and code blocks, nested lists, task checkboxes, links, rules and blockquotes. Raw source shows on the caret's line only.
• Every note is a plain .md file in a flat folder you own — ~/Documents/Pane by default, and filenames never change once created.
• ⌘P searches the whole vault by title or body, and Return on no results creates the note you just described. ⌘N for a new note, and notes can be pinned to the top.
• ⌘K action panel, a menu bar item, and launch at login.
• Settings in four tabs: hotkey recorder, dismiss behaviour, Dock icon, vault location, accent, markdown theme, text size, translucency, and rebindable shortcuts. settings.json can be edited by hand and reloads live.
• Edits made in another editor arrive automatically, and a file that changed underneath Pane is never silently overwritten.
• Light and dark. No account, no server, no telemetry, and no privacy permissions of any kind.

Install

brew install --cask ColeMei/pane/pane

Pane is unsigned, so macOS will call it "damaged" the first time. Clear the flag once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Pane.app