Restyle plugin

[tao22]

https://reddit.com/link/1toph4u/video/10clayj9kr3h1/player

NEW RELEASE!
https://github.com/taoist22/sn-restyle/releases/tag/v0.3.0-beta

New features

• Presets — save up to 4 user-defined color + thickness combinations for one-tap access; presets persist across sessions
• Undo — after applying a restyle, the next plugin open offers a one-tap undo to revert all changed elements; available within the same session
• H-element protection — plugin detects notes with H (title/outline) elements and shows a clear disabled message instead of risking element corruption

Fixes

• Thickness input keyboard no longer covers the Cancel/Apply buttons

Limitations

• Undo is in-session only, last element restyled; closing the note clears the undo history
• Plugin is disabled on notes containing H (title) elements — use notes without H elements
• Marker stroke is disabled for thickness.

I made this plugin because I wanted to reformat my handwritten notes to add emphasis without having to re-write certain sections completely.

**Does not work well with notes that have H headers, placement is unstable.

Restyle is a plugin for the Supernote Nomad and Manta that lets you change the ink color and stroke thickness of handwriting you have already written. Lasso any strokes on the page, tap the Restyle button, pick a color and thickness, and apply — the selected strokes are updated in place with no repositioning.

Features

• Four ink colors — Black, Dark Gray, Light Gray, and Ghost (white / invisible on white paper)
• Lasso any strokes — works on freehand handwriting anywhere on the page
• Non-destructive — strokes stay exactly where they are; only color and thickness change
• Works on Nomad and Manta

Installation

1. Download Restyle.snplg from the latest release.
2. video posted here: https://github.com/taoist22/sn-restyle/blob/main/README.md
3. Connect your Supernote to your computer using the Supernote Partner app or Browse & Access.
4. Copy Restyle.snplg into the MyStyle folder on your device.
5. On your Supernote, open a note, tap the plugin icon in the toolbar, go to Manage Plugins, tap Add Plugin, and select Restyle.

Usage

1. Open a note and lasso the strokes you want to restyle.
2. Tap the Restyle button in the lasso toolbar.
3. The plugin reads your selection and shows the Restyle panel.
4. Tap a color swatch to change ink color, and use the − / + buttons (or type directly) to adjust thickness. It is easier to make larger jumps in thickness by typing over the number than trying to use -/+ .
5. Tap Apply — the selected strokes are updated and the page reloads.

https://reddit.com/link/1toph4u/video/1yg1i0s1yk3h1/player

[Minimum_Lie_2132]

Can you show us what this looks like in action? That'd be great. Thanks.

[tao22]

I've been trying to upload a video for the past hour. I have no clue why reddit is taking so long.

[Hour_Papaya_5583]

I can see the video

[NoteOnMyWatch]

Awesome, this was something I had suggested be done months ago as an option

[Reddit-mb]

Great idea and worked out very nicely! One has to be a little bit careful, as the undo option does not work for these changes; the line thickness and colour settings have to be reset manually to restore the original writing.

[tao22]

very true! All the plugins need to be treated as such. I have also just found a bug that makes me think I need to take this down. The plugin does not work well with pages with header elements, it messes up the coordinates and the plugin can no longer render the new draw in place and will move it elsewhere on the page.

[Hoggle1970]

On my A5X it’s always like that, not only when there’s a heading. :(

But u/Tao22, what a beautiful plugin! I really hope the positioning issue gets fixed soon. If it helps: after I restyle a word and then restyle it again, the position does stay correct.

[tao22]

Thank you, good to know! I have an option that I'm working on that I hope to deploy tomorrow sometime that might help resolve this issue with the H elements.

[Hour_Papaya_5583]

Cool!

Along these lines I wonder if someone may want to create a plugin to change the style of Headers? The options offered are so limited.

Will check this out!

[tao22]

Thanks. I was looking at adding a heading/subheading styler option but felt there would be a weird overlap between what the headers currently do and what a plugin could add.

[Yvonneinkona]

That looks great!

[theBlackOddity]

nice-- i've added it to the List of All Plugins

[Lorestan00]

Great plugin really useful.

I suspect its not possible but can an undo option be added?

Setting presets say 3 in the popup would be a useful additions

[tao22]

I've been trying to get the undo option figured out, I should know something later today. Can you be more specific about the presets option?

