Write and restore

Write in Markdown. Restore any version.

The editor shows your Markdown and the rendered page side by side. Every save keeps a version, and the history page shows what changed and lets you go back.

Illustration: many identical blank sheets of paper fanned out like the pages of a flip book, a brass paperweight on the nearest one.

The editor

Open a page and press Edit.

  • The title is its own field. The Markdown source is on the left and the rendered preview is on the right.
  • A toolbar inserts Markdown around the text you have selected.
  • The header says Unsaved changes until you save, then Saved. Save is disabled while there is nothing to save.
  • A fenced mermaid block renders as a diagram in the preview and on the page.

Every save is a version

A save snapshots the title and the body, with a change summary if one was given.

  1. Save a page

    Codex bumps the page's version number and stores a snapshot beside the earlier ones.

  2. Open History

    The page's History button lists the versions, newest first, with the time and the summary.

  3. Read the diff

    Select a version and Codex shows a unified diff against the version before it.

  4. Restore

    Restore puts an earlier version back as a new save, with a summary naming the version it came from.

Restoring never deletes anything. The restored text is saved as the newest version, so the history reads straight through.

What a page shows about itself

Every page carries a small panel with its word count, an estimated reading time at 250 words a minute, its version number, and the date it was last edited.

Contact

Questions about this tool?

Write to Renkara Media Group and a person will answer.