Calmly Writer
Formats
The files Calmly Writer opens and saves, what each one keeps, and which to choose as the default.
Calmly Writer saves plain files you can open anywhere, in four formats, and chooses one of them for new documents.
| Format | Keeps | Notes |
|---|---|---|
.calmly |
Everything: formatting, embedded images, comments, writing direction, the word target | The default. A plain text file inside, readable with any editor. |
.md (Markdown) |
Formatting, images, links, checklists, tables | Opens in any Markdown app. Comments, direction and target are not kept. |
.txt |
The words | Line breaks and paragraphs only. |
.html |
Formatting, images, direction | Opens in a browser. Comments are not kept. |
The app also opens Word documents (.docx): they are imported, and saved under a new name in one of the four formats above. And it opens the .cml files of old versions of Calmly Writer, which it saves as .calmly and leaves untouched.
Choosing a default
sets the format new documents are saved in. If you work with other Markdown tools, choose .md and nothing of what you type is lost; if you use comments or right-to-left text, .calmly is the one that keeps them. A document already saved keeps its own format whatever the default; Save as changes it.
Markdown files
Markdown written elsewhere opens as it should, with lists made with - as well as *, tables, task lists and code blocks with a language. A YAML, TOML or JSON front matter at the top of the file is kept out of the way and written back unchanged when you save, so a file from a static site generator survives a round trip. For the details of the dialect, see Calmly Writer as a Markdown editor.
Formats you export to
Word (.docx) and PDF are export formats: the app writes them, but does not edit them. See Export and print.
More in Files
Saving by hand or letting the app do it, where new documents go, and how they are named.
The open dialog, the list of recent files, and the other ways a document can arrive in a tab.
The copies the app keeps of every open document, how to go back to an earlier one, and how to get back a document you closed without saving.
What the app does when a file open in a tab is changed by another program, a sync service or another computer.
Word and PDF from the document on the screen, and what to use for HTML and Markdown instead.
Keeping documents in Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, on the desktop and on Android, and what each service can and cannot do.
