Experimental word processor for Playdate. Requires a dedicated keyboard adapter, see playwrite-dock.
Overview thread with demo videos: https://twitter.com/t0m_fr/status/1576949261849149440
Playwrite is a simple text editor for Playdate. This console doesn't normally support keyboards or any kind of USB accessory, but the Playwrite project uses a bespoke dock relying on USB serial to proxy the input commands to the Plalydate.
This repository is dedicated to the software to be sideloaded on Playdate; it contains the Lua code for the Playwrite app. It's pretty much useless on its own without the dock. For source and documentation on how to build the playdate dock, see the other repository.
The app is a proof of concept but quite usable as is, with cursor movement, insertion and deletion support. It has menu option to load, save and export but currenly only supports a single document (no file naming options). The export function flattens the Lua table of the working document into an export.txt file that can then be retrieved in USB data disk mode (Settings > System > Reboot to Data Disk).
Possible improvement ideas:
- supporting more than one file, via a dedicated load/save menu
- font type and size options (quite trivial)
- text styling eg bold, italic, size (much less trivial)
- exporting to the Playwrite dock (in the SD card of the Teensy)
The Playwrite app uses
- PDFontTool by abenokobo
- Noto Sans font