How do you figure a folder containing a text file is not cross-platform? We're releasing a spec for a zipped version, but for the time being the idea is that you don't need to own an app that supports it in order to use the files included in the bundle, but it provides convenience factors when treated as a bundle on a machine that understands it.
When I mentioned cross-platform I was referring at the "bundle" approach that we can do on Mac OS X, where a folder can be treated as a single file, sorry for not being clear on the initial post.
On a Mac, you can treat that folder as a single file, but only on the Mac.
Help me out with something. Is there a benefit to using Ulysses over the Write App? Both seem to provide an interface to finding files from a list, sync with iCloud, and provide a MD editor. I don't quote grasp the significance of Textbundle yet, but if that's a clear advantage for once I understand it, then that may be good enough.
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The directory approach works fine on Mac OS X because you can mark it as a Bundle and it will act as a single file.
But it is not cross platform.
Maybe wrapping it in a zip file like XLSX and JAR? This way it's always a single file, and you get compression for "free".
Yes, it gets more complicated on the implementers side, but that's what good Frameworks are for :)
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How do you figure a folder containing a text file is not cross-platform? We're releasing a spec for a zipped version, but for the time being the idea is that you don't need to own an app that supports it in order to use the files included in the bundle, but it provides convenience factors when treated as a bundle on a machine that understands it.
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When I mentioned cross-platform I was referring at the "bundle" approach that we can do on Mac OS X, where a folder can be treated as a single file, sorry for not being clear on the initial post.
On a Mac, you can treat that folder as a single file, but only on the Mac.
Nothing more.
Glad to see the zipped spec, thanks.
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Isn't this .rtfd with Markdown instead of RTF as the markup?
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Help me out with something. Is there a benefit to using Ulysses over the Write App? Both seem to provide an interface to finding files from a list, sync with iCloud, and provide a MD editor. I don't quote grasp the significance of Textbundle yet, but if that's a clear advantage for once I understand it, then that may be good enough.
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That sounds fantastic, really looking forward to updates regarding this. Opens up quite a few nice possibilities :)
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That is excellent, especially the ability to keep assets together with the text, in a way that other apps might respect.
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This sounds awesome! I love the idea of standardizing a bundle that all the great Markdown apps could work with.
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