I like the way the Lettera is much more WYSIWYG than a typical markdown editor.
However, I still see traces of markdown while I am typing. For example, if something is bold, when I edit it, I then see double asterisks pop up on either side of the text. To me, that is not WYSIWYG and is conflating the display with the file format. I never typed in the asterisks - I just pressed command-B.
I realise it’s a deep design issue to separate user input from file format… but is there a way to have a full WYSIWYG mode that insulates the user from seeing the markdown code? I guess what I am asking is a WYSIWYG editor that just happens to save as natively markdown.
Well, it wouldn’t be a markdown editor if it didn’t have those characters. It would be an RTF app. As someone who writes a lot in markdown, I want to be able to see the control characters when I click; not so much for bold or italic, but for links and some other formatting.
There’s a setting under the Format menu → Auto Hide Markdown that turns off the Markdown tags for an open file, but for some reason it doesn’t always appear as available.
I think I am looking for the opposite of everyone else if after (unless I am mis-reading / -understanding).
There are times when I just write (Ulysses focus mode), I don’t want distraction of any kind, this includes formatting. I don’t care what my headings look like just that they are headings and of the right level.
therefore I want to see just the markdown, I don’t want to see any formatting. I have tinkered with Tolaria recently which gives you this. I love the principle but it has a horrible refresh issue that jumps you to the top of the page every few minutes.
Now, when I have finished the writing dump, I want to jump to the good looking stuff to review and adjust.
Can Lettera give me a just type with full markdown visible, mode and then allow me to switch when I am ready. Switching off Auto-hide markdown does not do this. Tables are still rendered in their “good looking” format.