Text Formatting
When you are editing files with a syntax type that supports text formatting, you can quickly get tired of adding the syntax that is required for doing things like bolding, italicizing, underlining, etc. However, if you are using TKE to do the editing, then your editor has your back.
If you need to italicize some text that you have already typed, simply select the text and use the Edit / Format / Italics (or use the shortcut Command/Control-I). TKE will insert the correct syntax before or around the text. This functionality is super handy and will save a ton of keystrokes, but TKE’s text formatting capabilities don’t stop there.
If you need to bold some text that you are about to type, simply select the Edit / Format / Bold (or using the shortcut Command/Control-B). TKE will insert the proper emboldening syntax and place the cursor at the appropriate spot to start entering the text to be emboldened. Once you have finished entering the formatted text, if there is bold syntax following the text, simply enter the TAB key to move the cursor to the right of that syntax and continue entering text.
Bonus Tip: Any time that you are editing text and you are not filling in a snippet, hitting the TAB key will advance the cursor to the first whitespace character in the current line (unless the cursor is in the first column when the TAB key is entered).
If you need to remove syntax formatting, simply select the text (including the formatting syntax) and then select the Edit / Format / Remove Formatting (or use the Command/Control-minus keyboard shortcut). Any syntax that can be applied via the text formatting feature will be removed from the selected text.
Text formatting support is currently available for the following syntax descriptions:
- Markdown
- MultiMarkdown
- Fountain
- HTML
- HelpSystem
- ManPage
- Latex
In addition to text formatting options, TKE also supports the following formatting (depending on the availability of the format support in the syntax):
Simple, easy, powerful. TKE might just make text formatting fun again.