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Instead of procrastinating over font choices and layout options when using Microsoft Word, you can now waste valuable writing time looking at these themes. While this is neat, it is a form of distraction. There is a theme gallery, you can download more themes If you are handy with CSS, you can create your own custom themes. Many allow you to switch from dark text on a light background to light on dark, or perhaps, format the output in different ways.

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The other departure from standard Markdown editors is that Typora offers a series of themes. IвЂ™m not convinced this is an improvement, but you may feel otherwise. Yet, for the most part, Typora keeps this out of sight. There is an option to choose a view with pure Markdown codes. This takes us back to an acronym that we donвЂ™t hear much these days: wysiwyg вЂ“ what you see is what you get. In normal use, it styles the text as you type. You can then switch to a second screen to see how they look after formatting. You type onto a blank pages and can see your markup codes. Other Markdown editors tend to keep these codes in sight. A pair of * symbols tells Markdown the next few characters are in bold type and so on.

With Markdown editors you can enter formatting codes directly into your text. ThatвЂ™s deliberate, it keeps things simple. Even Google Docs offers a wider range of choices. Markdown editors have a limited range of type and formatting options compared to traditional word processors like Microsoft Word. Many writers swear Markdown improves productivity. If you want to focus on getting your words onto the virtual page and nothing else, they are your best option. Markdown editors are stripped-back distraction-free writing apps.

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While there are no versions for Android or iOS, that may change. ItвЂ™s possible to run Typora on a Chromebook. Windows and Linux users who want to simplify writing have fewer options.

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ThereвЂ™s a smorgasbord full of Markdown editors for Apple users. This isn't going to replace FoldingText for me right now, but I'll be watching its progress closely (and once it evolves a bit more, I'm happy to pay money for it.Typora is a great Markdown editor that brings distraction-free writing to Windows and Linux. This means I can have a long document that looks perfect in Typora, but renders everything on a single line when parsed to HTML. For instance, there is no indication of whether or not a line has a hard line break at the end (double-space in Markdown), which I find problematic, since it's a very easy thing to forget. There are also some limitations with regards to the inline preview. It would be nice to be able to configure basic things like display font and size without tweaking the CSS, since I like my fonts zoomed to different levels depending on the resolution of the screen I'm using at the time. There are virtually no configuration options - you have several built-in themes, which you can of course tweak (or add your own) by modifying the CSS directly. It definitely feels like a work in progress. The only other app I'm aware of that does this is FoldingText, so I'm very happy to see this. Inline preview Markdown like this is my favorite style.