And you can try the new features now at tldraw.com
This week we added a new people menu where you can change your name and color, see who else is in the room...
And even follow viewports!
We've added a laser pointer! Works in shared rooms and readonly rooms, too.
We've added snapshot links, which allow you to store a frozen, read-only copy of a project’s current state to the cloud.
We've greatly improved text pasting in the app, especially for indented or multi-line text.
And we've added the long-awaited, much-requested text label positioning.
That's it for this week! If you have any ideas or feedback, drop by our Discord (link in profile). And if you’re a developer, come check out the GitHub repo. tldraw tldraw discord.gg/Up7bFHPstc
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When you're on the dot com itself, you're editing a local project. It's stored in your web browser. If you refresh the tab it will still be there—but careful, if you clear your browser data then it'll be lost.
If you want something more permanent, you can save the project as a .tldr file.
You can do this by pressing Cmd+S, or by selecting Menu > File > Save a Copy.
Note that this file is just a copy—additional changes won't be saved automatically, but you can always save a new copy.
You can open a .tldr file by selecting Menu > File > Open file.
Opening a file will replace your current local project, so be sure to save again first if you want to keep it.
This is using the assistants API. The assistant has a prompt that teaches a simple DSL for controlling a cursor and using tools. It can use this language to run a series of actions.
These sequences are parsed on the client into actual actions using the editor API.