Metion: Markdown Notes
writing experience matters!
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Metion is a notebook tool that focuses on the writing experience, uses Markdown as basic text syntax.
## Build Your Own Knowledge Base
Metion 2.0 brings a new feature named "Knowledge Base", the plain text syntax, then becomes mindmap trees, or connected as a network...
## The Writing Experience is So Important
Our goal is to create a great writing experience, specially for iPadOS, although it's not easy.
Metion provides a relatively complete keyboard shortcuts support. After a keyboard connected, both iPad and iPhone can archive a huge improvement in writing experience.
We also have redesigned the "Zen Mode" on iPad, a more focusing writing mode. It is very very beautiful, choosing a suitable background image, selecting the white noise you like in Zen Mode, and the irrelevant UI elements are hidden. Writing is a pleasure, writing is talking to the world, writing is your Zen.
## Data Freedom, Open Filesystem, Git Built-in
Metion based on the open filesystem, no need to create another new format for storing data. An article is a plain text file, and the images in the article are also under a certain folder.
Data freedom and open filesystems allow us to synchronize data across devices using iCloud or Git. If you have a higher requirement for data security, you can also make a backup very quickly by copying the entire folder (working directory).
One more thing, Metion has a built-in support named "history version" that provides a little more reliability for your documents.
**Also, if you know how to use Git, you can try Git to sync. Yes! We have the powerful Git as a built-in feature! **
## Optimized for iPad Pro, Also for iPhone
We tried the best to make Metion optimized for iPad Pro, when writing on iPad Pro by Metion, the iPad is a really more productive device.
Metion is also optimized for the iPhone too. In recent years, most of the new iPhones have notch at the top of screen. Metion does not simply avoid the safe area, but makes a lot of technical efforts to apply every pixel on the screen as far as possible. If using the visual theme of "Dark", the notch sometimes look like disappeared, like the next generation of full-screen phone comes.
## The Exporting of Metion
If using Metion to export as PDF, we suggest the theme of PDF can be set as "Printer" in Settings Panel. If there is a real printer connected in current local network, just print directly, it will be pretty when words on the real paper.
Document in Metion can be exported as image, which is optimized for mobile device (iPhone). We can set text and QR-Code signature at the end of exported image. Send it to friends through some social Apps. The beautiful layout of text can highlight the value of your words.
Metion can analyze the structure of current article automatically, then export it as "Mindmap" with one tap only.
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more - Adjustment: When using the shortcut key to switch the search bar, if the search input area is not focused, focus on it first instead of directly hiding.
- Adjustment: When the current document is in an unsaved state, the synchronized data will not be updated directly to avoid the possibility of content reset within an extremely short time window.
- Enhancement: Added support for "remember window position" on the desktop edition.
- Enhancement: Optimized the memory usage of the sidebar on the desktop client.
- Other minor fixes.
3.8.5 6 Feb
- Enhanced: Added support for “Reset Settings” in the Layout & Font settings.
- Adjusted: The search popup in the desktop version now has a minimum height.
- Other minor bug fixes.
3.8.2 9 Jan
- Fix: When Git automatically syncs and the current article has not changed, there may still be duplicate saves, leading to synchronization triggering version conflicts.
- Adjustment: When CloudKit detects that iCloud storage is full, it will only notify once and stop CloudKit sync.
- Other minor fixes.
3.8.1 17/12/2025
- Adjust: Attempt to detect capacity exceedances in CloudKit/iCloud.
- Fixed: Incorrect color matching for information text in the search bar, which may cause unclear display.
- Other minor corrections.
3.8.0 04/12/2025
- Adjust: Change the reference coordinate system for centering the title in the header area to the screen’s midline.
- Other minor fixes.
3.7.9 19/11/2025
- Adjust: Change the reference coordinate system for centering the title in the header area to the screen’s midline.
- Other minor fixes.
3.7.8 03/11/2025
- Fix: After changing the indent setting, the current input line’s indentation may experience temporary retraction during input.
- Fix: When creating a new working directory in Git, the migration names list may not match the displayed name of a working directory.
- Adjust: In iCloud Status interface, add display of CloudKit ID (On different devices with the same Apple ID, the ID will be the same).
- Other minor fixes.
3.7.7 28/10/2025
- Adjust: On the desktop edition, when the editing area loses focus status or the window loses focus status, remove the background color of selected text to prevent the operating system from forcefully intervening and creating a black border.
- Some adaptations for the new OS
- Other minor details fixed.
3.7.6 08/10/2025
- Adjust: On the desktop edition, when the editing area loses focus status or the window loses focus status, remove the background color of selected text to prevent the operating system from forcefully intervening and creating a black border.
