Text Editing

• Supports: Tasks (bulleted), Projects (headers), Notes (plain)
• Toggle between task, note, and project
• Smart bullet insertion on Return
• Context-aware indentation
• Mid-line Return preserves indent and continuation bullet
• Newline above, below, or without indent for breaking out of nested lists
• Upper case / lower case selection transforms
• Dedicated note insertion preserves indentation without adding a bullet
• Insert portable Markdown link to other files
• Multi-line editing, indent/outdent, move up/down
• Branch indent/outdent and move that keep descendants attached
• Long-press the toolbar Indent/Outdent buttons to operate on the whole branch
• TaskPaper-style selection: word, sentence, paragraph, branch
• Long-press toolbar Move Up/Down to Move to Previous/Next Section or Move Branch Up/Down
• Move current branch—or every branch in selection—into another project
• Group Lines wraps the current branch in a new project header
• Duplicate the current line or selection
• Reformat indentation for flat or mixed documents
• Sort top-level projects by name, due date, task count, or priority
• Full undo/redo with named action titles

Task Management

• Mark done/incomplete with @done tag
• Optional completion date: @done(YYYY-MM-DD)
• Strikethrough for completed tasks
• Toggle with spacebar or tap gesture
• Hierarchical nesting under projects

Project Management

• Nested sub-projects with hierarchical sidebar
• Collapsible projects—fold/unfold to focus on what matters
• Fold state persists across sessions
• Project filtering with base indentation stripped for sub-projects
• Duplicate project names distinguished by position
• Non-indented documents handled correctly
• Archive completed items to dedicated section, newest first
• Archived items maintain parent-child relationships
• Archive Done in Branch—scoped archive that only sweeps the caret’s subtree

Tag System

• Simple tags: @tagname
• Valued tags: @tagname(value1, value2)
• Date tags: @due(YYYY-MM-DD), @start(YYYY-MM-DD)
• Time tags: @alarm(HH:MM), @alarm(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM)
• Predefined: @today, @done, @flagged, @fix, @todo, @high, @low, @for(name), @call(name)
• @progress(n)—auto-calculated completion percentage from child task @done states
• @cost(n)—manual cost value on leaf tasks
• @cost(method=n)—auto-calculated aggregate (sum/count/ave/min/max) from child @cost values
• Toggle Due / Toggle Start for quick add/remove of bare tags
• Tag picker showing existing document tags
• Prevents duplicate tags with smart whitespace cleanup

Folding

• Tap fold indicators to collapse/expand sections
• Drag fold indicators to move complete branches—horizontal position controls indent
• ⌘. to fold/unfold the current line
• ⌘9 / ⌘0 to collapse/expand the current item
• ⌥⌘9 / ⌥⌘0 to recursively collapse/expand the current item and all descendants
• Fold to Level—collapse all items to depth 1–5
• Expand All to clear all folds
• Persistent fold state saved and restored per file
• Persistent sidebar project tree—per-document expand/collapse state
• Bundled Guide sample opens fully collapsed on first open

Node Focus

• Focus into any project, task, or note to edit its subtree in isolation
• Focus In drills deeper; Focus Out steps back to the direct parent, then to View All
• Focus Reveal shows the subtree even when ancestors are folded, preserving inner folds
• Focus context bar shows the current breadcrumb trail with Focus Out and View All actions
• Focus-aware insertion: Return at the focused root inserts as a child, not an outside sibling
• Left-edge swipe gesture to focus deeper; swipe back to step out

Search & Filtering

• Full query language: text matching, tag queries, boolean logic, path navigation, set operations
• [w] for word-boundary matching—car [w] matches “car” but not “card”
• [m] for morphological matching—run [m] matches “running”
• ~ / [~] for semantic search—~groceries matches “supermarket”
• Combinable with [s] for case-sensitive variants
• Search scoped to current focused subtree (⌘F) or full document (⇧⌘F)
• Native find commands: Find & Replace, Find Next, Find Previous, Refresh, End Search
• Pull down from top of editor to reveal search bar, even while editing
• Search Tree toggle to include descendants of matching items with parent context (remembers last-used state)
• Built-in syntax reference sheet
• Saved searches stored in-document and shown in sidebar
• Built-in Today and Not Done searches
• Sidebar inspector with collapsible Projects, Searches, and Tags sections
• Sidebar keyboard controls to hide it or show it with all sections expanded
• Collapsible filter panel with nested project tree
• Right-edge swipe to open/close the filter panel
• Filter by project, tag, or tag value
• Tap a tag in the editor to filter by it
• Edit directly within filtered views
• Filtered aggregate updates: @cost(sum=…) recomputes from the visible hierarchy
• Long-press to cancel active filter
• Dynamic tag index auto-built from document

