MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Smartypants/Quote pref pane suggestion
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enhancement
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- Rich Text Format
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Description
Since Smartypants and Quote are incompatible, it makes sense to me that the pref pane not allow you to click both. When one is selected, the other should automatically unselect.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the macOS preference pane implementation and locate the Smartypants and Quote controls. Trace how each setting is stored and updated, then verify that selecting either control clears the other and that the preference state remains consistent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100