- Some adaptations for the new OS
- Other minor details fixed.
3.7.5 30/09/2025
- Adjust: When opening a document from the document list by searching for keywords, it will now automatically enter search mode within that document opened.
- Other minor details fixed.
3.7.4 21/09/2025
- Adjust: The document sorting settings have been adjusted to be specific to the current directory, rather than using a global logic.
- Fix: Switching the document while in search mode will now automatically search in the newly opened document.
- Fix: Some pop-up windows on the desktop version may lose shadows when displayed.
- Other minor details fixed.
3.7.3 11/09/2025
- New: "Open in New Window" in desktop version
- Other minor fixes.
3.7.1 25/08/2025
- Fixed: There may be visual overflow in the bottom tab area when creating a new library interface.
- Fixed: In the color picker, it may not be possible to select colors with low brightness.
- Other minor fixes.
3.7.0 19/07/2025
- Adjust: Contxt Menus adjusted to place common interface and Switch-related operations independently in the top right corner
- Adjust: Menu for selecting visual themes reorganized and simplified
- Adjust: Removed the top transparent frosted effect to prevent text visibility issues during scrolling in some cases during text editing process
- Fix: TOC view may experience shaking when dragged on mobile edition
- Fix: Changes in display of markup characters may cause the native system scrolling to visible area logic to malfunction; shortcuts like command+up/bottom may become ineffective
- Fix: iCloud may perform a one-time overwrite when syncing directory structures if data on both ends are completely identical
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
3.6.9 08/07/2025
- Adjust: Contxt Menus adjusted to place common interface and Switch-related operations independently in the top right corner
- Adjust: Menu for selecting visual themes reorganized and simplified
- Adjust: Removed the top transparent frosted effect to prevent text visibility issues during scrolling in some cases during text editing process
- Fix: TOC view may experience shaking when dragged on mobile edition
- Fix: Changes in display of markup characters may cause the native system scrolling to visible area logic to malfunction; shortcuts like command+up/bottom may become ineffective
- Fix: iCloud may perform a one-time overwrite when syncing directory structures if data on both ends are completely identical
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
3.6.8 12/06/2025
- Fix: The new mechanism introduced in the previous version may causing previously renamed working directories to not display correctly.
- Fix: There is a conflict between the dual-column preview interface and the frosted transparent header, causing overlapping issues.
- Adjust: The default value for auto-hiding the title bar has been changed to “No,” and this setting has been moved to the menu related to the interface.
- Adjust: The app' s underlying engine optimized for building UI elements has been enhanced to improve operational efficiency.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
3.6.5 30/04/2025
- Fixed: the issue causing app to crash when viewing writing statistics.
- Adjusted: Changed the mechanism for renaming and deleting working directories; Renaming will no longer result in physical modifications to avoid synchronization conflicts and remnants caused by changes in sync-space.
- Adjusted: Synchronized the initial configuration of newly created Git-type working directories by switching from iCloud Drive to CloudKit.
- Adjusted: Added a prompt notifying users that data will be deleted when the app is uninstalled on mobile devices.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
3.6.4 27/03/2025
- Fixed: On the desktop version with the newest OS, there was an issue where writing statistics may not collect data during the writing process.
- Fixed: When automatically hiding Markdown syntax characters, an extra character at the end of a line break where two syntax segments met should not to be displayed.
- Adjusted: Rewrote the logic for writing statistics data collection to use CloudKit instead of relying on iCloud Drive for synchronization.
- Adjusted: Consolidated some word count statistics sub-menus into a unified “Words” display at the bottom left corner, now triggered by clicking.
- Adjusted: Fine-tuning of the Fast Settings interface.
- Fixed: On the mobile version, there was a chance that exporting images may not automatically trigger the sharing interface in the new OS.
- Added: When exporting images on the mobile version to save to the current device, a prompt will now notify users if there are possible restrictions by the system.
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes and adjustments.
3.6.3 25/02/2025
- Important Adjustment: Considering the stability reasons of iCloud Drive, sync with iCloud Drive will no longer be enabled by default. If needed, you can manually re-enable iCloud Drive sync. Although the probability is low, as long as the app uses iCloud Drive for an extended period, document version duplicates may occur (can be directly deleted), and situations where older version content is overwritten (can be retrieved by historical versions). Currently, the app uses CloudKit as the default sync method, which is also a part of iCloud, and the functionality within the app is now quite stable.
- Fixed: When the size of the main editing view changes size, the positioning of the TOC sidebar may deviate.
- Adjusted: The TOC sidebar now defaults to being collapsed.
