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# Writeas/WriteFreely iOS Publishing Workflow

![Editorial Git - Wood](https://i.snap.as/ocT2o2B3.png)
![WriteFreely Mark](https://i.snap.as/037DsT1m.jpg)

## Demonstrating the particulars of a version-tracked Markdown publishing process - including the full extent of parallel research, documentation, and web development - optimized for and entirely contained within iPhone (for the insane.)

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## Apps
* [**WriteFreely**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/writefreely/id1531530896) - the official, [open source](https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely-swiftui-multiplatform) app is more than worth its one-time $9.99 price if you’ve committed to Write.as to any degree.
* [**Anybuffer**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anybuffer/id1330815414) or another clipboard manager of your choice. I actually use (and adore) Copied, but it has been removed from the App Store due to a “[patent infringement claim](https://twitter.com/neoyokel/status/1386154771850043392).”
* A **Markdown-based text editor** of your choice - [Bear](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear/id1016366447), [Taio](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/taio-markdown-text-actions/id1527036273) and [Drafts](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471) are the “premium” options I’d start anyone with. Since it’s arguably the most powerful of these and my personal choice at the moment, I will be using Drafts in this post. For those with ultra-specific taste like me, Brett Terpstra maintains the most [obsessively-comprehensive database of iOS-based text editors](https://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/) ever to exist.
* A **Markdown-based text editor** of your choice - [Bear](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear/id1016366447), [Taio](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/taio-markdown-text-actions/id1527036273) and [Drafts](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471) are the “premium” options I’d start anyone with and [Typewriter](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typewriter-for-markdown/id1556419263) is the free, File app-integrated, cross-platform option with the most current buzz. Since it’s arguably the most powerful of these and my personal choice at the moment, I will be using Drafts in this post. For those with ultra-specific taste like me, Brett Terpstra maintains the most [obsessively-comprehensive database of iOS-based text editors](https://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/) ever to exist.
* [**Telegram**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807) - for those who don’t have a MacOS-running desktop, Telegram’s private “saved messages” feature is still _the_ most handy method of exchanging links and files between an iPhone and desktop with its insane 2GB cap _per file_ and [extraordinary adaptability to inconsistent network connectivity](https://bilge.world/bad-connection-insights).
* A **second/alternative web browser** - It might sound silly to set aside a whole web browser on your phone just for interacting with Write.as and Snap.as, but I’ve found it invaluable and there are _literally_ one billion browsers to choose from on the App Store, but I’m going to use [Google Chrome](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-chrome/id535886823) ([Chrome Beta](https://testflight.apple.com/join/LPQmtkUs), technically,) mostly because it is the (very distantly) second-most consistently supportive of hardware keyboard shortcuts behind Safari.
* A **second/alternative web browser** - It might sound silly to set aside a whole web browser on your phone just for interacting with Write.as and Snap.as, but I’ve found it invaluable and there are _literally_ one billion browsers to choose from on the App Store. For this guide, I’m going to use [Google Chrome](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-chrome/id535886823) ([Chrome Beta](https://testflight.apple.com/join/LPQmtkUs), technically,) mostly because it is the (very distantly) second-most consistently supportive of hardware keyboard shortcuts behind Safari.

![Editorial Git - Wood](https://i.snap.as/ocT2o2B3.png)

### Excess mode
The above apps are all that’s needed if your end goal is just publishing and editing to Write.as or your own WriteFreely server, but if you want to go as _all in_ as I have - or, notably, if an iPhone/iPad is the only computer you have access to, for whatever reason - you’ll probably be astonished (as I was) at how well you can accomplish just about _everything_ involved in **development** on your goddamned cellular phone, these days: editing CSS themes, configuring Javascript additions, parsing JSON analytics data exports, extensive performance testing, _scraping_/archiving, fileserver management, and on and on…
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I’d ask that _you_ proceed with the knowledge that this guide is far from absolute - you can and _should_ pick and choose different components to form your own workflow - and that it is definitely not exclusive to Write.as/WriteFreely, considering our end output is markdown-formatted text. I have chosen to frame it around the .as suite because it (debatably) [saved my life](https://write.as/community/chat-with-david-blue) and I am therefore quite personally invested in the growth of its userbase and the health of its community. On that vein, I’ve recently [committed to starting the WriteFreely Community Discord Server](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-writefreely-community-discord/2831) and published [a new version of this blog’s theme](https://github.com/extratone/bilge/releases/tag/3.1) which I hope will prove useful to newcomers interested in customizing their Write.as/WriteFreely blogs.

