Tips & Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks that make writing on Scipress even more fun. 😍

Editor tips & tricks¶

All of the tips and tricks below have to do with using the in-browser editor. (Applies to both the post editor and bulk editor.)

Multiselect¶

You can select multiple occurrences of some text by

1. Highlighting the text you want to select
2. Using the keyboard shortcut cmd + d

Then you can quickly edit every occurence at the same time!

Multiple cursors¶

You can create multiple cursors with they keyboard shortcut opt + click

Alternatively, hold cmd + option and use the ↑ up/↓ down arrow keys.

Context Menu¶

Right click inside the editor to see the editor's context menu.

The context menu shows you all the fun keyboard shortcuts and commands you can use, such as

• Save (cmd + s)
• Make bold (cmd + b)
• Make italic (cmd + i)

Command palette¶

The editor's Command Palette includes a bunch of fun stuff. To open the command palette,

1. Right click editor to bring up the context menu
2. Choose Command Palette

One of my favorite commands is Sort Lines Ascending
(I don't need it often, but it's a life saver when I do.)

Drag and drop images directly onto the editor¶

You can upload image files by dragging and dropping them directly onto the editor.

Markdown tips & tricks¶

These tips will help you make your Markdown sing 🎶

Forcing Markdown to place text on a new line¶

If you write text on two separate lines like this 👇

I really love elevator music.
It's good on so many levels.

Markdown renders the text onto a single line (i.e. inline), like this 👇

You can "fix" this by adding an empty line in the middle..

I really love elevator music.
 
It's good on so many levels.

...but this renders a big empty gap between the lines because Markdown is treating them as separate paragraphs.

Instead, you can tell Markdown to place content on a new line by ending the preceding line with at least two spaces, like this 👇

I really love elevator music.  
It's good on so many levels.

Horizontal lines¶

You can create a horizontal line in markdown using three dashses. This is helpful for dividing sections of content.

## I got dumped because I watch too much football
This is a story about how my girlfriend dumped me...
 
---
 
## My bag of potato chips exploded on a plane causing a bomb scare
One time I left a bag of potato chips in my suitcase while on a flight...

Escaping special characters¶

You can escape special characters by preceding them with a backslash \. For example,

• If you put # Hello in Markdown, it'll be rendered as a title element.
  Change it to \# Hello, and it'll be rendered as # Hello

• If you put $1.50 $1.20 in Markdown, it'll be rendered as a math formula.
  Change it to \$1.50 \$1.20, and it'll be rendered as $1.50 $1.20

• If you put > 300 million people live in the U.S. in Markdown, it'll be rendered as a blockquote.
  Change it to \> 300 million people live in the U.S., and it'll be rendered as > 300 million people live in the U.S.