Natural Date Parsing

• ISO 8601 format
• Keywords: today, tomorrow, next week, next month
• Month/day: January 15, Dec 25
• Time: 6 am, 3:15 pm, 16:15
• Duration: +45 minutes, +1 week
• Combined: tomorrow 9am, next Friday +1 hour
• Date only, date and time, or time only pickers
• Inline calendar picker

Alarms & Reminders

• Set alarms with @alarm(…) tag
• Date & time, date only, or time only
• Creates iOS Reminders automatically
• Edit or clear alarms
• Removes reminders when tags deleted
• Import an existing Reminders list as a project in one step

Colour By

• Colour lines by priority, outline level, or due date proximity
• Priority: custom colours for levels 1–5
• Outline level: custom colours for depths 1–5
• Due date: overdue (red), today (orange), tomorrow (yellow), this week (green), later (blue)
• Toggle each mode on/off with colour pickers in settings
• Style settings apply immediately while the sheet is open, including swipe-to-dismiss
• Runs after default styling; skips @done lines

Text Styling

• Bold font for project headers
• Italic styling for notes
• Strikethrough for completed tasks
• Coloured highlighting for @tags
• @progress tags coloured based on percentage
• Link detection for all types of URLs
• Hanging indent for task bullets
• Default or monospaced font
• Dynamic Type support for larger text size

Tool Belt

• Insert project/task, toggle line type
• Optional add-note button (hidden by default)
• Toggle done, archive done items
• Long-press done for @done(…) with date
• Inline date picker, priority selection, alarm toggle
• Flagged toggle, @for person assignment, @call phone reminder
• Tag picker, indent/outdent, move up/down, with long-press for branch only
• @progress toggle—auto-calculated from children
• @cost menu—sum/count/ave/min/max aggregation
• Fold to Level menu—collapse to depth 1–5, expand all
• Colour By settings—priority, outline level, due date
• Reformat menu: reindent, sort projects
• Customisable button order and visibility via help sheet
• Fade edges indicate more buttons when scrollable
• Buttons shown filled when they are affecting editor state
• Long-press any button for alternate function or tooltip
• Many advanced power-user features hidden by default
• Help reference via ? button

Command Palette

• Choose Command (⇧⌘P): every editor command, alphabetised, with shortcuts
• Go to Anything (⌘P): jump to projects, saved searches, and tags
• Go to Project (⌥⌘P): filtered to projects only
• Go to Search (⌃⌘P): filtered to saved searches only
• Searchable, keyboard-navigable

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ⌘F: Search (scoped to current project)
• ⇧⌘F: Search all projects
• ⌥⌘F: Find & Replace
• ⌘G / ⇧⌘G: Find next / previous
• ⌘R: Refresh editor search
• ⌘J: Jump to selection
• ⌘Esc: End search
• ⇧⌘H: View All / Home
• ⌥⌘S: Hide sidebar
• ⌃⌘S: Show sidebar (all sections expanded)
• ⌘D: Toggle done
• ⌘T: Tag picker
• ⌃⌘T: Toggle line type
• ⇧⌘A: Archive done items
• ⌥⇧⌘A: Archive done items in current branch only
• ⇧⌘D: Duplicate lines
• ⌘#: Move to Project
• ⌥⌘G: Group Lines
• ⌘.: Toggle fold
• ⌘9 / ⌘0: Collapse / Expand current item
• ⌥⌘9 / ⌥⌘0: Collapse / Expand current item completely
• ⌃⌘9 / ⌃⌘0 (or ⇧⌘9 / ⇧⌘0): Collapse / Expand by level
• ⌥⇧⌘9 / ⌥⇧⌘0: Collapse / Expand all completely
• ⌃⌘← / ⌃⌘→: Outdent / Indent line
• ⌃⌥⌘← / ⌃⌥⌘→: Outdent / Indent current branch
• ⌃⌘↑ / ⌃⌘↓: Move lines up / down
• ⌃⌥⌘↑ / ⌃⌥⌘↓: Move current branch up / down
• ⇧⌘← / ⇧⌘→: Outdent / Indent selection
• ⇧⌘↑ / ⇧⌘↓: Move selection up / down
• ⌃W / ⌃S / ⇧⌘L: Select word / sentence / paragraph
• ⇧⌘B: Select branch
• ⌥⌘↑ / ⌥⌘↓: Expand / Contract selection
• ⌘A: Select all
• ⌘Y: Toggle @today
• ⌃⌥⌘K: Remove tags on current line or selection
• ⌘Return / ⌥Return: New Task
• ⌃⌘Return: New Note
• ⌥⌘Return: New Project
• ⌃Return: Newline below (preserves indent)
• ⌃⌥Return: Newline above (preserves indent)
• ⌃⇧Return: Newline without indent
• Tab / ⇧Tab: Indent / Outdent
• ⌃⌥D/T/A: Due date / @today / @alarm
• ⌃⌥↑ / ⌃⌥↓: @high / @low
• ⌥⌘X: Clear all tags
• ⇧⌘P: Choose Command palette
• ⌘P: Go to Anything palette
• ⌥⌘P: Go to Project
• ⌃⌘P: Go to Search

