Is this the best Terminal tool for "writing"?

Dawn:

https://github.com/andrewmd5/dawn

"Yes!"

Why?

Out of the box, it is ONLY a writing tool.

• It looks amazing. Markdown is fully rendered as you write. No need for dual panes.
• The width of your writing is restricted to human readable length.
• Movement through the document is based on what you've written (via a TOC)
• You can draft notes / ideas instantly.
• It saves as you write.

I know: You can adequately adapt text editors like Neovim and Micro to provide many of these features. But to have a dedicated tool set up with a workflow intended for writing rather than coding is something I've wanted for a long time.

And yes, I've tried Wordgrinder. You should try Dawn ;)

This said, Dawn is young. It's missing stuff.

What it missing?

• A grammar / spelling utility
• Better image support (but love that it has something out of the box)
• Optional AI Support (there is something but it's not really at a useful stage)
• The ability to access the shell within the document
• A configuration file with user definable key bindings
• ...and maybe a Vim bindings... it is slower to jump around longer texts atm.

Installation options:

• Brew
• Precompiled bin
• Make (there's a few variants)

Ok Neovim fans.. come tell me I'm wrong :)