Known Bug
Q: I selected 12pt in Size but I decided I wanted 14pt. There wasn't a way to effectively change that. I clicked in the field, expecting to see the drop down choices again, but I didn't. The selection was highlighted, so I pressed Delete. Nothing happened. I put the cursor in front of the 1 and deleted and then typed in 14pt.
A: The way type works is kind of messy. I had not intended to put it in the edit window at all to keep people focused on actually writing and not making things pretty, but neglected to think about accessibility issues with certain typefaces. This will be fixed in the next couple of day and you will be able to pick from the entire catalog of Google typefaces (adding a custom font you own will come later).
Misunderstanding (3 questions related)
Q1. As in my post, I kept clicking the yellow folder icon to save the conversation. Not getting any feedback or seeing the text in the document window, I poked around. I then did fine "Create file in binder" and "Insert into editor. "
Q2. How do I then save the additional conversation in the document? Does "Insert into editor" also save the new content?
Q3. Somehow, I think by clicking the Hamburger menu, the binder got sent back into Choose a Series and my hierarchy for the Brainstorm disappeared. There was no way to get out of the Choose a Series without creating a series, which I didn't want to do. I copied the URL into a new tab and everything returned as I wanted to the Binder.
A: Everything works around the Binder System. to work with the Skill Rooms you have to have a file open and a file has to exist in a book/type container and a book/type container has to exist in a Series/Group container. I've made the analogy before that Series/Group is like a File Cabinet, Book/Type is like a File Drawer and all of your files and folders fit into the filedrawer for that Book/type.
This is why I change the names. The Binder system is a pretty powerful organization system that can be used differently for different purposes, but you have to work from a basic file and a file has to have a book/type or Series/Group to live in. The other way to think of it is a Series/Group could be general research with the books/types within it being different ideas or genres to explore and the files/folders specific ideas or directions. I also added the ability to move files/folders between books and Series easily as well to make organization even easier
The Yellow Folder next to the API keys button is to manually save the log of the conversation to the Binder /Logs Folder and has a tooltip for this if you hover over it long enough. The Down Arrow next to that is to download the conversation to your drive. Conversations should be saved to the log automatically when you switch skill rooms, but because this is a web app, if it crashes, you close the tab/window, random weirdness, phase of the moon, etc. This sometimes doesn't happen so we have the ability to manually save it. The other reason for this is that the context window the ai sees is first the conversation, then the files you have checked for context, and then the skill room prompt itself. If the conversation gets too long the ai can get confused and you get weird results ( this is true using the actual AI's as well not only in the app). And, sometimes the conversation just goes awry. The trash can icon next to the yellow folder and download arrow lest you clear the conversation and start over. By saving the log first you can find it in the /logs folder in the binder and copy/paste the parts you want to keep either to a new file or the ai chat window. This is much more powerful than just writing with claude and prompts, and gives you more options to get things the way you want them.
The bottom line in the whole answer above is that a File must be opened to use the system without losing things. At the bottom of the Results window is a "Insert into Editor" and "Create File in Binder". This gives you two other options for interacting with what is in the chat.
Just as a sidebar if you've read this far. the three line hamburger menu on the left and the little robot head on the right hide/unhide the sidebars, and both sidebars (binder, AI) are resizable by clicking on the line between them.
Q. Silly thing: My cursor when hovering over Create a Markdown (close to the popup as I can remember) hides most of the work "Markdown". But I did figure out the meaning.
A. Help me here, I do not understand where you were. Was this the import/export Icon?
Q. When I click "Insert into editor," the details of the new part of the conversation are added to the document in the editor. But, and this became tedious for me, the new text is pasted and I'm left at the end of the new text. I then have to scroll up to try to find where the new section begins so I can continue reading what's new.
A. This would be a useful feature! The question I have is would folks want this to be an on-the-fly thing or a general setting in the user settings? So "Insert into Editor" would open a popup with two options "Cursor at beginning of insert" or "Cursor at End of insert". If someone has a better idea for the names glad to hear it. My thought is the pop up as opposed to a general setting
Sorry this was so long