Markdown is excellent for focused and productive writing, but it might occasionally interfere with the specifics of your writing task.
Let's assume you need to use the [square brackets] without Ulysses marking them as links. In this case, you can escape this by adding a backslash before the opening tag. In our example, this would look like this: \[square brackets]. However, you'll probably find it inconvenient to do it repeatedly.
Customize Your Markup
If you are using a Mac, you can customize the markup to your needs.
- In the menu bar, click Ulysses › Settings › Markup.
- Click the drop-down menu to see a list of currently available markups and select New Markup…
- Choose a name for your new markup and select a template to use as a basis. For now, let's stick to Ulysses' default markup language, Markdown XL.
- Double-click the Link markup in the definitions overview to modify the tags. Enter, for example, angular brackets
< >in the Tags field instead of square brackets or switch to double square brackets[[ ]]– choose whatever suits you best. Then, click OK.
When this markup is selected, square brackets will no longer be treated as links. Instead, angled brackets (or whatever you have replaced them with) will serve as links. Of course, this can also be applied to other tags within a markup, not just links.
- Once you save the changes, you must apply the markup to your sheets (see instructions below).
Convert Markup
On Mac, select the sheets to which you would like to apply the new markup and go to Edit › Convert Markup to select it.
Remember that you'll need to manually update the markup on each sheet, as glued sheets won't update automatically. Additionally, all existing links in your sheet will be automatically converted to the new markup.
While you can only create a new markup on a Mac, it also synchronizes to your iOS devices via iCloud. To apply the markup there, open the Editor Settings via the circled ellipsis in a sheet. Tap Markup, and select the newly created markup.
