MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown

New characters should appear immediately in their correct styles

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enhancement
Dominant language
Rich Text Format
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Description

When you're typing in the editor in a section that is not the default color/ style, the character will appear in the default style and then 'pop' into the correct style.

Ideally it should appear in the style that the section is in immediately.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by typing in a non-default-color section of the editor, then trace the editor's character insertion and styling path. Done means newly typed characters appear in the section's correct style immediately, without first displaying the default style.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, objective-c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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