iA Writer

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 press ⌃⌘← 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 wikilinks, hashtags, and autolinks 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, and 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]
• 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