Spatial plaintext authoring

Gatherfield

Gatherfield turns linked plaintext into a workspace you can move through. Write with Markdown where it helps, keep connected notes in view, assemble read-through drafts, and let each version of the work redraw the graph from the text itself.

Connected plaintext

Start with one note.

Six short proofs show how Gatherfield keeps plaintext, panes, graph, sources, versions, Galley, and history moving together.

01 / In-context note editing

Write beside the map, not away from it.

Create a note, add a link, and the next editing pane opens in context while the active node follows the place you are writing.

25s: links open the next note while the map stays in context.

02 / Plaintext planning

Plaintext links plan the map.

Write links in one plaintext note. Gatherfield draws each target into the map, including notes that have not been opened or written yet.

13s: plaintext links draw the map, including unwritten notes.

03 / Versioned maps

Work on multiple versions of the same note.

Save alternate versions of a note, including the links inside it, and switch between them while each version keeps its own history. The graph updates to match the version you are working on.

10s: switching versions redraws the graph.

04 / Source references

Keep sources close and the map clean.

Citations and source notes stay attached in references while conceptual links define the graph.

10s: sources and citekeys collect while the concept map stays clean.

05 / Galley read-through

Assemble connected notes into a read-through draft.

Mark structural links as inclusions. Galley follows those plaintext links in order and collates the linked notes into one readable draft view.

8s: inclusion links assemble connected notes into one draft view.

06 / Plain files and history

Recover drafts without hiding the plaintext.

Saved revisions and recovery history stay nearby while the main note remains an inspectable plaintext file.

19s: history is recoverable while the note stays plaintext.

Built for serious work

The main proofs stay short. The workspace still goes deep.

Once the core work is moving, Gatherfield gives each project room to choose the map, layout, and metadata that fit.

Map views

Save useful graph scopes.

Start local, widen deliberately, and keep the map view that helps the project make sense.

Shared context

Surfaces stay coordinated.

The editor, graph, tree, and references point at the same active note instead of becoming separate places to reconcile.

Dockable panes

Arrange the workspace around the task.

Move writing, graph, files, and references into the layout a project needs.

Optional metadata

Style the map only when it helps.

Plaintext remains the body. Frontmatter can add graph presentation details for notes that need them.