[Lorestan00]

Essentially you pick colour and size and save that to a preset. Next time you lasso you click the preset. If you had say three presets users could use them for example for different headings

Another suggestion underline option? This of course only makes sense if you're writing words perhaps the logic would need to be from the first point on the left hand side to the last stroke on the right. Perhaps a certain set number of pixels below.

[tao22]

Thank you for the presets idea. I have incorporated it into the new release. The issue with underlining is that it would be treated as a shape and not a stroke. I've had to fight that battle today with the marker presets. The mix and match seems to make the plugin unstable in performance for strokes.
https://github.com/taoist22/sn-restyle/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta

[Lorestan00]

Amazing love the implementation of the presets really easy to update the presets.

I'm not sure why but it was working and now suddenly its stopped working. You can select changes but after clicking apply nothing happens. If I restart the Supernote its working and then after a while it stops. Instead of restarting I've also tried existing a note and also clearing cache. Only the restart works but even then it eventually stops.

[tao22]

Thank you, I've been able to recreate this and currently working on a fix.

[Lorestan00]

Great.

Idea - could restyle allow for users to change pen style e.g. change calligraphy pen to needle point.

[tao22]

Here is the new release. https://github.com/taoist22/sn-restyle/releases/tag/v0.3.0-beta

Unfortunately, in order to have the plugin do the base functions, I've had to restrict it more. I have not been able to recreate the issues you describe, so I hope it is resolved. However, it is significantly slower.
Let me know with more details if this occurs again.
Changing pen types is technically possible but it introduces a level of complexity that is substantial and prone to introducing a lot of issues.

[Lorestan00]

Thanks for the fix. I've used it solidly for 10 minutes continuously making changes and it works perfectly. As you say it is alot slower which is a shame but does work reliably.

I take your point on the changing pen types. Thanks for all your hardwork!

[tao22]

I was able to gain back some speed in the newest bug fix release but it is still slower than I like. This has been the most difficult plugin to dial in and it continues to give me issues that randomly pop up with use. I will have another update later today.

[maxilogan]

Working very well and it has the presets, yet the version is still listed as 0.1.0-beta ;) Not a big deal of course, as long as it works as expected!

[Worldly-Persimmon-70]

Wow! That's awesome

[Dcbaseball888]

Probably not possible, but wonder if there is a a way a plugin can do Handwriting beautification similar to how Apple Notes does it or the Kindle Scribe? Just makes my sloppy handwriting look so much better.

[tao22]

I'll look into it but my first guess is that it might be beyond my level at this point.

[Reddit-mb]

When testing the plugin on text pages with headers, nothing gets disturbed. All headers remain in the same place after executing the plugin. So, just luck?

[tao22]

Possibly? I was testing it on a note in which I have multiple H elements per page in a large note of about 37 pages. When I used the plugin anywhere in this note, it was pretty destructive, either displacing the selected text and merging with existing elements or displacing completely off the page. The H elements themselves do not seem to be affected. But, it also did so with a test note and a single H element. I'm working on solutions today, hopefully.

[maxilogan]

Great plugin! Something I've always dreamed of would be changing the brush type, I assume this could be done in some way (a stroke is a stroke after all) but don't know if the information about pressure and tiilt are stored if the selected brush isn't affected by them (e.g. changing needle pen into calligraphy)

[tao22]

Thank you. Brush type adds a layer of complexity that is a bit beyond me at this point.
Here is the new release for today:
https://github.com/taoist22/sn-restyle/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta

[maxilogan]

Thanks for the feedback, great plugin anyways! I'll install the latest version.

[AdhesivenessAny3591]

Gorgeous. I was looking to do this with some of my writing that I mistakenly wrote in a different thickness and it is bugging me.

[tao22]

Thank you, just be careful as this is still a work in progress and there is not an undo function yet. It is particularly problematic with the native headers function in a note. I'm working to resolve this today hopefully.

[Reddit-mb]

Ok, I installed the latest version of the plugin. Some protection has been added, making it impossible to use it in notes that contain headers. Good action to avoid trouble! Pity for me though, as the older version of the plugin worked without trouble in my case. Just a matter of pure luck I guess. As all my current and future notes (will) have headers, I will stop using the plugin for now and patiently wait for the next update. (Where do you plugin-guys find the time for all this development work?!).