Changelog

What changed in Scribe, newest first

Version 1.0.0 not released yet

Everything below is in the first version, which is being finished now. Release notes will start here once it's out.

14 October 2026

  • Notes with mathematics. Markdown notes where formulas render as you type, with shortcuts for maths, [[links]], #tags, and every definition and theorem gathered in one list.
  • Revision cards. Q: and A: lines in notes become cards, reviewed with spaced repetition, and exported to Anki.
  • Reading papers. Attach a reference's PDF, highlight it, and the quote lands in your note on it with its page.
  • Sketches drawn straight into a note, with pen pressure.
  • Code in notes, highlighted in its language, with a copy button.
  • Tables as a grid. Edit a tabular like a spreadsheet, or paste one in from a spreadsheet.
  • Errors in plain words, and an option to compile as you type.
  • Version history of every file, kept at each save, without git.
  • Check before submitting: missing citations and labels, unreferenced figures, stale results, what arXiv would reject.
  • Zotero: cite straight from your library.
  • Install LaTeX from inside the app, and import projects from Overleaf or git.
  • Data files open as tables and a quick plot; notebooks can sit beside the paper.
  • Sessions are restored, and a project exports as one plain-LaTeX zip for a journal.
  • Scientific values with units and uncertainties, a live maths preview, symbols, references by DOI or arXiv ID.
  • Highlighted text in the PDF can be found in the source.
  • A short tour on first use, a new About window, and a copy of the PDF in one click.

13 October 2026

  • The first build: an editor for LaTeX and Python notebooks, compiling to a PDF beside the source.
  • Notebook figures and values flow into the paper with \nbfig and \nbval.
  • Tabs, a command palette, quick open, an outline, a git panel and a side pane.
  • Vim keys, relative line numbers, spell check, a word count and a status bar.
  • A real terminal, project templates, and its own icon.