digital-paper

Ever find yourself deleting whatever you write as soon as you type it out? I certainly do.

This app aims to solve that by disabling all the delete functions (backspace, delete key, Ctrl+x) in its editor. Anything you write will stay there, giving it the kind of permanence akin to writing with a pen on paper.

The goal isn't to get perfect, typo-free writing on the first try, but rather to be accepting of flaws, so you can focus on getting the ideas down first, and only then do some editing in a later pass.

Obsidian Plugin

digital paper is now available as an Obsidian plugin!

[Source code]

Developing

Once you've cloned the repository and installed dependencies with npm install (or pnpm install or yarn), start a development server:

npm run dev

# or start the server and open the app in a new browser tab
npm run dev -- --open

Building

To create a production version of Digital Paper:

npm run build

You can preview the production build with npm run preview.

License

Digital Paper: No more hitting backspace or undo, like pen on paper!

Copyright (C) 2023 Daniel Fernandes

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.