User Manual
Design Intent: Prioritize the present moment above organization or recall. Navigating Whisp should feel like dancing in your short-term memory.
Navigation
- Two-finger swipe left or right on your touchpad to smoothly transition between notes.
- Alternatively, click on the edges of the window or use the scroll wheel to navigate.
Swipe Left or Ctrl + [ Go to previous note
Swipe Right or Ctrl + ] Go to next note
Creating Notes
- Swiping past the latest (right-most) note will automatically spawn a fresh, blank note.
- You can also explicitly create a new note at any time using a keyboard shortcut.
Ctrl + N Create new note
Deleting Notes
- Deleting a note removes it from the main view and moves it to a hidden
.trashdirectory. - If you accidentally delete a note, you can instantly undo it.
Ctrl + Delete Delete current note
Ctrl + Shift + T Undo last deletion
Search
- Instantly search through all your notes. Clicking a search result immediately jumps you to that note.
Ctrl + F Open global search
Markdown Formatting
- Whisp supports standard Markdown for fast formatting, but powers it up with smart keyboard toggles.
- Highlight text and press a shortcut to wrap it. Press it again to unwrap it.
Ctrl + B Toggle **bold**
Ctrl + I Toggle *italic*
Ctrl + U Toggle <u>underline</u>
WYSIWYG Mode
- Tired of looking at Markdown syntax? Toggle the live formatting view (the eye icon).
- All markdown symbols dynamically disappear when your cursor leaves the line, leaving behind beautiful rich text.
Ctrl + E Toggle WYSIWYG Mode
Smart Lists
- Type
listorlist: Custom Titleat the top of your note to activate List Mode. - Pressing Enter will automatically spawn a new
☐checkbox on the next line. - Smart Overwrite: Type
#on an empty checkbox to instantly turn it into a heading. - Comments: Type
//at the start of a list item to visually fade it out as a comment.
Tab Indent list item
Shift + Tab Outdent list item
Checkboxes
- Whisp uses native unicode checkboxes (
☐and☑) to keep your lists minimal and portable. - Use the shortcut anywhere on a line to instantly insert or toggle a checkbox.
Ctrl + S Insert / Toggle checkbox
Smart Paste (URL)
- Dropping massive tracking URLs ruins the visual flow of a note.
- Use the Smart Paste shortcut when pasting a long URL. Whisp will analyze it locally, generate a clean, short visual label, and format it securely in Markdown.
- Turn on WYSIWYG Mode and the ugly Markdown syntax dynamically vanishes, leaving only the tiny link!
- 100% offline and privacy-respecting. No external APIs used.
Ctrl + Shift + L Smart URL Paste
Plain Text Paste
- Pasting text from the web often brings along unwanted markdown syntax.
- Use Plain Paste to aggressively strip all markdown symbols (headers, bold, italics, links, lists) before dropping the raw text into your note.
Ctrl + Shift + V Plain text paste
Paper Themes
- Customize the aesthetic of your notes by opening Preferences.
- Whisp supports three minimalist native backgrounds: Blank, Dotted, and Grid.
Typography
- You have complete control over the editor font through the Preferences menu.
- Adjust the Line Spacing (1.0 to 2.0) to give your text more breathing room.
Ctrl + , Open Preferences