iA Writer 6
Wikilinks
- Wikilinks make it easy to connect, browse, and rediscover your writing
- A [[wikilink]] is a link from one text file to another
- To make a wikilink, just type [[ and the name of the file you would like to link
- Autocomplete suggests files from your Library
- Open the linked file with
⌘-click or⌘⏎ - If the file doesn’t exist, it’ll be automatically created and ready to type
Navigation History
- Navigation history keeps track of the files you recently opened using wikilinks, Library, or Quick Search
- To go back and forward, hold ⌘ and swipe right or left anywhere in the document
- Click the history buttons in the title bar
- Or use
⌃⌘← and⌃⌘→
Hashtag Improvements
- Hashtags can be now added anywhere in text
- Autocomplete suggests hashtags as you type
- Consistent styling for hashtags and other links
- Show a hashtag in Quick Search with
⌘-click or⌘⏎
Autolinks
- All web links and email addresses are automatically detected
- Open a link in browser or compose a new email with
⌘-click or⌘⏎ - Control how autolinks, hashtags, and wikilinks are exported in Markdown preferences
Content Block Improvements
- To add a content block, type / at the beginning of a line and the name of the file you would like to include
- Autocomplete suggests files from your Library
- A path to a file is no longer required. Filename-only content blocks automatically find the nearest matching file
- Open a text content block with
⌘-click or⌘⏎ - If the content block file doesn’t exist, it’ll be automatically created and ready to type
Metadata
- All-new metadata engine enables powerful new features
- Provide variables to text content blocks, width and height attributes to image content blocks
- Supports Markdown in metadata variables
- Define global metadata in Markdown preferences
Look and Feel
- Completed tasks are faded and crossed-out
- All-new highlight colors: yellow orange pink purple blue green
- Choose your favorite highlight color and configure completed task appearance in Editor preferences
Editor Improvements
- Editor automatically inserts closing brackets
- Select text and type an opening bracket to wrap selection in matching brackets
- Added indent width preference
- Changed strikethrough shortcut to
⌥⌘U - Changed highlight shortcut to
⇧⌘U - Changed code shortcut to
⌘J - Added code block command with shortcut
⇧⌘J - Disabled spell checking, autocorrection, autocapitalization, and smart punctuation in code
- Set up
⌘E shortcut to use selection for find - Changed shortcut to mark task as completed to
⌥⌘X
Other Improvements
- Changed Library shortcut to ⌃⌘S
- Task list items are searchable with Smart Folders and Quick Search using [ ] and [x]
- Text stats include content blocks and take metadata variables into account
- Added ability to show and sort by date created in Library
- Added fuzzy Library Path matching to Quick Search
- Added an option to always show the title bar
- Replaced Delete in Library with Move to Trash, hold ⌥ to delete immediately
- Stopped asking to keep document changes by default, configurable in Files preferences
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