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@hfeixas hfeixas released this 26 Sep 01:45
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Binders 0.3.0

Notes that format as you type, shortcuts you can set to anything, and a fix for Binders not opening.

  • Binders opens again when an AI tool is connected to it. Claude Code, Claude Desktop and other tools start Binders --mcp in the background, and Binders mistook that for a second copy of itself and quit as soon as it launched. It now tells the two apart.
  • Notes, the scratchpad and meeting notes format as you type: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, code blocks, links, quotes, and bullet and numbered lists. They are still plain Markdown underneath, so nothing about your existing notes changes except how they look.
  • Checklists. Start a line with "- [ ]" or press ⌘⇧L and it becomes a checkbox you can click to tick.
  • Lists carry on by themselves: Return starts the next item, Return on an empty item ends the list, and Tab and ⇧Tab indent.
  • A toolbar above every note, and the usual keys: ⌘B, ⌘I, ⌘E for code, ⌘K for a link, ⌘⌥C for a code block, ⌘⌥1 to ⌘⌥3 for headings.
  • Setting a shortcut records exactly what you press. Pressing a shortcut that's already in use no longer runs it; it's recorded, and Binders tells you where it's used and offers to move it.
  • A shortcut can be a modifier tapped twice. Click the field and tap ⌥ twice, and double-tapping ⌥ anywhere opens the scratchpad (or whatever you gave it).
  • fn works in combinations such as fn W, the field shows the keys as you hold them, and Esc cancels.