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Very helpful right out of the gate. Congratulations! #28
Description
What did you want to write?
Medical and financial stuff I wanted to keep confidential. For most notes I'm quite happy with MacVim.
How did it go?
I really like it! Some things in particular:
- I love the vi-style j,k navigation at the top-level page (that is an undocumented feature, as far as I can tell)
- Use of the esc key is very intuitive
- When you put something in the trash it tells you how many days until it is permanently deleted, and you have the option of restoring the page (that is, taking it out of the trash)
Have you come back to write again?
Yes, on another day
What would help you use writui again?
writui is definitely a keeper for me, but there are two things that would make it better for me:
- Make it so my Typinator expansions work. I have a Typinator abbreviation that produces something like this: Fri 16Oct2026 14:45 but in writui all I get is the letter "s". (Other abbreviations also result in just the letter "s", so it is not a function of that particular abbreviation.)
- I use a dark theme, and writui implements it just fine. HOWEVER, I would love to have an option to either not bold the title or have a scalar (such as 0.5) to reduce its brightness. It hurts my eyes so much I add a bunch of blank lines after the title so I don't have to see that bright title. I even checked a box in my iTerm2 settings to not present bolded text as bold, but that didn't seem to help.
Your setup (optional)
macOS, iTerm2, writui 0.17.0
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aakashns commentedon Oct 17, 2026
Thank you for trying writui, writing with it again on another day, and describing both what worked and what got in your way. The navigation, Esc behavior, and Trash recovery feedback is especially helpful.
The Typinator expansion collapsing to
sneeds investigation. Please don't share any private writing, but could you tell me whether the same abbreviation expands correctly in another terminal editor in that iTerm2 session, and whether Typinator is set to insert expansions by pasting or by simulated keystrokes? That should help narrow down where the input is lost.The title brightness problem is clear too. Adding blank lines just to avoid looking at the title is a strong signal that its styling needs attention. I'll investigate a less intense title style that works across terminals. Thanks for including macOS, iTerm2, and the writui version; I'll follow up here with what I find.
aakashns commentedon Oct 17, 2026
Update: I opened #31 with a Bold title switch in Settings. Turning it off leaves the post's first heading plain while keeping other Markdown formatting. The macOS and Linux checks have passed, and the PR has steps and screenshots if you'd like to try it before release.
I also tested ordinary terminal paste with a synthetic expansion in an isolated vault; the full text came through. That has not reproduced the Typinator behavior, so I don't want to guess at its cause. The insertion-method and same-terminal comparison from my earlier question will help narrow it down.
pmdulaney commentedon Oct 18, 2026
aakashns commentedon Oct 19, 2026
Thanks, Paul. Knowing the same abbreviation works in Vim inside iTerm2, MacVim, and Mini Diarium is useful. I still need to isolate why writui receives only
s; I won't assume Typinator's insertion method from an AI answer.For the title option, #31 is still a proposal and has not been released. The latest released version is v0.18.0; you can check yours with
writui --version. If #31 is merged and a new release is published, runwritui upgradein your terminal. It will show what's changing and ask before upgrading. You don't need to delete the app or your vault, and rerunning the install command also works.One small test, if you're willing: copy harmless text such as
test 123from another app, then use iTerm2's Edit > Paste while editing a writui post. Does the whole text appear? No need to share any private writing or Typinator snippets. This will help separate ordinary terminal paste from Typinator's expansion path.aakashns commentedon Oct 19, 2026
Hi Paul,
The latest version (0.19.0) of writui (you can upgrade with
writui upgrade) offers a "minimal" formatting setting for Markdown which removes all bold text. You can configure it on the settings page:I'm investigating the typinator insertion. Full disclosure, the previous two replies were written by an AI agent (I'd asked it to manage the repo). This one is being written by me, a human. Going forward, AI-generated replies will be clearly marked. Sorry!
pmdulaney commentedon Oct 21, 2026