I also want to make it clear that this guide was written as a exploration of what is technically possible on iOS/iPhone at the moment, _not_ what I’d consider actually _advisable_. While I myself have been playing around across the spectrum of tools listed here on my 12 Pro Max - including drafting all of this guide, itself, as well as the vast majority of my [iPhone × Music overview](https://bilge.world/iphone-ios-music-apps) - I can’t say I expect to continue using my cellular phone in this way except for any special away-from-desktop circumstances.
I also want to make it clear that this guide was written as a exploration of what is technically *possible* on iOS/iPhone at the moment, _not_ what I’d consider actually _advisable_. While I myself have been playing around across the spectrum of tools listed here on my 12 Pro Max - including drafting all of this guide, itself, as well as the vast majority of my [iPhone × Music overview](https://bilge.world/iphone-ios-music-apps) - I can’t say I expect to continue using my cellular phone in this way except for any special away-from-desktop circumstances.

## Composing
I’m starting out of order because I feel it’s impor
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### Hardware
1. [iPhone 12 Pro Max - 256GB, Pacific Blue](https://store.apple.com/xc/product/MGCN3LL/A). (`MGCN3LL/A`)
2. [Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English - Space Gray\](https://store.apple.com/xc/product/MRMH2LL/A)
2. [Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English - Space Gray](https://store.apple.com/xc/product/MRMH2LL/A)
3. [Tylt Crest Convertible 3 Coil Wireless Charger](https://www.att.com/buy/accessories/chargers/tylt-crest-convertible-3-coil-wireless-charger-white.html)

## References
* [A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro - MacStories - Part 7](https://www.macstories.net/stories/one-year-of-ipad-pro/7/#github-and-markdown-editing)
* [My Markdown Writing and Collaboration Workflow, Powered by Working Copy 3.6, iCloud Drive, and GitHub - MacStories](https://www.macstories.net/ios/my-markdown-writing-and-collaboration-workflow-powered-by-working-copy-3-6-icloud-drive-and-github/)
* [Command-Line — Write.as Apps](https://write.as/apps/cli)
* [How to Run a Simple Web Server on iPad or iPhone | OSXDaily](https://osxdaily.com/2019/02/20/run-simple-web-server-ios-ish/
* [How to Run a Simple Web Server on iPad or iPhone](https://osxdaily.com/2019/02/20/run-simple-web-server-ios-ish/) | *OSXDaily*
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## Resources
* [iTextEditors - iPhone and iPad text/code editors and writing tools compared](https://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/)
* [writeas/go-writeas: Go client for the Write.as API](https://github.com/writeas/go-writeas)
* [List of supported Raw URL embeds](https://github.com/embedas/go-embed)

### Drafts
* [Embed <audio> Element | Drafts Directory](https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/1lM)
* [The Psalms | Drafts Directory](https://actions.getdrafts.com/t/1km)
* [Windows Iowa | Drafts Directory](https://actions.getdrafts.com/t/1kY)
* [RoutineHub • Capture Web Page to Drafts](https://routinehub.co/shortcut/8994/)
* [RoutineHub • Capture Web Page to Drafts](https://routinehub.co/shortcut/8994/)
* [ThoughtAsylum Drafts Library](https://tadpole.thoughtasylum.com/)
+ The [ideal method](https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-on-ipad/10389/4?u=blue) of setting keyboard shortcuts for TAD actions.
+ "[Capturing for Obsidian Using Drafts and GitHub](https://www.thoughtasylum.com/2021/01/18/capturing-for-obsidian-using-drafts-and-github/)" | *ThoughtAsylum*

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