Remember ThiefMD?
Hey, anyone remember ThiefMD? It was an awesome markdown editor that I used to use a lot for keeping notes and writing school essays. Unfortunately, the maintainer disappeared from GitHub a couple years ago and the app has just sat abandoned since then.
Last year I tried to pick it up and port it from GTK 3 to 4, but gave up as most of its functionality relies on things that were removed or substantially changed. It's also written in Vala, which seemed like a cool language until I found out it's super dead.
Rewrite it in Rust meme
About a month ago I got a notification from ThiefMD's discussions page as someone there asked about the future of ThiefMD. After the reminder of its existence, I found myself trying again, this time building a spiritual successor from scratch in Rust. It's getting close to a minimum viable product, and I can maybe try publishing it soon. Check out the repo here. There's just one roadblock before I can get to that.
What do I call this?
I'm kinda experiencing decision paralysis with the name, hence this post. I've been trying to find words related to ThiefMD, the cat mascot in the icon, or just writing in general. The approach got me a couple ideas, but I'm not sure how well they fit. Maybe I have to admit I can't have it as clever as I hoped. Any thoughts?
- Copycat - This is kind of a ThiefMD imitator, and the name mentions cat.
- Scratch mark - Cat reference that mentions markdown.
Other things
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I'm also struggling with the icon design. If you're a better artist than me, I very much accept help. See the icon issue with my sketches here.
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If you have experience working on programs that manipulate files, I'd like to know how you handle them and minimize the risk of data loss. Destroying someone's work is the last thing I want to do.
Thanks!
tl;dr: need name for markdown editor
