writer-mode

Distraction free plain text editing in VSCode.

To activate use cmd+shift+p and type: Writer mode: Activate.

Deactivating works the same way: cmd+shift+p and Writer mode: Deactivate.

Features

What this extension is doing under the hood:

• run commands specified in writerMode.executeOnActivate while activating extension (by default activate zen mode)
• override vs code settings specified in writerMode.overrideSettings
  • by default:
    • increase font size to 20
    • disables VSCode ruler
    • highlights current line
• run commands specified in writerMode.executeOnDeactivate will deactivating extension (by default deactivate zen mode)

All those setting changes are first applied to workspace settings and in case of not having workspace extension will override global settings.

Requirements

You need to have vs code version greater than 1.8 to activate zen mode.

Known Issues

This extension is before version 1.0.0 so you may expect bugs.

Release Notes

Please see CHANGELOG

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