HTML Export

• Export documents as interactive HTML slide presentations
• Four themes: Light (White), Dark (Black), Keynote (Gradient), Pastels (Post-it notes)
• Keyboard controls for changing theme, toggling progress bar, page navigation
• Each top-level project becomes a landscape slide
• Share via standard iOS share sheet

Document Management

• TaskPaper (.taskpaper, .todo), text (.txt) and Markdown (.md)
• OPML import converts outlines into TaskPaper files
• Import a Reminders list as a project—dates, alarms, priority, and flags map to tags
• Quick capture from Shortcuts, Siri, widgets, Action Button—without opening the app
• Planning shortcuts: Open in Today, Random Next Task, or Morning Brief
• Welcome and Guide sample documents bundled for first-time users
• Built-in templates: Daily Routine, Meeting Notes, Packing List, Weekly Planner, etc
• Custom templates loaded from a Templates/ folder in Documents
• Easily work with files containing many 1000s of lines
• Full Files app integration for opening, saving, organising
• iCloud sync through Files app—quiet in the background, with status icon
• iPadOS menu bar with Item, Tag, Outline, View, and Palette menus
• Auto-save on each change and on document close
• Automatic iCloud/Files conflict resolution—winning version reloads, edits are preserved
• Persistent cursor position restored when reopening a file

Shortcuts, Siri & Spotlight

• App Intents for Open Most Recent Document, Open Document (by name), and Import Reminders List
• Quick capture intents: append a task, note, clipboard text, or web link without opening the editor
• Planning intents: Open in Today, Random Next Task, and Morning Brief
• Available from Shortcuts, Siri, the Action Button, lock-screen widgets, and Spotlight
• Spotlight Suggestions: recent documents on lock screen, Spotlight, and keyboard bar
• Open specific or most recent document from a Shortcuts widget

Thoroughly iOS

• Dark Mode follows system appearance
• Dynamic Type for adjustable text size
• VoiceOver labels and rotor support
• Shortcuts, Siri, Action Button, and Spotlight via App Intents
• Files app integration for opening, saving, and organising
• iCloud sync through Files
• iOS Reminders two-way integration
• Lock-screen widgets and keyboard suggestion bar entries
• Standard iOS share sheet for exports and debug reports

Onboarding

• Welcome and Guide samples installed on first launch
• Launch scene (iOS 18+) with New Document and From Template buttons over an animated decorative background
• Animated launcher so you never get bored of how it looks
• What’s New sheet for new installs and updates

Benchmarks

Benchmarks from a 5,000+ line file on iPhone 16 Pro:

• Every keystroke restyled in under 8ms—no debouncing, no delayed rendering
• 20 rapid keystrokes processed in 150ms with full restyling after each one
• Tag and boolean searches complete in under 20ms
• Visible-range rendering is 25x faster than full-document styling
• 120Hz screen refresh supported

Optimised

• Only 969 KB app download size
• Less than 50 MB base memory footprint
• Quick to launch and built to stay in memory

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