Mou

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Overview

Mou, the missing Markdown editor for web developers.

Syntax

Strong and Emphasize

strong or strong ( Cmd + B )

emphasize or emphasize ( Cmd + I )

Sometimes I want a lot of text to be bold.
Like, seriously, a LOT of text

Blockquotes

Right angle brackets > are used for block quotes.

Links and Email

An email example@example.com link.

Simple inline link http://chenluois.com, another inline link Smaller, one more inline link with title Resize.

A reference style link. Input id, then anywhere in the doc, define the link with corresponding id:

Titles ( or called tool tips ) in the links are optional.

Images

An inline image Smaller icon

, title is optional.

A Resize icon

reference style image.

Inline code and Block code

Inline code are surround by backtick key. To create a block code:

Indent each line by at least 1 tab, or 4 spaces.
var Mou = exactlyTheAppIwant;

Ordered Lists

Ordered lists are created using "1." + Space:

1. Ordered list item
2. Ordered list item
3. Ordered list item

Unordered Lists

Unordered list are created using "*" + Space:

• Unordered list item
• Unordered list item
• Unordered list item

Or using "-" + Space:

• Unordered list item
• Unordered list item
• Unordered list item

Hard Linebreak

End a line with two or more spaces will create a hard linebreak, called <br /> in HTML. ( Control + Return )
Above line ended with 2 spaces.

Horizontal Rules

Three or more asterisks or dashes:

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Headers

Setext-style:

This is H1

This is H2

atx-style:

This is H1

This is H2

This is H3

This is H4

This is H5

This is H6

Extra Syntax

Footnotes

Footnotes work mostly like reference-style links. A footnote is made of two things: a marker in the text that will become a superscript number; a footnote definition that will be placed in a list of footnotes at the end of the document. A footnote looks like this:

That's some text with a footnote.^[1]

Strikethrough

Wrap with 2 tilde characters:

Strikethrough

Fenced Code Blocks

Start with a line containing 3 or more backticks, and ends with the first line with the same number of backticks:

Fenced code blocks are like Stardard Markdown’s regular code
blocks, except that they’re not indented and instead rely on
a start and end fence lines to delimit the code block.

Tables

A simple table looks like this:

First Header	Second Header	Third Header
Content Cell	Content Cell	Content Cell
Content Cell	Content Cell	Content Cell

If you wish, you can add a leading and tailing pipe to each line of the table:

First Header	Second Header	Third Header
Content Cell	Content Cell	Content Cell
Content Cell	Content Cell	Content Cell

Specify alignment for each column by adding colons to separator lines:

First Header	Second Header	Third Header
Left	Center	Right
Left	Center	Right

Shortcuts

View

• Toggle live preview: Shift + Cmd + I
• Toggle Words Counter: Shift + Cmd + W
• Toggle Transparent: Shift + Cmd + T
• Toggle Floating: Shift + Cmd + F
• Left/Right = 1/1: Cmd + 0
• Left/Right = 3/1: Cmd + +
• Left/Right = 1/3: Cmd + -
• Toggle Writing orientation: Cmd + L
• Toggle fullscreen: Control + Cmd + F

Actions

• Copy HTML: Option + Cmd + C
• Strong: Select text, Cmd + B
• Emphasize: Select text, Cmd + I
• Inline Code: Select text, Cmd + K
• Strikethrough: Select text, Cmd + U
• Link: Select text, Control + Shift + L
• Image: Select text, Control + Shift + I
• Select Word: Control + Option + W
• Select Line: Shift + Cmd + L
• Select All: Cmd + A
• Deselect All: Cmd + D
• Convert to Uppercase: Select text, Control + U
• Convert to Lowercase: Select text, Control + Shift + U
• Convert to Titlecase: Select text, Control + Option + U
• Convert to List: Select lines, Control + L
• Convert to Blockquote: Select lines, Control + Q
• Convert to H1: Cmd + 1
• Convert to H2: Cmd + 2
• Convert to H3: Cmd + 3
• Convert to H4: Cmd + 4
• Convert to H5: Cmd + 5
• Convert to H6: Cmd + 6
• Convert Spaces to Tabs: Control + [
• Convert Tabs to Spaces: Control + ]
• Insert Current Date: Control + Shift + 1
• Insert Current Time: Control + Shift + 2
• Insert entity <: Control + Shift + ,
• Insert entity >: Control + Shift + .
• Insert entity &: Control + Shift + 7
• Insert entity Space: Control + Shift + Space
• Insert Scriptogr.am Header: Control + Shift + G
• Shift Line Left: Select lines, Cmd + [
• Shift Line Right: Select lines, Cmd + ]
• New Line: Cmd + Return
• Comment: Cmd + /
• Hard Linebreak: Control + Return

Edit

• Auto complete current word: Esc
• Find: Cmd + F
• Close find bar: Esc

Post

• Post on Scriptogr.am: Control + Shift + S
• Post on Tumblr: Control + Shift + T

Export

• Export HTML: Option + Cmd + E
• Export PDF: Option + Cmd + P

And more?

Don't forget to check Preferences, lots of useful options are there.

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1. And that's the footnote. ↩