- Fixed: Entering focus mode with multiple windows present could cause the focus state randomly jump to one of them.
- Fixed: In desktop mode, Zen mode will no longer handle focus mode to avoid conflicts.
- Other minor bug fixes.
3.6.2 10/02/2025
- Important Adjustment: Considering the stability reasons of iCloud Drive, sync with iCloud Drive will no longer be enabled by default. If needed, you can manually re-enable iCloud Drive sync. Although the probability is low, as long as the app uses iCloud Drive for an extended period, document version duplicates may occur (can be directly deleted), and situations where older version content is overwritten (can be retrieved by historical versions). Currently, the app uses CloudKit as the default sync method, which is also a part of iCloud, and the functionality within the app is now quite stable.
- New: Fast Settings, allowing configuration of several basic options
- New: Added SourceHanSerifCN-Light as one of the embedded fonts
- Fixed: In two-column mode preview, overlapping may occur between the left side of the editing area and the syntax bar
- Fixed: Titles may be incorrect when exporting images and PDFs
- Fixed: Default positioning of pop-up windows in desktop edition for multi-screen scenarios
- Fixed: Layout issues in export interfaces like images in desktop edition
- Adjusted: Some logic on the sidebar has been rearranged, along with minor interface adjustments
- Adjusted: Range for manually pushing to CloudKit changed from “Current Library” to “All Libraries” to avoid user misunderstandings
- Fixed: Device may not automatically create missing work directories after deleting all app data until other devices update the directory information, causing sync issues with CloudKit data retrieval
- Fixed: Alert interface may persist and not automatically close when syncing attachments to CloudKit without any attachments
- Adjusted: Markdown preview may display horizontal scroll bars if content causes overflow
- Various other minor fixes
3.6.1 23/01/2025
- Important Adjustment: Considering the stability reasons of iCloud Drive, sync with iCloud Drive will no longer be enabled by default. If needed, you can manually re-enable iCloud Drive sync. Although the probability is low, as long as the app uses iCloud Drive for an extended period, document version duplicates may occur (can be directly deleted), and situations where older version content is overwritten (can be retrieved by historical versions). Currently, the app uses CloudKit as the default sync method, which is also a part of iCloud, and the functionality within the app is now quite stable.
- New: Fast Settings, allowing configuration of several basic options
- New: Added SourceHanSerifCN-Light as one of the embedded fonts
- Fixed: In two-column mode preview, overlapping may occur between the left side of the editing area and the syntax bar
- Fixed: Titles may be incorrect when exporting images and PDFs
- Fixed: Default positioning of pop-up windows in desktop edition for multi-screen scenarios
- Fixed: Layout issues in export interfaces like images in desktop edition
- Adjusted: Some logic on the sidebar has been rearranged, along with minor interface adjustments
- Adjusted: Range for manually pushing to CloudKit changed from “Current Library” to “All Libraries” to avoid user misunderstandings
- Fixed: Device may not automatically create missing work directories after deleting all app data until other devices update the directory information, causing sync issues with CloudKit data retrieval
- Fixed: Alert interface may persist and not automatically close when syncing attachments to CloudKit without any attachments
- Adjusted: Markdown preview may display horizontal scroll bars if content causes overflow
- Various other minor fixes
3.6.0 22/01/2025
- Fixed: In non-YAML(Meta) mode, if the first few lines contain colons, the automatic comparison of content changes is not reflected during real-time preview.
- Fixed: In non-YAML(Meta) mode, having a colon at the start of the first line (one of the metadata format syntaxes) will impact the preview and PDF export.
- Other minor detail corrections.
3.5.42 10/11/2024
- Fixed: Texts that begin with a colon do not need to be highlighted when not in metadata writing mode.
- Fixed: The prompt interface for attachment uploads during CloudKit sync should not have additional delays.
- Other minor detail corrections.
3.5.41 11/10/2024
- Adjustment: Add some basic explanations to the iCloud sync notes UI, such as disabling iCloud will also disable sync.
- Adjustment: Remove the potential failure detection in the program for iCloud sync, as the status information is currently sufficient for self-assessment.
- Other minor detail corrections.
3.5.38 01/09/2024
- Adjustment: When using the shortcut key to switch the search bar, if the search input area is not focused, focus on it first instead of directly hiding.
- Adjustment: When the current document is in an unsaved state, the synchronized data will not be updated directly to avoid the possibility of content reset within an extremely short time window.
- Enhancement: Added support for "remember window position" on the desktop edition.
- Enhancement: Optimized the memory usage of the sidebar on the desktop client.
- Other minor fixes.
more Version 3.8.5 6 Feb
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