Bear
Bear is a simple note-taking app for macOS and iOS devices.
Introduction
Bear is a very easy to use application, it is simple, agile and fast, in addition to meeting essential requirements for document editing using Markdown.
Bear allows the use of tags, file synchronization and document conversion.
But don't be fooled by its simplicity, with Bear you can create both simple documents and more complex essays.
Visit the official Bear website by clicking here.
Using Markdown on Bear
Use the preferences menu to enable support for Markdown in the application.
With the real-time editor, Bear displays the result of your Markdown markup as you type your document.
If you're just getting started with Markdown, seeing the changes in real time, helps you get used to the language.
Enabling Markdown support
First open the Preferences window, go to the General tab and select the Markdown compatibility mode option.
You must do this, enable compatibility with Markdown, for each instance of Bear on all your devices.
Bear Markdown Compatibility
The elements listed in Table 1.1 are compatible with the Bear application.
| Element | Support | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Titles | Partial | Bear does not provide support for creating titles using the alternative syntax. |
| Paragraphs | Yes | |
| Line breaks | Partial | Breaking the line using the blank space to the right of the content is not possible, however by pressing the Enter key you insert a new line. |
| Bold | Yes | |
| Italic | Yes | |
| Blockquote | Partial | Nested blockquotes are not supported. |
| Ordered lists | Yes | |
| Unordered lists | Yes | |
| Code | Yes | |
| Horizontal lines | Yes | |
| Links | Yes | You can create a link by placing the note name between two square brackets (example, [[note-name]]). |
| Images | No | The Markdown syntax is not supported, but you can still drag and drop images into an annotation. |
| Tables | No | |
| Fenced code blocks | Yes | Syntax highlighting is also supported. |
| Footnotes | No | |
| Title Id | Partial | The generation of the title identification is automatic in Bear, customization is not yet possible. |
| Definition lists | No | |
| Strikethrough | Yes | |
| Task lists | Yes | |
| Emoji (copy and paste) | Yes | |
| Emoji (access codes) | Yes | |
| automatic URL Link | Yes | |
| Disable automatic link from URL | Yes | |
| HTML | Partial | In Bear editor HTML is not rendered, but it appears correctly after export. |
Support for additional syntax elements
Some not-so-common Markdown elements are also part of Bear's range of options, check out Table 1.2.
| Element | Markdown | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight | ::word or phrase:: |
word or phrase |
| Underline | ~word or phrase~ |
word or phrase |