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#SHORTCUT TO OPEN NVALT FILE IN OTHER EDITOR UPDATE#
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My setup and work flow remain perfect and ‘simple’ revamped but much the same. It’s almost a year since I first shared an insight into my note making and writing processes. And that was it, my notes were synced across both devices. To complete the setup, in Epistle, I changed the Dropbox folder it was syncing with to the “NV” folder I had created. Next, I synced the folder with Dropbox using MacDropAny. Then I created a folder called “NV” and moved all my notes to this folder. In short I switched to saving notes in nvALT as plain text files. Re-reading the post it was clear that I could do the same with nvALT, Dropbox and Epistle.

#SHORTCUT TO OPEN NVALT FILE IN OTHER EDITOR HOW TO#

Fortunately, I remembered reading a blog post demonstrating how to sync your notes in nvALT with Dropbox and Plain Text for iPad. After a couple of clicks, I had Epistle working in exactly the same way as nvALT. Also, you can select from serif, sans-serif and monospace fonts. Note creation involves a single click and they can be organised alphabetically or by date. It has an elegant and minimal user interface. Which means I can write fully formatted blog posts on my phone, using the Markdown syntax. Like nvALT, Epistle has built-in Markdown support. Being a very specific search I quickly came across Epistle by Matteo Villa.

#SHORTCUT TO OPEN NVALT FILE IN OTHER EDITOR ANDROID#

If you are interested in learning Markdown quickly, this video by Eddie Smith is definitely worth watching:Ī couple of months into learning Markdown I decided that I should find a text editor for my Android phone that supported it. After adding a title and tags all I have to do is hit publish.

NvALT has Markdown support built in meaning that I can write a blog post using the syntax, quickly open up a HTML preview to check that everything looks as it should, then simply copy/paste the HTML source code directly into the WordPress browser-based editor. It works by converting plain text, formatted with the Markdown syntax, in to valid HTML.

Markdown is both a software tool and a simple syntax, created by John Gruber, that allows you to maintain your focus on writing. Over the last three months I have been learning to write using Markdown. This was not the worst workflow but it was not ideal. To avoid writing out lots of HTML, I would write posts in nvALT and then add links, formatting and images in the WordPress browser-based editor. What I prefer, is to write in plain text. While learning HTML syntax has helped me to build and customise this blog, it is not particularly easy to use when writing blog posts.

#SHORTCUT TO OPEN NVALT FILE IN OTHER EDITOR UPDATE#

Therefore, I felt a brief update was in order. There have, however, been a few changes to both the way I write blog posts and the way I create and sync notes with my Android phone. NvALT, my preferred text editor, has been the constant tool in my writing and note making setup for more than a year now.

Shortcut to open nvalt file in other editor