Ghostwriter

Ghostwriter is a distraction-free markdown text editor and document processor. It provides a focused writing environment for composing documents using markdown syntax, separating the drafting process from final formatting.

The application features a minimalist interface designed to minimize visual clutter, including the ability to disable deletion keys to enforce a forward-only drafting flow. It includes a live statistics dashboard for tracking word counts and session metrics, as well as visual highlighting that fades non-active text to focus attention on the current line, sentence, or paragraph.

The tool supports technical writing workflows through the rendering of mathematical equations, tables, and footnotes. It provides real-time HTML previews and integrates with external conversion engines to export documents into various final formats.

Additional capabilities include a sidebar for document structure navigation, automatic character matching, automated file backups, and visual theme customization.

Features

Markdown-Based Content Authoring - Provides a focused writing environment for creating structured content using Markdown syntax.

Markdown Documentation - Provides a focused environment for composing structured documents using markdown syntax.

Document Exporting - Converts markdown files into multiple external formats for distribution and presentation.

Technical Writing Tools - Offers a specialized environment for technical writing, including support for mathematical equations, tables, and footnotes.

Markdown Processors - Transforms Markdown text into various final formats using integrated external document conversion engines.

Markdown to HTML Converters - Provides a specialized engine to transform markdown plaintext into structured HTML for real-time display.

Markdown Editors - Provides a desktop application for editing Markdown files with real-time HTML visual rendering.

Markdown Previewers - Provides an instant HTML visualization of markdown content to verify layout and styling during editing.

Writing Interfaces - Provides a minimalist text editing environment designed to reduce visual clutter and improve focus.

Writing Statistics - Provides a live statistics dashboard for tracking word counts and detailed session and document metrics.

Markdown Extensions - Supports extended markdown syntax for rendering complex elements like tables and footnotes.

External Rendering Processors - Integrates with installed external processors to generate live HTML previews and document exports.

Mathematical Notation Renderers - Integrates a math rendering engine to display LaTeX-style mathematical formulas within markdown.

Document Structure Navigators - Provides a hierarchical sidebar outline to jump quickly between different sections of a document.

Input Restrictions - Enforces a forward-only drafting flow by blocking the backspace and delete keys.

Forward-Only Drafting - Includes an option to disable deletion keys to enforce a forward-only drafting flow.

Contextual Focus Dimming - Visually fades non-active text to focus attention on the current sentence or paragraph.

Focus Highlighting - Implements visual fading of non-active text to keep the writer focused on the current line or paragraph.

Theme Customization - Supports applying built-in light and dark themes or creating user-defined visual aesthetics.

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