Byword
Byword is a Markdown compatible program for the macOS and iOS systems. You edit a md document and export it to a format of your choice.
Introduction
One of the advantages of Byword is the editor's ability to export your document directly to blog platforms.
It also offers several options for exporting Markdown documents, including the most popular formats such as HTML, PDF, DOC and LaTeX.
If you have the iCloud service you will be happy to know that using Byword it is possible to synchronize your Markdown files with all Apple devices.
Byword may owe a little bit in terms of beauty, the appearance of the program is very simple, but efficient in editing.
The official website for the tool is located at https://bywordapp.com/
Support for Markdown in Byword
In Table 1.1 you can see the most used elements of Markdown that are compatible with Byword.
| Element | Support | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Titles | Yes | Unfortunately the tool does not support the alternative syntax for creating titles. |
| Paragraphs | Yes | |
| Line breaks | Yes | Using the white space to the right of the content to break the line will not work, however pressing the Enter key is more than enough to insert a new line in Byword. |
| Bold | Yes | |
| Italic | Yes | |
| Blockquote | Yes | Nesting blockquotes is not a good idea. |
| Ordered lists | Yes | |
| Unordered lists | Partial | Nesting lists also doesn't work very well with Byword, the tool does not support nested lists. |
| Code | Yes | |
| Horizontal lines | Yes | |
| Links | Yes | |
| Images | Yes | |
| Tables | Yes | |
| Fenced code blocks | Yes | Good news, highlighting the syntax by specifying the programming language used in the code block is supported by Byword. |
| Footnotes | Yes | |
| Title Id | No | |
| Definition lists | Yes | |
| Strikethrough | No | |
| Task lists | No | |
| Emoji (copy and paste) | Yes | |
| Emoji (access codes) | No | |
| automatic URL Link | Yes | |
| Disable automatic link from URL | Yes | |
| HTML | Yes |
Support for additional syntax elements
Byword is also compatible with elements of Markdown that are not so usual.
Table 1.2 shows obscure elements compatible with the tool.
| Element | Markdown | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Abbreviation | *[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C. |
The specification of HTML is maintained by the W3C |
| Subscript | H~2~O | H2O |
| Superscript | X^2^ |
X2 |