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Offroaders123 / Smart-Text-Editor

The text editor that requires only a browser and a keyboard!
https://stedit.app
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Offline version of Smart-Text-Editor #6

Closed xnbox closed 3 years ago

xnbox commented 3 years ago

Can we have completely offline version of Smart-Text-Editor?

kallyluv commented 3 years ago

Can we have completely offline version of Smart-Text-Editor?

Smart Text Editor has an offline mode! Just install the PWA or (if on mobile) add it to your home screen. It will automatically store the app’s data in the cache for you to use offline!

Offroaders123 commented 3 years ago

If your browser supports Service Workers, Smart Text Editor will automatically cache it's files so you can continue working while offline! To check if the site is ready for offline use, the option "Clear Cache" should be present in Smart Text Editor's settings menu. The site has the ability to work offline in both the standard browser view and the installed web app view!

Clear Cache Setting Screenshot
Offroaders123 commented 3 years ago

In regards to having a completely offline release, there haven't been any concrete plans on making another version. I have looked into making a separate Electron package a few months ago, but I didn't see many benefits to going there as well as the web, considering many of the latest PWA APIs have made features like accessing the file system much more powerful than before.

However, if you have any use cases you'd like that are only available from a completely offline approach, I'd be happy to hear about them!

xnbox commented 3 years ago

I would like to wrap the Smart-Text-Editor as desktop application. I work on TommyBox project (see my repo), that similar to Electron, but in Java world. I would like to see hows the editor will look as real desktop app. There are lot of benefits to have desktop app, like send text by E-Mail or directly connect to databases to obtain some info.

kallyluv commented 3 years ago

I would like to wrap the Smart-Text-Editor as desktop application. I work on TommyBox project (see my repo), that similar to Electron, but in Java world. I would like to see hows the editor will look as real desktop app. There are lot of benefits to have desktop app, like send text by E-Mail or directly connect to databases to obtain some info.

We have a repo related to a desktop version here, though I'm not entirely sure it's up to date. If you want to make a desktop app version of it you are more than welcome to, we'd love to have a variety of ways to use the editor.