docs: add Jarte competitive-analysis notes - #886
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Research comparing QUILL's feature set against Jarte (portable/screen- reader-aware word processor), identifying print/page-layout polish and a simpler default profile as the two concrete gaps worth acting on. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a planning/reference document capturing a competitive analysis of Jarte’s feature set and outlining gaps/opportunities for QUILL’s roadmap and product positioning.
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- Introduces
docs/planning/jarte.mdwith grouped Jarte capabilities, QUILL comparison notes, and prioritized “ideas to steal”. - Adds supporting reference links for traceability to public materials.
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| **QUILL is not lacking in ambition or breadth.** Compared with Jarte, QUILL is vastly broader: document rescue, OCR, braille, DAISY, speech, dictation, AI, GLOW, remote files, vaults, Story Studio, formats, extensions, and strong screen-reader-first architecture. QUILL 0.9.0 is described as the final feature beta before 1.0, with the remaining work focused on bug fixes, polish, and reliability. ([quillforall.org][2]) | ||
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| But **Jarte is better at one thing QUILL should take seriously**: it feels like a lightweight, familiar, office-ready word processor first, and a power tool second. QUILL’s biggest risk is not missing “power.” It is missing the calm, obvious, WordPad-like document workflow for someone who wants to write, format, print, send, and move on. |
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…s, macOS QUILL key - Redact the crash-report metadata local_crash_file path the same way the report body already is; it was previously included verbatim, leaking the reporter's OS username in public GitHub issues (Community-Access#886). - Remove the invalid Expand() call on the hidden root of the shared tree navigator dialog, which crashed the Outline Navigator and its siblings with a wxAssertionError (Community-Access#885). - Restore focus to the AI Hub's Provider choice when repopulating the Model combo steals it during arrow-key-only provider selection (Community-Access#883). - Recognize the physical Control key (via RawControlDown) for the QUILL key chord on macOS, where ControlDown() reflects Cmd instead. Updates CHANGELOG, Beta 2 release notes, and the user guide's QUILL key section to match. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
docs/planning/jarte.md, a research note comparing QUILL's feature set to Jarte (a portable, screen-reader-aware word processor), for future product-planning reference.Docs-only change, no code touched.