Runestone

Runestone Text Editor Modification

The app has been patched to unlock the Premium subscription, enabling access to all premium features without limitations. This modification ensures users can fully utilize the text editor's advanced capabilities without purchasing the subscription.

Key Features Unlocked

• Premium features permanently unlocked
• Full access to all editor tools and functionalities
• Improved usability with no restrictions

Note: To ensure proper app functionality and file opening, the app's Bundle ID must be changed to match the certificate's App ID (excluding the Team ID prefix).

Runestone is a powerful and lightweight plain text editor designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad users. It is optimized to provide an enhanced text editing experience, combining simplicity with a rich set of features that cater to both casual users and developers. Unlike standard text editors, Runestone offers robust syntax highlighting, line numbering, advanced search and replace, and many other functionalities aimed at making text editing more efficient on iOS devices.

Created by a passionate developer dedicated to crafting the most streamlined text editor for Apple’s mobile platform, Runestone focuses on delivering all the essential tools needed for coding and text manipulation while maintaining an intuitive and user-friendly interface. Its core design philosophy centers around speed, functionality, and seamless integration with iOS conventions.

Key Features

• Extensive Syntax Highlighting: Supports a wide range of programming and markup languages including HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, Swift, Python, PHP, YAML, and many others, making it suitable for developers and writers alike.
• Themes: Choose from twelve beautiful standard themes such as Tomorrow, Dracula, Solarized, and One Dark Pro to customize the look and feel of your editor to reduce eye strain and increase coding comfort.
• Advanced Find and Replace: Utilize an innovative search and replace feature that allows users to easily locate and modify text while maintaining visibility of the entire document, streamlining editing workflows.
• Font Customization: Select your preferred font and size, including the ability to use custom fonts imported via third-party applications, to tailor the reading and editing experience according to personal preferences.
• Cursor Positioning: Displays the exact line and column position of the cursor for precise navigation and editing within documents.
• Standard Document Browser Integration: Seamlessly open and manage files using the standard document browser, providing a familiar file management system similar to Apple’s Files app.
• Quick Navigation: Instantly jump to any specific line in your file, enhancing efficiency especially in longer documents or code files.
• Automatic Bracket and Quote Closure: Save time and reduce errors with automatic insertion of closing brackets and quotation marks.
• Multi-Window Support: On iPad, manage multiple windows simultaneously, boosting productivity through multitasking capabilities.
• Code Formatting: Format your code with Prettier.js support for languages like CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, and more, ensuring clean and consistent code style.
• Encoding Options: Choose from popular text encoding schemes including UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and others to maintain compatibility with various systems and standards.
• Typing Enhancements: Enable or disable autocorrection, autocapitalization, and smart punctuation according to your writing style and requirements.
• Default File Settings: Customize the default file extension for new documents to streamline file creation and organization.
• Share Sheet Integration: Open files directly in Runestone from the iOS Share Sheet, simplifying file import and workflow integration.
• Printing Support: Easily print documents directly from the app for physical copies or offline review.

Optimized for iPhone and iPad

Runestone is designed exclusively for iOS devices, delivering a polished experience tailored for touch interaction and mobile form factors. Its interface respects Apple’s design guidelines and leverages native features to provide reliability and responsiveness. Multi-window support on iPad allows users to work simultaneously on multiple documents, taking full advantage of the larger display and multitasking capabilities.

The app makes editing and coding on the go both practical and enjoyable without sacrificing functionality. Its lightweight nature ensures quick launch times and smooth performance even on older devices, making it an excellent choice for users seeking a robust text editor that fits into their mobile lifestyle.

Additional Functionalities

• Line Number Display: View line numbers to navigate and reference code or text more easily.
• Line Highlighting: Highlight the active line to improve focus and visibility during editing sessions.
• Text Wrapping Control: Enable or disable line wrapping to suit your preference; horizontal scrolling is available to accommodate long lines.
• Whitespace Visualization: Show tabs, spaces, and line breaks with distinctive symbols to gain better control over formatting and layout.
• Page Guide: Set a visual guide at a specific column to monitor code length and maintain readable line lengths.
• Overscroll Features: Add vertical and horizontal overscroll for better navigation comfort.
• Language Persistence: Remember the selected syntax highlighting language per file to maintain consistent editing environments.
• Soft Tabs and Tab Behavior: Customize soft tabs with adjustable widths and choose whether the tab key inserts tabs or indents lines.
• Markdown Customization: Adjust the scaling of Markdown headings and toggle code block highlighting for a cleaner preview experience.

Runestone is built on an open-source framework of the same name, reflecting a transparent and community-driven approach to software development. It is the ideal editor for anyone looking for a versatile, speedy, and iOS-optimized text editing solution without unnecessary complexity.