Marks, Threads, and Readings

Marks turn a useful fragment of prose into information you can revisit without pulling it out of its original sentence. A Thread groups related Marks; a note's Readings inspector then summarizes the thread while keeping every source one click away.

Create a Mark

In the block editor, select text and choose Mark selection from the floating toolbar. Choose a meaning, color, optional Thread, and optional note, then choose Create Mark.

Skriuw suggests a meaning from the selected text. The available meanings are:

• Amount
• Count
• Moment
• State
• Person
• Place
• Reference

You can use any of six colors. Automatic detection is off by default, so regular prose is never silently turned into an atomic Mark. Turn it on in Editor settings only if you want Skriuw to recognize amounts, dates, counts, states, and links as you type.

Edit or remove a Mark

Select a Mark in the editor to open its editor. You can change its visible text, meaning, color, Thread, and note. Choose Convert to text to remove the Mark while keeping the words in place.

This is useful when a date, amount, or status changes: update the source once and the Reading changes with it.

Group information with Threads

Give related Marks the same Thread name, such as Accommodation, Launch, or Research budget. Threads are local to the note and preserve the exact name you entered. Marks without a Thread stay visible under Unthreaded rather than disappearing.

Readings inspector

Open the note inspector to find Readings. It is visible even before the first Mark, with a short prompt explaining how to begin.

For every Thread, Readings shows:

• Number of source Marks
• Amount totals, separated by currency
• Count totals
• Current state values
• Every source Mark

Choose a source to scroll to and focus the original Mark in the editor. This makes Readings a live view, not a separate copy that can become stale.

Portability

Marks round-trip through Skriuw Markdown export/import, including their meaning, color, note, and Thread. Skriuw also preserves this metadata when copying rich HTML. Markdown remains readable when opened outside Skriuw.

Marks and tasks

Use Marks for facts, decisions, dates, and evidence. Use Tasks for actions that need to move across a workspace. Both can start from selected note text, but a Task tracks work while a Mark keeps information connected to its source.