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Editor

The editor is an in-house markdown editor with a formatting toolbar and a live preview. Everything writes plain .md files in your notes directory.

Kryton editor in split mode showing a note open with toolbar and preview 12345
  1. Tab strip. Open notes stack here. Capped at 4 — opening a fifth closes the oldest.
  2. Mode toggle: Edit / Split / Preview. Split is shown here.
  3. Formatting toolbar: headings, bold, italic, lists, links, tables.
  4. Plain markdown source — left half of split view.
  5. Live preview — right half, kept in sync as you type.

From left to right: undo / redo, three heading levels, bold (⌘B), italic (⌘I), strikethrough, inline code, wiki link, insert image, upload image, bullet/numbered/task lists, blockquote, horizontal rule, and insert table. Hover any button to see its keyboard shortcut.

The tab strip is capped at 4 open notes. When you open a fifth, the oldest is evicted automatically — no overflow menu to manage, no tabs slipping off-screen.

You never click Save. Edits are persisted via a 500 ms debounced write to the server. If you and someone else are editing the same note over the live-collaboration channel, the server handles persistence instead.

Three modes for the same note:

  • Edit — the markdown source only.
  • Split — source on the left, rendered preview on the right (above).
  • Preview — the rendered note only. Wiki-links and embedded notes (![[note]]) resolve here.