The TextBundle file format aims to provide a more seamless user experience when exchanging plain text files, like Markdown or Fountain, between sandboxed applications.
Sandboxing is required for all apps available on the Mac and iOS app store, in order to grant users a high level of data security. Sandboxed apps are only permitted access to files explicitly provided by the user - for example Markdown text files. When working with different Markdown applications, sandboxing can cause inconveniences for the user.
The TextBundle file format aims to provide a more seamless user experience when exchanging plain text files, like Markdown or Fountain, between sandboxed applications. Sandboxing is required for all apps available on the Mac and iOS app store, in order to grant users a high level of data security. Sandboxed apps are only permitted access to files explicitly provided by the user - for example. MacDownload.Org - TextbundleEditor1.0.0TNT.zip (4.97 MB) Choose free or premium download SLOW DOWNLOAD. FAST INSTANT DOWNLOAD Download type: Free: Premium: Download speed: 0.03 KBps: Maximum: Waiting time. Textbundle Editor allows you to freely set the font, font size, font color, and background color of the text-editor as you like best.
An example: Markdown files may contain references to external images. When sending such a file from a Markdown editor to a previewer, users will have to explicitly permit access to every single image file.
This is where TextBundle comes in. TextBundle brings convenience back - by bundling the Markdown text and all referenced images into a single file. Supporting applications can just exchange TextBundles without asking for additional permissions. Beyond being a simple container, TextBundle includes a standard to transfer additional information - to open up new possibilites for future integration.
You can download a simple example file for a TextBundle file (Version 2) and its compressed variant TextPack. We provide also an example for apps only supporting TextBundle file (Version 1).
Supporting Apps
OS | Reading | Writing | Standard | |
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Bear | macOS, iOS, iPadOS | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 |
Cola Notes | Android | 1.83 | 1.83 | v2 |
Craft | macOS, iOS, iPadOS, web | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 |
eBookBinder | macOS | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | v2 (md, html, Textile, Wikitext, BBCode, Smark) |
FSNotes | macOS | 2.0 | 2.0 | v2 |
Go Edit | iOS, iPadOS | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 (md, html) |
#Gazer | macOS | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 |
Highlights | macOS | - | 1.0 | v1 |
iThoughts | macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows | - | 4.11 + (macOS), 2.3 + (Windows), 2.7 + (iOS) | v1 |
Keepmark | Linux, macOS, Windows | 1.7 | 1.7 | v2 (Textpack) |
Marked 2 | macOS | 2.3.4 | 2.5 | v1 |
MarkMyWords | macOS | 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | v2 |
MindNode | macOS, iOS, iPadOS | 2.5 + (macOS), 4.5 + (iOS) | 2.5 + (macOS), 4.5 + (iOS) | v2 |
Myary | macOS | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0 | v2 |
Note-C | macOS | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0 | v2 |
Smartdown II | Windows | - | 0.8.2 | v2 |
Taio | iOS | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 |
Textbundle Editor | macOS | 1.0 | 1.0 | v2 |
Ulysses | macOS, iOS, iPadOS | 2.7 | 1.2.2 | v2 |
WordPress | iOS, iPadOS | 12.3 | - | v2 |
XMind: ZEN | macOS, iOS, iPadOS | 9.1.0 | 9.1.0 | v2 |
Zettlr | macOS, Linux, Windows | 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 | v2 |
TextBundle framework for macOS and iOS
Developers can easily incorporate TextBundle import and export with the TextBundle library from Shiny Frog. See the GitHub repository for details.
Quick Look on OS X
Properly formatted TextBundle files can be viewed with Quick Look on OS X by installing Brett Terpstra’s fork of the MultiMarkdown QuickLook plugin. Be sure to run qlmanage -r
in Terminal after installing or upgrading the plugin.
Logo
You can download the official logo of TextBundle in various file formats here. The logo was created by Brett Terpstra. It is published under the CC0 license, so you can use it without restrictions.
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Other features
- Opens text documents regardless of the file extension
- PlainPad can open all simple text files without question, e.g. files with the extension css, csv, h, html, m, md, markdown, php, txt, swift, xml and many more.
- Counting
- PlainPad counts characters, words and lines automatically.
- Open documents using the Dock
- PlainPad supports the quick opening of files via the Dock. Simply drag the desired file onto the Dock icon of PlainPad and the corresponding file is opened.
- Printing
- PlainPad can also print texts and offers for printing a separate set of preference options. The font type and size well as the margins to the edges and spacing between the lines can be adjusted for printing.
- Dark Mode
- For macOS 10.14 or newer the appearance is specified by the operating system itself. Older versions of macOS can change to the dark appearance, if desired, via the main menu action View > Toggle Light/Dark User Interface.
- Tabs
- The tab function for PlainPad can be activated via the main menu under the item Window (macOS 10.12 or newer).