Plain 0.2.2

Plain 0.2.2 — a macOS fix.

macOS

• The window that could not be brought back. Closing the window with its X left Plain in the Dock with no window, and a Dock click, a double-clicked .md or a second launch all went nowhere; now Plain leaves the Dock when its last window closes. A minimised window stayed minimised on a Dock click and when a file was opened from Finder; both now bring it back to the front.

Project

• MIT license. Project page: gmoskalev.com/plain.

Windows: unpack the zip and run plain.exe. macOS: open the dmg and drag Plain into Applications. Both builds are signed, as in 0.2.1.

Plain 0.2.1

Plain 0.2.1 — the editing release.

Editing

• Every Markdown construct now has a command: strikethrough, ==highlight==, inline and block math, horizontal rule, table, image from a file, footnote, [[wikilink]], bullet, numbered and task lists, and the five callouts (note, tip, warning, important, caution). They live under edit → insert ▸ and edit → callout ▸, in the command palette, and on the Ctrl+Alt+… shortcuts (help → shortcuts lists them all).
• A formatting toolbar above the editor, Word-style: one row of buttons that light up for the formatting under the caret. Off with Ctrl+, → edit.toolbar if you prefer the bare editor.
• Formatting commands know what they are standing in: toggling a fence, a list, or a callout on a block that already has one removes it instead of nesting; footnotes with a selection keep the selected text.

Library

• The tags section and the tag line above a note only appear when a note actually has #tags or a tags: field; library.tags in settings hides them for good.

Signed builds

• The Windows exe is code-signed with a timestamp (signer Grigorii Moskalev, Certum). SmartScreen shows the publisher instead of "Unknown publisher"; the blue dialog may still appear once while the certificate earns reputation.
• The macOS build is signed with a Developer ID and notarised, so it opens without the "Open Anyway" detour.

Windows: unpack the zip and run plain.exe. macOS: open the dmg and drag Plain into Applications.

Plain 0.2.0

Plain 0.2.0 — the second release, one day after the first.

New

• split view: edit on the left, the rendered page on the right, updating as you type.
• Paste an image from the clipboard or drop one onto the editor; it is saved to assets/ next to the note and linked in the text.
• Autosave (Ctrl+, → files.autosave, off by default).
• Version history: a snapshot of every save, kept for thirty days, with restore and compare (file → version history…).
• compare on the "file changed on disk" banner shows a line-by-line diff before you decide.
• Library screen (Ctrl+Alt+L): every note with dates and word counts, sortable, filterable by #tag.
• Tags and backlinks in the sidebar.
• Export to HTML, plain text, and PDF via print; copy as plain text.
• Focus mode (F8 or Ctrl+Alt+F).
• Portable mode on Windows: a data folder next to plain.exe keeps settings, drafts, and history there.
• Menu bar, settings screen (Ctrl+,), shortcuts screen (F1), floating format panel above a selection, rich view with hidden markup.
• Context menus in the editor and the reading view; recent libraries; zoom remembered between runs.

macOS

• First macOS build, universal (Apple Silicon and Intel), produced by CI. It is ad-hoc signed: see the README for the first-launch steps. Not yet tested on a real Mac by the author.

Fixed

• Quick search finds Cyrillic file names.
• Reading position is restored exactly; the metadata line above the title no longer hides.
• Many saving edge cases found in review: reloads, restores, and closes always re-check the live buffer before replacing or discarding text.

Windows: unpack the zip and run plain.exe (SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway). macOS: open the dmg, drag to Applications, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.

Plain 0.1.0

First release. Markdown reader/editor for Windows 11: read · edit · rich views, folder library with search, safe atomic saving with recovery drafts, KaTeX, Mermaid, Shiki. Unpack the zip and run plain.exe (SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway).