LightPaper is a simple, beautiful, powerful, yet free text editor for passionate writers. You can use LightPaper to write any kind of text documents -- blogs, articles, notes, READMEs, TODOs, or the next chapter of your new novel. Its simple interface gets out of your way, allowing you to focus on writing. To remove distractions, you can switch to Distraction-Free Mode to completely immerse yourself in your current paragraph. It comes bundled with a handful of themes and beautiful fonts. You can also easily create your own themes or add existing ones.

Features

• Built-in folder navigator
  
• Multi-tabs
  
• Markdown and MultiMarkdown support
  
• Live preview
  
• Built-in and custom styles for both editor and preview
  
• Distraction-Free Mode
  
• Quick Open
  
• PDF/HTML/audio export
  
• GitHub flavored Code Blocks support
  
• Math rendering support in output
  
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks
  

Version 1.4:
Features

• New unsaved files are restored automatically when closing the application without asking you to save first. If you close a tab, however, you'll be prompted to save it first if it is unsaved.
  
• Added a new syntax highlighting theme - Solarized.
  
• One click document open. Save yourself a click as you don't have to double click to open a document. Single click will temporarily open a document. To permanently open a document, double click like usual.
  
• One click folder toggle. A single click will expand/ collapse a folder in the navigator.
  
• LightPaper Mini - added a slider to change the width/height ratio of the mini popover window. This can be accessed from the preferences.
  
• You can now sort sidebar items (except Folders) using different options. Right-click on one of the FAVORITES, SCRATCH NOTES, SHADOW NOTES headers for Sorting Options.
  
• You can now use shortcuts to jump between editor and the sidebar. See View > Jump to Sidebar and View > Jump to Editor for available shortcuts.
  
• You can now use CMD+ENTER to open a sidebar item instead of using your mouse and double clicking it.
  

Improvements

• Added a "Close All Tabs" menu item
  
• A document's base URL is always set to its parent folder by default
  
• Editor outline now recognizes --- and === tags for headers as well
  
• Syntax highlight now supports more languages out of the box including SQL
  
• Scratch and Shadow notes are now restored as well when opening the app.
  
• Scratch and Shadow notes are automatically saved when closing the app.
  
• App will now remember your expanded folders from the previous session.
  
• Changed the placements of both editor outline and preview outline
  
• LightPaper now always remembers opened folder not just when restarting the app.
  
• Don't autobullet if ENTER is done at the beginning of the line
  
• When trying to open a folder, focus it instead if it is already opened
  
• LightPaper now remembers the order of files when restoring them.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where margin would set to 0 for some Mac Sierra users
  
• Fixed a bug where the app would crash on closing if there is at least one unsaved document
  
• Fixed navigator jumpiness when opening a document
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes multiple copies of LightPaper mini would run
  
• Fixed a bug where distraction free mode would show a white border when using a dark theme
  
• Multiple copies of mini documents are opened instead of selecting the tab
  
• Remove fixed header font size from default LightPaper themes
  
• Clicking out of a pinned shadow note without hitting save doesn't save the note in some cases.
  
• CMD+3 closes the external window if it is already open
  
• CMD+S doesn't work for an untitled document
  
• LightPaper Mini doesn't start for some users
  
• Other few minor bugfixes