MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
.txt File Extension
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Description
I find that MacDown opens .txt files and recognizes markdown formatting just fine, but when you save a new document .md is always appended. I think it would be generally helpful to have the option to choose your own extension.
The way I use a lot of text across applications and devices makes keeping the more common .txt extension consistent, and I think a lot of other users would too.
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Research direction
Start by tracing MacDown's new-document save flow and how it assigns the .md extension, then inspect the existing save UI for a suitable place to choose an extension. Done means a new document can be saved with .txt or another user-selected extension without automatically appending .md.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100