{"id":41,"date":"2016-06-22T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varunpramanik.com\/chronicles\/?p=41"},"modified":"2016-06-22T22:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T03:18:03","slug":"markdown-tables-in-ulysses-on-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varunpramanik.com\/chronicles\/2016\/06\/22\/markdown-tables-in-ulysses-on-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Markdown Tables in Ulysses on iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

After hearing much about Ulysses from people whose opinions I trust, namely Federico Viticci<\/a>, I decided to give it a try for a writing project. This post is a slight distraction<\/span>\u00a0aside\u00a0in the midst of that project.<\/p>\n

As I was writing, I figured it would be best to lay out some data in a table. Unfortunately, the Markdown variants supported by Ulysses don\u2019t support a MultiMarkdown-like syntax for tables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where iOS comes in. More specifically, that\u2019s where Workflow<\/a> shines. I figured I could meet my needs using a combination of a Workflow action extension and Ulysses\u2019 Markdown XL raw source syntax (~\u2026~). The Workflow I created<\/a> takes Markdown-formatted text, converts it to HTML and places it on my clipboard. While I aim to use it to create HTML tables, you could technically use this workflow in any instance where you need to convert Markdown to HTML via an action extension.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it looks:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I create a MultiMarkdown-formatted table.
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  2. I select the block of text and hit the share button.
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  3. I run the workflow.
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  4. I paste and replace the text with the HTML code on my clipboard.
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  5. I wrap the HTML code with Ulysses\u2019 raw source syntax (~\u2026~)
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  6. Voil\u00e0.
    \n
    \n    \"Screenshot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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