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Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app.

A few initial observations: the list of languages in the Scratch Pad is not correctly sorted. Also the Powershell results for errors show the ANSI escape codes. It would be nice if those were interpreted and the output colored.

It would also be nice if each editor held on to its text when you switch apps. I could see putting some code together in the scratch pad or the markdown editor, then going over to a color or number convertor to get a result, then going back to what I already had in progress.

Altogether though, great start and very nice job!

Thank you so much for trying it out. The languages scratchpad actually comes from a third party provider, including execution and output. I will definitely see if I can escape the ANSI codes.

About storing states absolutely makes sense. will fix this 100%.

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