Allow document initial creation

[nomandera]

There is a littering of requests and discussions rejecting the concept of allowing Raneto to create a document going right back to to at least 2014.

Primarily these requests are rejected due the lack of embedded editor which has long since been added.

I could see the logic five years ago but in its current form it seems just weird that you have all this power to open a file, alter it with a editor, save if and even delete a file but you cant create a blank starting point.

I am hoping I am just missing something obvious.

[nomandera]

Polite bump for comment.

I have been living with Raneto for about 6 months now and this one issue is what keeps me looking for a replacement. It is a small thing but in terms of day to day workflow it is disproportionately annoying.

[ryanlelek]

Sure, seems like a fine feature.

It does open potential issues, such as malicious use or hosting not supporting new-file creation. These are fairly minimal though, as the editing already has similar concerns.

How would you like the interface? Would a "type a filename" that then creates the file and brings you to a blank editor be ok?

Others can chime in too

[nomandera]

Thanks for the reply.

I think the most intuitive way would be to follow the Github web interface methodology for this as it handles it quite well and is intuitive especially for subfolder creation.

One special consideration we should account for is to avoid user typos when not adding a correctly formed .md extension. Perhaps something simple as a warning if its not there or just dont allow it to be missing at all and error out on commit.