Formatting & Markdown Mode

Reverie shows you formatted text, not markup. A heading looks like a heading and bold looks bold. You apply formatting with keyboard shortcuts (or the Format menu) rather than typing symbols, and there’s no toolbar to get between you and the page.

Inline styles

Select some text and apply a style, or turn the style on and keep typing:

Inline styles stack. With nothing selected, press ⌘B then ⌘I and the next thing you type comes out bold and italic. Each toggle adds to the mark until you start typing.

Blocks

Inside a list or a blockquote, Tab indents the current item instead of inserting a tab character. Typing three hyphens (---) on an empty line turns it into a horizontal rule.

Smart punctuation

As you type, Reverie tidies your punctuation so your prose reads as typeset:

• straight quotes become curly “quotes” and ‘quotes’
• -- becomes an em dash —
• ... becomes an ellipsis …

This happens automatically while you write.

Markdown Mode

Press ⌘⇧M to switch into Markdown Mode. Here you see and edit the raw Markdown source directly, including the #, **, and > markers. It’s useful for:

• pasting in Markdown you already have
• checking or fixing the exact syntax
• writers who simply think in Markdown

Press ⌘⇧M again to switch back to the formatted view. Reverie remembers which mode you prefer for each file.

Your files stay portable

Whichever mode you write in, Reverie saves plain, standard Markdown. Your documents open cleanly in any other Markdown editor, with no proprietary format and nothing to export just to read your own words elsewhere.